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Annual Report 2023 (year ended 28 February 2023)

Tempus Novo's 2023 annual report sets out results from its ROTL and community employment models for people with criminal convictions, reporting a reconviction rate of just 4.23% among those placed into work.

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Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) employment model for serving prisoners in Category D prisons; Community Model supporting people with convictions after release; a dedicated caseworker supporting both employee and employer for a minimum of 12 months

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 780 people placed into sustainable employment since 2014, including 172 in 2022/23
Key Metric 2 Reconviction rate of 4.23% among those placed into work, versus a national average of around 50% within 12 months
Key Metric 3 Total income £460,029 (year ended 28 February 2023)

Key Outcomes

  • Retention rate of over 70% remaining in work over 6 months
  • 172 people placed into employment in 2022/23, with only 5 returning to custody
  • Estimated £18.17m in prison-cost savings generated from the 780 people placed into work to date

Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities