Trading for the future: a five-year review of the work of the Execution Charitable Trust and New Philanthropy Capital

Claudia Botham & Tris Lumley

October 2007, 44 pages

One day each year, staff at Execution Limited trade shares to raise money for charity. For the past six years, the money raised during the event has been changing lives in some of Britain’s poorest communities, on its doorstep in east-London, to as far afield as Belfast and Glasgow.

 

NPC recently carried out a review of Execution’s giving in its first five years.

Here are some of the headlines from the report:

• Execution has raised £4.3 million, which has so far funded 28 charities working across the UK, and eight other organisations;
• Execution’s funding has changed the lives of 28,000 people, at a cost of just £100 per person; and
• Execution’s staff are proud of the company’s charitable achievements—88% believe that the firm’s giving is better than that of its competitors.

Impressive though they are these numbers tell us little about real impact on people’s lives. The report contains stories about the people behind the numbers—like one teenage armed robber. With support from United Estates of Wythenshawe (UEW), one of the charities funded by Execution, he is no longer involved in gang crime:

• Visit the Execution Charitable Trust (ECT) website for more information or to download a brochure that has been published to celebrate ECT's first five years.