Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 20

RECOVERY CONNECTIONS

Recovery Connections is a user-led, recovery support service and Registered Charity. We provide therapeutic treatment, support, residential rehabilitation and practical solutions to people on a recovery pathway. Recovery Connections was established as a peer led organisation to offer visible recovery and be led by the community it serves.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£2,332	£2,249	£83	£211	£1,056	£170	0.9	75	159
31/03/22		£2,032	£1,723	£308	£290	£972	£119	0.8	56	58
31/03/21		£1,553	£1,285	£268	£241	£664	£271	2.5	49	41
31/03/20		£1,046	£1,081	£-35	£154	£440	£231	2.6	43	36
31/03/19		£812	£840	£-29	£0	£431	£267	3.8	28	32
31/03/18		£630	£685	£-56	£0	£460	£88	1.5	22	0
31/03/17		£812	£622	£189	£0	£515	£446	8.6	20	0
31/03/16		£566	£518	£48	£0	£326	£157	3.6	20	0
31/03/15		£529	£576	£-48	£8	£279	£153	3.2	21	0
31/03/14		£557	£465	£91	£8	£326	£209	5.4	17	0
31/03/13	*	£453	£387	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 16%
Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 12 years
(16 years as a company)

www.recoveryconnections.org.uk

DOT.TURTON@RECOVERYCONNECTIONS.ORG.UK

01642351976

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

75 employees
159 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£347,339
The Ballinger Charitable Trust	£45,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£33,000
DCMS	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Coronation. A Community Celebration
£10,000	17/03/2023	The funding will be used to host community events in each of their locations Middlesbrough Gateshead Stockton and Sunderland to celebrate the King's Coronation. This project aims to bring people ....more The funding will be used to host community events in each of their locations Middlesbrough Gateshead Stockton and Sunderland to celebrate the King's Coronation. This project aims to bring people together who share lived experience of trauma and addiction the groups will create social connection and a mutual understanding to further support their recovery and strengthen the community.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Recovery Connections
£15,000	09/09/2022	Unrestricted funding.
National Lottery Community Fund - Platinum Jubilee. A Community Celebration.
£10,000	18/03/2022	The funding will be used to host community events to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This project will bring people together who share lived experience of trauma and addiction. This will ....more The funding will be used to host community events to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This project will bring people together who share lived experience of trauma and addiction. This will create social connection and a mutual understanding to further support their recovery and strengthen the community.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Recovery Connections
£15,000	01/10/2021	Unrestricted funding.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Recovery Connections
£15,000	18/09/2020 12	Supporting those affected by substance abuse
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	07/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Recovery Connections
£33,000	21/05/2020 12	One year core funding to support Recovery Connections to sustain their work to support work addressing Addiction and Dependency Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
County Durham Community Foundation - Recovery Talk
£1,500	27/04/2020	To support a Recovery Talk project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Trauma Intervention and Peer Education
£327,339	17/12/2019 36	The funding will bring people together who share lived experience of trauma and addiction, with the aim of using peer support and group services to tackle their issues and improve wellbeing.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Recovery Connections
£5,000	18/03/2019 6	Grant through the Collaboration Action Fund.
National Lottery Community Fund - Recovery to Wellness Coaching
£9,800	10/05/2018 12	The group will provide recovery and wellness coaching training for their ambassadors and volunteers. This will improve the group's services and provide interventions and self-help techniques for ....more The group will provide recovery and wellness coaching training for their ambassadors and volunteers. This will improve the group's services and provide interventions and self-help techniques for people affected by addiction or substance misuse to aid their recovery.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hope North East
£71,723	22/11/2016 36	towards the cost of employing a sustainable housing lead to support people recovering from drug and alcohol addictions to find and keep accommodation, enabling individuals to live independently in ....more towards the cost of employing a sustainable housing lead to support people recovering from drug and alcohol addictions to find and keep accommodation, enabling individuals to live independently in the local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Beechwood Community Garden Project
£10,000	23/09/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to create a new community garden for people recovering from addiction. This will provide positive activities to aid their recovery, a social network for their ....more The organisation will use the funding to create a new community garden for people recovering from addiction. This will provide positive activities to aid their recovery, a social network for their families, and will also be open to community groups and residents to help dispel the negative stigma involving substance misusers and promote community cohesion.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-80

DANIEL GALLOWAY MR Appointed: 2020

DAVID PATTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lecturer

MATTHEW BOWER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

RACHEL BURKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

SOPHIE TURTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

DAVID BARRAS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

URSULA RUTH HICKS (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE DURHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE, THE LEVICK TRUST, THE DURHAM LESOTHO DIOCESAN LINK, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES ST PETER, Refugee Futures Ltd,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2012, number: 1147748
Registered at Companies House on 26/03/2008, number: 06545431

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Financial Conduct Authority

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
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; AR13: 57 days late,

Main office

112-114 Marton Road
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS1 2DY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, WHO SUFFER FROM OR ARE AFFECTED BY: - A. SUBSTANCE MISUSE; B. ISOLATION; C. POVERTY; D. UNEMPLOYMENT; E. OFFENDING; F. HOMELESSNESS; G. TRAUMA; H. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES; OR I. RELATED COMPLEX NEEDS, BY PROVIDING PEER-LED TRAINING, SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.

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