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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

Nacoa provides information and support for everyone affected by a parent's drinking. Our work is about planning a positive future for the 2.6M children who live with parents who drink too much in the UK today; providing them with an opportunity to see that the world can be different from the one they know, that they can break the cycle of addiction and go on to live happy and fulfilled lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£362£393£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£242£275£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£283£328£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£465£331£134n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£295£199£97n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£146£148£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£165£147£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£101£133£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£107£146£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£86£148£-62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£192£159£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£364£245£119n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£312£310£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£282£280£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£260£309£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£284£277£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£293£253£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£239£232£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£242£236£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£280£272£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years

www.nacoa.org.uk

admin@nacoa.org.uk

01179248005

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Support for addiction & substance abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
DCMS£10,000
CAF£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 19/10/2023
Nacoa
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/03/2022
Nacoa - National Association for Children of Alcoholics
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Nacoa ? National Association for Children of Alcoholics - 03/03/22
£2,000 14/03/2022
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Nacoa Helpline
£10,000 13/08/2021
The organisation will use the funding to continue to support children of alcoholics through their telephone helpline whilst developing their services to engage those who are hardest to reach in cultures where drinking is a taboo.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - National Association for Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa) - 04/01/21
£1,000 22/01/2021
Nacoa Helpline
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000 21/08/2020
Nacoa Core Costs - Covid-19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 24/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
CAF - Grant to Nacoa
£10,000 22/06/2020
3
Grant to Nacoa to support the organisation through COVID19
Department of Health - NACOA
£216,500 24/07/2019
Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents Programme NACOA Helpline expansion & Schools Outreach programme
Department of Health - NACOA
£171,088 01/04/2019
Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents Programme NACOA Helpline expansion & Schools Outreach programme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • AMY DICKSON Appointed: 2023
  • EUAN GRAHAM Appointed: 2022
  • JENNIFER JANE ELSON Appointed: 2021
  • KATY STAFFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • LAURENCE ALLEYNE Appointed: 2011
  • LINDSAY DOHERTY Appointed: 2023
  • MAYA PARKER
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/03/1992, number: 1009143
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NORTHERN NOT WANTS on 01/02/2024
Main office

NACOA
PO BOX 64
Bristol
BS16 2UH

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF ALL PERSONS WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS IN PARTICULAR BY (1)RAISING THE PROFILE OF CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS IN THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS (2)REACHING PROFESSIONALS WHO DEAL WITH CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS IN THEIR EVERYDAY WORK AND EDUCATING THEM IN THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (3)OFFERING ADVICE, INFORMATION, COUNSELLING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (4)TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE PHENOMENA OF CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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