Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

ACTING ON IMPULSE

ÔÇÓ RUN ACTING WORKSHOPS FOR HOMELESS AND MARGINALISED PEOPLE, DEVELOPING CREATIVE SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM.ÔÇÓ PRODUCE PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS WITH THIS COMPANY OF ACTORS: FILM AND LIVE PERFORMANCEÔÇÓ PROVIDE CURRICULUM MATERIALS AND CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS ON HOMELESSNESS ISSUES ÔÇÓ USE THE PROJECTS TO INFORM AND INFLUENCE PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Why is the Board completely male?

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
31/10/23	£29	£29	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/22	£90	£35	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/21	£14	£3	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/20	£23	£4	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/19	£28	£22	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/18	£22	£29	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/17	£30	£20	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/16	£24	£21	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/15	£19	£22	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/14	£19	£21	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/13	£16	£16	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/12	£15	£10	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/11	£13	£13	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

http://www.actingonimpulse.net/

actingonimpulsemail@googlemail.com

01619040685

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Acting on Impulse Ltd
£2,013	21/10/2023	We aim to improve the self-esteem and confidence of people who have experienced homelessness, or are marginalised, by providing free drama workshops and making a short film.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£15,000	31/07/2023	Funding facilitated our free acting workshops and filming experiences which have priceless impact on the lives of disadvantaged people.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£3,000	20/09/2019	towards general costs in 2019/20
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Acting on Impulse Ltd
£4,605	29/11/2017	We want to run acting workshops and make a film which will be shown to the general public in a significant Manchester city centre venue.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Acting on Impulse
£16,000	28/03/2013	staff costs to support vulnerably housed people develop life skills through the use of artistic performance

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-78

CHRISTOPHER GRIEVES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Medical Engineer Manager

DAVID TOMLINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director

MARK DYBLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Coach

MARTIN IAN SMEDLEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

SAMUEL ADAM WRIGHT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Digital Marketing Tutor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/06/2011, number: 1142502
Registered at Companies House on 07/10/2010, number: 07400347

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from CITY CENTRE MINISTRIES MANCHESTER on 15/11/2022

Main office

8 DOBBINETTS LANE
MANCHESTER
M23 9NB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALISED, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS CONCERNING THE CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS AND BECOMING MARGINALISED, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC CHANGING PERCEPTIONS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND BEING MARGINALISED AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST HOMELESS PEOPLE CONCERNING ACTING AND FILM AND THEATRE PRODUCTION, IN PARTICULAR: THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALISED: • PROVIDING THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALISED WITH A SENSE OF PURPOSE THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN PRODUCTION PROJECTS • SUPPORT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALISED THROUGH THEIR INTEGRATION INTO A CREATIVE COMMUNITY • IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALISED BY BUILDING THEIR CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH ACTING AND PRODUCTION PROJECTS • RELIEVING THE ANXIETY OF POWERLESSNESS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALISED BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PUBLICITY, THROUGH FILM AND THEATRE PRODUCTION PROJECTS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS CONCERNING HOMELESSNESS AND BEING MARGINALISED: • PRESENTING ISSUES ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND BEING MARGINALISED AS PART OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULA. • STIMULATING SCHOOL CHILDREN’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN HOMELESSNESS BY PRESENTING PRODUCTION PROJECTS CREATED BY HOMELESS AND MARGINALISED PEOPLE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALISED CONCERNING ACTING AND FILM AND THEATRE PRODUCTION: • DEVELOPING THE ACTING AND PRODUCTION SKILLS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALISED THE EDUCATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN A WAY TO CHANGE NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HOMELESS OR MARGINALISED: • EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO CHANGE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HOMELESS OR MARGINALISED TYPICALLY THROUGH FILM AND THEATRE PRODUCTIONS.

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