Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

CHOOSELIFE CYMRU

To relieve persons who are in need or hardship particularly but not exclusively as a result of alcohol or drug abuse.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board composition very static?

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
31/03/23£240£306£-66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£296£278£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£388£303£85n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£261£307£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£281£297£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£293£504£-211n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£400£372£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£400£372£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£359£392£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£343£366£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/13£369£322£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/12£284£291£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/11£270£271£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/10£277£266£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/09£499£226£273n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/08£219£252£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/07£356£196£160n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/06*£232£129£103n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 25%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Established: 20 years

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Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Carmarthenshire,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£127,250
National Lottery Community Fund£19,870
The Clothworkers Foundation£4,485
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Chooselife Cymru
£75,000 05/07/2023
36
Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Chooselife Cymru
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Chooselife Cymru
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Chooselife Cymru
£50,000 02/03/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Chooselife Cymru
National Lottery Community Fund - ARC Garden Project - Therapeutic Outdoor Space
£9,870 02/11/2021
Chooselife Cymru in Carmarthenshire will use £9870 to improve outdoor garden facilities including patios seating areas and bike shelters for two of their supported houses for vulnerable adults.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Storage/Activities Provision
£10,000 20/07/2020
6
Chooselife Cymru in Carmarthenshire will build an outside storage and activity facility for their vulnerable service users to pursue their hobbies and crafts and support their mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 outbreak. £10000 will ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Chooselife Cymru
£4,485 01/06/2020
COVID19 : Purchase of fridge/freezers for a charity that works with those affected by substance misuse in Camarthenshire
National Lottery Community Fund - TEE (Train, Enable, Empower) project
£99,001 20/12/2018
24
Project Summary :_x000D_ The project will support a range of people including those suffering from substance misuse, ex-offenders, the homeless and those that have experienced adverse childhood experiences to access the new Universal Credit, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Recruitment and Marketing
£4,686 05/01/2017
12
Chooselife Cymru in Llanelli will use the grant to produce new and updated marketing materials with the aim to recruit more volunteers and increase the impact of their drug and alcohol intervention service. This grant for £4,686 will fund ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Chooselife Cymru
£72,958 07/10/2015
36
the work skill programme, including the salary of a DARE Manager
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Chooselife Cymru
£15,000 28/03/2013
To part fund a support worker within the CARE project. The individual supervises service users in recovery, out on work experience, gardening and removals as part of a social enterprise programme in the Llanelli area.
National Lottery Community Fund - D-R-A-W - Drugs, Recovery, Activities and Workskills
£440,386 25/07/2012
36
The grant, over three years, will benefit 450 substance misusers in Llanelli and the surrounding area through the delivery of a supported volunteering, training and work experience programme; Drugs, Recovery, Activities and Work skills (DRAW). The ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bannerbrook Building Project
£20,846 25/01/2012
24
The project is for a Capital development grant to build a new Drug and Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Centre in Llanelli. The organisation is planning to demolish an existing warehouse, which they own, and replace it with a purpose built facility ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-74
  • ALAN TOOTILL Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Headteacher
  • LAURA JANE BATES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Staff Nurse
  • WILLIAM GEORGE PETTIFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Building Contractor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/11/2004, number: 1106639
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/05/2004, number: 05137644
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
  • 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
18 returns made; AR18: 152 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR06: 394 days late,
Main office

Antioch Centre
Copperworks Road
Llanelli
SA15 2NE

Objectives

A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP PR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AS A RESULT OF DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSE) AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND ACCOMMODATION TO THEIR FAMILIES) IN LLANELLI AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK ;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN RELATION TO THE AVOIDANCE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL MISUSE) BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CARMARTHENSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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