Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

CALAN DVS

The provision of services to individuals and families who are experiencing domestic violence and to raise awareness of the issues and effects of domestic abuse.
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Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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£2,504£2,276£228£0£2,046£1,5258540
31/03/22£2,242£2,169£73£0£1,817£1,3697.6510
31/03/21£2,368£2,046£322£0£1,744£1,2817.5600
31/03/20£2,053£1,946£107£0£1,423£1,0246.3617
31/03/19£2,180£2,425£-245£0£1,316£8954.48210
31/03/18£2,483£2,579£-96£0£1,560£8664750
31/03/17£2,423£2,439£-15£3£1,656£1,0635.2710
31/03/16£2,273£1,960£313£1£1,672£1,1687.2550
31/03/15£1,281£1,098£183£8£1,359£91110310
31/03/14£892£835£57£20£1,176£72010.4200
31/03/13£808£796£12£16£1,119£6529.8260

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

www.calandvs.org.uk

finance@calandvs.org.uk

01639794448

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bridgend, Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£464,031
Henry Smith Charity£179,600
The Clothworkers Foundation£100,000
Masonic Trust£55,317
BBC Children in Need£42,255
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£55,317 23/05/2024
Inspiring Families - one to one trauma informed support for whole families where domestic abuse is present but the family want to stay together.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Calan DVS
£100,000 14/03/2023
0
Refurbishment of building for a charity which works with victims and survivors of domestic/sexual abuse in Wales
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Calan DVS
£179,600 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Adult and Children & Young People ACEs' project for adults, children and young people who have, or are experiencing, domestic violence and abuse in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea, Wales.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 20/05/2022
The Lotus Project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to CALAN DVS
£42,255 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will provide specialist sessions for children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse and Covid-19 isolation. They will be more resilient, better understand their experiences, and be better able to form positive ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Lighthouse Project- Trauma Informed approaches tackling domestic a
£464,031 25/03/2020
48
The Lighthouse Project will spend £463,031 to deliver two different specialist programmes: One is to support male victims of DVA (Domestic Violence and Abuse) called the Compass Programme, which uses a strengths-based approach to work with men to ....more
DCMS - Ask Me Plus
£5,920 01/12/2018
The Ask Me Plus project will expand and develop the Womens Aid Federations Ask Me pilot project which aims to prevent and reduce the harm caused by domestic abuse.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Calan Domestic Violence Services - Amman Valley
£2,721 04/08/2017
Fund our vital groups helping women to identify abusive behaviour in future partners, ensuring that they & their children can live fear free
National Lottery Community Fund - BRAVE - Building Resilience against Abuse, Violence and Exploitation
£1,615,354 21/03/2014
60
BRAVE - Building Resilience against Abuse, Violence and Exploitation
National Lottery Community Fund - Recession 2 - Mentor Coordinator
£49,120 18/10/2010
36
The project will provide volunteer mentors to work with women on a one-to-one basis to support them to increase self-confidence, self esteem and self worth and develop social networks to reduce feelings of isolation. The grant, over two years, will ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-58
  • JEN LAWTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: General Manager
  • OWAIN CAERWYN JONES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Course Leader
  • SHAKIRA JOYNER (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Hr Dircetor
  • THOMAS BALEY HARLEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • TIM TAYLOR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Self Employed
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/02/2012, number: 1146056
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/12/2011, number: 07892902
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

17 Victoria Gardens
NEATH
West Glamorgan
SA11 3AY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) TO RELIEVE DISTRESS, SUFFERRING, POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST ADULTS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO DOMESTIC ABUSE IN ANY FORM, PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN; AND(B) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND METHODS OF PREVENTION OF THE SAME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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