Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 3

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

THE CHANGE PORTFOLIO

Protect and support victims and children by addressing the behaviour of people who use abuse in any relationship. To educate and support them to achieve a life free of abuse, through positive change. Provide training and education with regard to domestic abuse for both the public and professionals. To support individuals, couples and young people experiencing personal and relational difficulties.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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:

The Board is predominantly female
Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/23	£830	£782	£48	£0	£556	£556	8.5	39	0
31/03/22	£685	£562	£123	£0	£508	£508	10.9	28	0
31/03/21	£594	£555	£39	£0	£385	£385	8.3	28	0
31/03/20	£719	£820	£-101	£0	£346	£346	5.1	51	1
31/03/19	£899	£914	£-15	£1	£447	£447	5.9	26	1
31/03/18	£933	£883	£50	£8	£462	£460	6.2	26	0
31/03/17	£859	£859	£0	£1	£413	£413	5.8	63	0
31/03/16	£758	£752	£6	£1	£412	£474	7.6	39	0
31/03/15	£789	£738	£52	£64	£407	£463	7.5	54	0
31/03/14	£768	£636	£132	£0	£355	£374	7.1	43	0
31/03/13	£653	£584	£69	£40	£223	£222	4.6	54	0
31/03/12	£574	£568	£6	£32	£154	£153	3.2	52	0
31/03/11	£602	£596	£6	£37	£148	£141	2.8	48	0
31/03/10	£637	£635	£2	£53	£142	£124	2.3	51	0
31/03/09	£501	£491	£9	£65	£140	£134	3.3	51	0
31/03/08	£451	£446	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	£398	£426	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	£454	£459	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	£453	£450	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	£429	£422	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 7.1

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 29 years

www.thechange-project.org

admin@thechangeportfolio.org

01245 258680

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - The Change Project
£7,000	21/02/2024	towards the core costs of a charity operating across Essex, working with perpetrators and supporting survivors of domestic abuse
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Change Project
£1,000	20/05/2022	to help continue the development of the organisation and build on areas that have been identified whilst participating on the Thrive Programme
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Change Project
£15,000	30/04/2021	to support core costs of a charity supporting perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse, as they re-establish themselves after the impacts of COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Change Project
£15,000	26/05/2020	To help break the cycle of domestic abuse through a programme working with perpetrators and victims across Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Provision of a conflict resolution programme for Braintree Community
£13,746	13/12/2016 17	To provide a conflict resolution programme for the Braintree community over 18 months
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Relate - North Essex & East Herts
£106,600	04/12/2014 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Change Domestic Violence Prevention Programme' in Chelmsford and Harlow

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

AMY REEVE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Development Director

ANOUK DE JONGE HEATH Appointed: 2024

CARLA MORRIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Workforce Development Lead

ELIZABETH STOREY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo

IAN JAMES PARKINS Appointed: 1996, Occupation: Banker

JACQUI TOMSETT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of People & Culture

JOY MICHELLE BROWN Appointed: 2024

REBECCA HOBBS Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/03/1996, number: 1053948
Registered at Companies House on 05/03/1996, number: 03167701

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
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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o Chelmsford Voluntary Service
Burgess Well House
Coval Lane
CHELMSFORD
CM1 1FW

Objectives

4.1 The Charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to promoting, for the public benefit, the good health, both mental and physical, of adults and children in particular (but without limitation) by tackling domestic abuse through the following means:4.1.1 addressing the behaviour of people who use abuse in any relationship and educating and supporting them to achieve a life free of abuse through positive change;4.1.2 providing counselling and therapy to promote healthy relationships between individuals, in families and in the community;4.1.3 enabling young people to develop healthy balanced relationships in later life through a range of therapeutic services; and4.1.4 providing training to professionals and the wider public about relationships in conflict and domestic violence issues. 4.2 Nothing in these articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH ESSEX & EAST HERTS

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