Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

RIVERSIDE ADVICE LTD

A free, independent, comprehensive, confidential, welfare rights advice service targeting vulnerable people with 'special' needs. Enabling and empowering residents to obtain information, advice and representation which will allow them to exercise their rights and responsibilities alleviating poverty, deprivation and social exclusion in a holistic way and therefore improve quality of life.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Why are there only 4 trustees?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£447	£361	£87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£361	£286	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£408	£233	£175	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£268	£208	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£186	£207	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£186	£174	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	*	£157	£171	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	*	£175	£189	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£197	£331	£-134	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£367	£460	£-93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	*	£733	£624	£109	£5	£327	£314	6	25	0
31/03/12		£476	£441	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£346	£338	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£315	£269	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£266	£244	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£266	£243	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£249	£270	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£296	£272	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£298	£319	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

www.riverside-advice.co.uk

all.info@riverside-advice.co.uk

02920341577

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout Wales,

This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
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
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196	22/11/2022	Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£21,619	23/05/2022	The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or ....more The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or tribunal proceedings where possible. Where court or tribunal proceedings are needed, we expect the grant to provide the support needed to help people navigate the process effectively, including where support to prepare for court and at court is required.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£60,000	09/08/2021	A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID76
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£75,420	05/08/2020	A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Riverside Advice Ltd
£14,000	29/07/2013	This Cardiff based charity aims to continue to deliver a holistic welfare rights service, preventing financial difficulty for the most vulnerable and enabling them to maintain a stable income, which also influences health.
National Lottery Community Fund - RECESSION 2:Welfare Rights Advice Service for Vulnerable Families in Ely Ca
£50,000	18/10/2010 23	The project will provide a Specialist Level and Open Door / Drop-In Outreach Welfare Rights Advice service in Ely to support vulnerable families with children, targeting those who are in risk of breakdown or in crisis, offering advice in welfare ....more The project will provide a Specialist Level and Open Door / Drop-In Outreach Welfare Rights Advice service in Ely to support vulnerable families with children, targeting those who are in risk of breakdown or in crisis, offering advice in welfare benefits and money and debt management to maximise income and address financial difficulties and alleviate poverty._x000B__x000B_
National Lottery Community Fund - Recession:Financial Inclusion; A Money Advice Service for Vulnerable People
£50,000	11/03/2010 36	The project will provide additional welfare rights advice to the community allowing for better access to debt and benefit services.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-73

ELIZABETH JANE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee

IAIN CAMPBELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Architect

JULIA RACHEL LEWIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee

MARTIN JOHN CHARLES GOWER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Self-Employed Decorator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2003, number: 1100551
Registered at Companies House on 04/04/2003, number: 04723825

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
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

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR07: 21 days late, AR06: 45 days late,

Main office

41A LOWER CATHERDRAL ROAD
RIVERSIDE
CARDIFF
CF11 6LW

Objectives

(1) RIVERSIDE ADVICE LTD. IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES OF WALES AND IN PARTICULAR WEST CARDIFF (THE AREA OF BENEFIT)A) BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO, FOR REASONS OF POVERTY WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE AND PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS/SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COMMUNITIES OF WALES AND IN PARTICULAR WEST CARDIFF

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