Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

PRISON LINK

Support of prison offenders and their families during sentence and to support their resettlement back into the community. Also to help deter the risk of re-offending and a further custodial sentence.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£42	£30	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£47	£25	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£27	£20	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£13	£17	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19		£22	£17	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/18		£17	£16	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£31	£42	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£100	£90	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£96	£90	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£82	£83	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years
(14 years as a company)

www.prisonlink.co.uk

gary@gpbrookes.co.uk

07949203280

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH RefocusForKids
£9,500	28/07/2023	The funding will be used to deliver a playscheme of workshops during the summer holidays for young people. This will provide access to accredited awards and involve a range of workshop interventions ....more The funding will be used to deliver a playscheme of workshops during the summer holidays for young people. This will provide access to accredited awards and involve a range of workshop interventions with a focus on values healthy lifestyles and well-being. The project aims to improve young people's confidence and help them reach their potential breakdown cultural barriers and improve community cohesion.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refocus For Kids
£6,400	01/07/2022	The funding will be used as a continuation project to deliver workshops to children and young people aged from 7 to 17 years old and residing in and around Handsworth in Birmingham. The workshops ....more The funding will be used as a continuation project to deliver workshops to children and young people aged from 7 to 17 years old and residing in and around Handsworth in Birmingham. The workshops will cover a range of intervention with a focus on healthy lifestyles and well-being. As the pandemic has impacted on young people’s lives it will also focus on confidence community cohesion and tools to improve mental well-being.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refocus For Kids
£5,100	19/03/2021 1	The funding will be used to run healthy lifestyle and self-development activities for the younger people in the community. The project aims to improve physical and mental health.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

REV CANNON EVE PITTS B.A. HONS Appointed: 2012

REV MICHAEL ANTHONY WILSON B.A. HONS Appointed: 2012

REV DOREEN MAKAYA Appointed: 2023

REVD JAMES ARTHUR HERBERT Appointed: 2012, Other trusteeship: LIFE AND LIGHT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2013, number: 1150831
Registered at Companies House on 22/10/2009, number: 07052698

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR15: 27 days late,

Main office

SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE
HANDSWORTH CAMPUS
THE COUNCIL HOUSE
SOHO ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B21 9DP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES AND MENTORING ON ISSUES SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND HOUSING, THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND REMAIN FREE FROM OFFENDING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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