Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN HEALTHY LIVING

Provision of facilities, services, support, training, education and information in order to encourage the development of a more positive attitude to health, to lead healthy lifestyles and to improve the quality of life for residents principally in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen and throughout all boroughs in England and Wales.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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£358£332£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£400£333£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£277£299£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£534£532£1£95£184£370.81621
31/03/19£442£480£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£465£446£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£502£499£3£0£201£1102.7180
31/03/16£474£525£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£489£451£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£397£423£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£374£417£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£488£374£114n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£587£549£38£65£166£1352.9120
31/03/10£572£533£38£8£128£982.280
31/03/09£423£333£90n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.bwdhl.org

info@bwdhl.org.uk

01254 292650

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Sports & recreational facilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
National Lottery Community Fund£135,870
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
People's Health Trust£18,808
Co-Op Foundation£9,980
DCMS£9,885
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
People's Health Trust - Delivering a Strategic Partnership Fund project in Higher Croft, Blackburn
£18,808 27/09/2023
This one-year project tackles health inequalities in relation to respiratory diseases through the creation of a resident led Citizen’s Jury. The Jury works with key local partners and stakeholders from the statutory, private sector and voluntary ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Informed Together
£9,078 13/01/2023
The organisation will use the funding to train volunteers to deliver workshops in trauma in community venues with the aim of improving access to support increasing awareness and promoting resilience.
National Lottery Community Fund - BwD Bill Busters
£126,792 18/02/2022
The group aim to support the members of the local community who are struggling with bills and cost of living. Funding will go towards an already existing project that supports locals to navigate the benefits system and provide training on budgeting ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 19/11/2021
Core Costs
Co-Op Foundation - Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living STC Expand application
£9,980 18/01/2021
Creation of community hub and consultation on activity programme.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,885 25/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 29/05/2020
Main Grants award - COVID19 response
Co-Op Foundation - STC Explore
£9,659 03/10/2019
Plan to consult a group of residents and stakeholders to produce a set of recommendations to make better use of spaces within their community.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Helping Hand
£9,961 06/02/2019
12
The funding will be used to run a befriending service for older people. The project aims to combat social isolation and improve emotional wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 12/03/2018
Building Stronger, Healthier Communities Together
Sport England - TIED - EveryBody
£9,225 04/01/2018
14
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage Small Award funding programme for a Revenue project titled TIED - EveryBody. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
DCMS - ALB-TIED - EveryBody
£9,225 04/01/2018
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage Small Award funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'TIED - EveryBody'. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Day Out
£9,967 03/04/2017
12
The funding will be used to run a range of weekly activities for adults with learning disabilities in a community library. The project aims to provide the opportunity for people with learning disabilities to learn new skills and improve their health ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bill Busters
£274,968 16/12/2014
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living
£20,000 28/02/2014
a charity aims to reduce health inequalities, break down social isolation and bring communities together primarily within socially and economically deprived neighbourhoods of Blackburn and Darwen
National Lottery Community Fund - HaPI (Health and People Involved)
£294,917 29/04/2013
36
This is a continuation and expansion of a community based wellbeing project by Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living (BDHL) aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of people of South Asian heritage living in the multiple disadvantaged north east ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-63
  • ANIKA LESLIE-WALKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lecturer - Education
  • ELIZABETH ANNE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager
  • EMMA LOUISE GARNER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Hub Manager
  • IFTEKHAR ALI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Police Officer
  • JEREMY GARTH HODGKINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Director
  • KOSER KHAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Research Associate
  • LINDA JEAN WHALLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self-Employed Management Consultant
  • PAULA LOUISE SPENCE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/2008, number: 1122978
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/01/2007, number: 06073648
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

BANGOR STREET COMMUNITY CENTRE
NORWICH STREET
BLACKBURN
BB1 6NZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO PROVIDE, OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED ORGANISATIONS, TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SERVICES, SUPPORT, TRAINING, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION IN ORDER TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THOSE INHABITANTS RESIDING IN, PRINCIPALLY, THE BOROUGH OF BLACKBURN AND DARWEN, AND THROUGHOUT ALL BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE SAID INHABITANTS TO DEVELOP A MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO HEALTH, TO LEAD HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF BLACKBURN AND DARWEN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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