Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

RESOLVE WEST LTD 

Resolve West is an independent, charity with over 30 years experience of providing confidential services to enable people to resolve conflict, and working with victims of crime or Anti Social Behaviour to help to repair harm and for offenders to understand impact of actions and to have an opportunity to make amends. Our services are provided to residents in Bristol and surrounding counties
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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£391£345£46n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/22£351£346£5n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/03/21£346£326£20n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/20£348£322£25n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/19£304£292£11n/an/an/an/an/a85
31/03/18£292£264£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£153£170£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£195£176£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£159£156£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£80£84£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£77£77£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£67£52£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£56£57£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£83£109£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£67£83£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£92£86£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£88£65£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£71£73£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£53£54£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£88£124£-36£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 34 years

www.resolvewest.org

info@resolvewest.org

01179415379

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bristol Mediation
£3,000 14/03/2012
towards one year's running costs of a mediation service in a deprived area of Bristol

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/1990, number: 1000641
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/09/1990, number: 02538842
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 12 days late, AR07: 28 days late,
Main office

Unit 40 Easton Business Centre
Felix Road
Bristol
Bristol
BS6 0HE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF BRISTOL AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER, THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS REPAIRING HARM BY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WORKING WITH VICTIMS OF CRIME AND PERPETRATORS OF HARM; AND RESOLVING CONFLICT BY MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION BETWEEN PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS WHO ARE INVOLVED OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING INVOLVED IN DISPUTES OR INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS WHERE ANY SUCH DISPUTE OR CONFLICT RESULTS FROM OR MAY LEAD TO ACTS OF NUISANCE, VANDALISM, RACIAL ABUSE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRISTOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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