Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

SURVIVORS OF DEPRESSION IN TRANSITION

We aim to give ongoing support and care. They gain self esteem, confidence, mutual peer support, giving the women a chance of moving on from what may have been a very dislocated life. We also help to give then skills and training in how to overcome their illness working in partnership with other agencies.We provide support groups,drop in centre, newsletter,computer skills,conference., advice
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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£62£78£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£67£67£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£53£49£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£34£33£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£50£12£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£7£10£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£18£19£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£16£11£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£10£9£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£15£18£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£22£21£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£13£24£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£24£12£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£7£14£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£8£9£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£9£10£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.sodit.org

info@sodit.org

01142795970

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • 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
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Tudor Trust£2,000
Virgin Money Foundation£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 28/11/2023
towards core costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to Survivors of Depression in Transition
£2,000 25/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Survivors of Depression in transition
£1,000 20/01/2020
Grant through the Heart of the Community Fund to help develop a peer support network to connect women and empower each another.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Survivors of Depression in Transition
£76,000 02/10/2019
36
over three years towards core costs for a user-led charity supporting women living with mental ill health in Sheffield
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 20/09/2019
towards core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - connecting communites for mental health
£9,400 18/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to host events focused on equalities and developing networks for people who have lived experience of mental health challenges, with the aim of improving their health and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

  • JILL WOOD Appointed: 2021
  • MRS BERNADETTE LEAH HANNON
  • STEPHANIE JOANNE DE-LA-HAYE (Chair)
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/04/2005, number: 1109165
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
  • 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Office 8
SYAC Business Centre
110-120 Wicker
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 8JD

Objectives

- THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG WOMEN RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN SHEFFIELD. - TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF WOMEN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A0 RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION. - TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN SUFFERERS OF DEPRESSION AND RELATED ILLNESS IN SHEFFIELD THROUGH SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. - TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO DEPRESSION AND RELATED ILLNESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

SHEFFIELD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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