Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

BELIEVE TO ACHIEVE

B2A is a registered charity, has achieved national recognition since it was founded in 2002 for its work offering broad support to children, schools and families in need of help across Wolverhampton and surrounding boroughs.Activities include: After-school and lunchtime clubs, Curriculum activities, Parent Nuture Programme, Counselling, Mentoring, Peer Support & Holiday Activities.B2A

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

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	*	£238	£219	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£188	£170	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£157	£148	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/20		£124	£161	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£234	£191	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18		£243	£191	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£161	£194	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£221	£140	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£119	£152	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£119	£152	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£237	£265	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£248	£204	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£164	£134	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£33	£70	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£111	£112	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£190	£165	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£231	£223	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£249	£258	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£366	£359	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.b2.org

NICK.PRATT@LIVE.COM

01902877552

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Dudley, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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 Heritage Fund - Grant to Believe to Achieve
£9,030	29/06/2022	Hero for a day... and the 25 years since
National Lottery Community Fund - Resilience for children and families during the transition back to “normal life”
£7,700	14/05/2021	The group will use the funding to provide resilience workshops for young people and their families. This will improve mental health and help people to reach their full potential.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Community Fund Bid
£21,500	15/05/2020	The funding will be used to deliver child counselling services remotely. They will be aimed at addressing pre-existing mental health issues new anxieties and issues such as bereavement and domestic ....more The funding will be used to deliver child counselling services remotely. They will be aimed at addressing pre-existing mental health issues new anxieties and issues such as bereavement and domestic violence. Services will also be offered to key workers. Looking ahead they plan to transfer their services to a range of venues to offer behaviour management resilience and mindfulness counselling. The resilience element will be focused on children finding it difficult to adjust to return to regular schooling.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rapport Project
£252,806	09/09/2015 36	A scheme to address the emotional wellbeing and mental health needs of children and young people.The project includes support on a range of difficult issues affecting children and young people aged ....more A scheme to address the emotional wellbeing and mental health needs of children and young people.The project includes support on a range of difficult issues affecting children and young people aged 5-25, such as bullying, coping with transition and change, homework and examinations, low self-esteem, self-harm, identity problems, relating to society, and domestic violence.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Believe to Achieve
£31,500	29/10/2012	the salary and on-costs of the Project Manager
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Believe to Achieve
£14,220	21/05/2008 12	Towards Project costs Towards an additional programme of confidence developing activities for children aged 5 to 11 years from deprived communities in Wolverhampton.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-69

LISA VICTORIA WEBB (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Nurse

MICHELLE ANN MOORHOUSE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Staff Nurse

JON CROCKETT Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY,

ROBERT HOWARD MARRIS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: WILDSIDE ACTIVITY CENTRE, THE HAVEN WOLVERHAMPTON,

STEPHANIE JOY HARRIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: KATHARINE HOUSE HOSPICE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/12/2000, number: 1084066
Registered at Companies House on 20/09/2000, number: 04074646

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

19 returns made; AR23: 70 days late, AR11: 10 days late,

Main office

BELIEVE TO ACHIEVE
THE WORKSPACE
ALL SAINTS ROAD
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV2 1EL

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRIMARILY THOSE AGED BETWEEN 7 AND 11 RESIDENT IN THE WEST MIDLANDS WITH A PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE BOROUGH OF WOLVERHAMPTON THROUGH PLAY, DRAMA, MUSIC, ART, DANCE, SPORT AND OUTDOOR PURSUITS SO THAT THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MAY BE ENHANCED

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WEST MIDLANDS WITH A PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE BOROUGH OF WOLVERHAMPTON

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