Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income -1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CLIMBING OUT

Climbing Out runs 5 day residential outdoor activity programmes working with people facing life changing injury or illness. We aim to help restore their confidence and self esteem through challenging activities, coaching and peer support networks.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
  • 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£160£184£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£233£180£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£220£136£84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£94£84£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£209£134£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£145£134£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£99£89£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£28£36£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£69£53£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14*£72£49£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£35£28£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12*£9£11£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.climbingout.org.uk

keldawood@climbingout.org.uk

07977 574785

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Ministry of Defence£55,000
Prudence Trust£26,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,500
DCMS£9,220
CAF£4,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Prudence Trust - Climbing Out Programme 2024
£10,000 28/09/2023
Climbing Out Programme 2024 (10 spaces for 18-25 year olds)
National Lottery Community Fund - Climbing Out
£9,500 28/10/2021
The funding will be used to run 5 day residential outdoor activity programmes whilst also allowing people to develop a network of friendship and support reducing isolation and social exclusion. The project aims to rebuild confidence self esteem and ....more
Prudence Trust - Climbing Out 5-day residential programme
£16,000 19/10/2021
One 5-day residential programme
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£20,000 12/02/2021
For community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,220 14/08/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Climbing Out
£4,500 22/06/2020
3
Grant to Climbing Out to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Climbing Out for Amputees
£10,000 17/08/2018
12
This funding will be used to deliver outdoor activities for individuals who have experienced life altering injuries, which aims to improve self-esteem and confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Climbing Out
£9,980 05/04/2017
12
The funding will be used to run a residential programme of outdoor activities, lifestyle coaching, personal development, inspirational talks and social activities for young people with disabilities. The project aims to remove barriers to allow ....more
Sport England - Climbing Out Wheelchair Basketball Club
£3,250 15/09/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Climbing Out Wheelchair Basketball Club'. This project is a Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - Get Equipped to play Wheelchair Basketball
£9,000 11/02/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Get Equipped to play Wheelchair Basketball'. This project is a Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • CHIMENE FELTON Appointed: 2019
  • GEMMA ASTON Appointed: 2019
  • JOHN REDMOND Appointed: 2017
  • JONATHAN ASTLEY BOASE Appointed: 2023
  • LOUISE CHRISTINA HOWARD Appointed: 2022
  • MARK HARRIS Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/12/2011, number: 1145023
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR14: 17 days late, AR12: 21 days late,
Main office

21 Aston Pigott
Westbury
SHREWSBURY
SY5 9HH

Objectives

- TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST WITH THE MENTAL RECOVERY OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE UK WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUPPORT AS A RESULT OF THEIR EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL TRAUMA.- TO IMPROVE THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF LIFE FOLLOWING THE IMPACT OF THEIR TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES, THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OF APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF CHALLENGE WITH THE AIM OF REBUILDING SELF-CONFIDENCE;B) THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COACHING WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING TOOLS FOR SELF-RELIANCE, DEVELOPMENT, MOTIVATION AND SELF ESTEEM;C) THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP SOCIAL NETWORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FACED SIMILAR CHALLENGES SO THEY CAN BUILD A NETWORK OF LONG TERM FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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