Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Volatile income -1
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 4

REAL DEAL PLUS LIMITED

We support vulnerable people by offering a place of care and refuge, a listening ear, companionship and direct practical help. We provide alcohol, drug and relationship counselling and supply furniture, clothing and food parcels to those in need. We plan to implement a youth programme and a range of directed programmes around independent life skills, employability, sport and positive self-esteem.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?
Why is the Board completely male?

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		£156	£158	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£188	£154	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£166	£154	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£219	£67	£152	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£230	£200	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£88	£74	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£91	£91	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£122	£108	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£81	£65	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	*	£38	£29	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13	*	£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	*	£2	£1	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.realdealplus.org.uk

kath.falcus@realdealplus.org.uk

01670816649

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
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	£159,298
County Durham Community Foundation	£10,000
Sport England	£7,220
CAF	£6,500
Co-Operative Group	£4,612
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust	£3,990

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Accessibility for all
£10,000	29/03/2023	To p[provide accessibility for all.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Real Deal Plus Ltd
£1,990	19/07/2022	The funding will pay for tents for street sleepers, project support costs for benefit & welfare support, cost of food for parcels and hot meals and volunteer expenses.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ashington Life Centre
£159,298	16/03/2022 24	The funding will be used over two years to covering the salaries to run the Ashington Life Centre in Northumberland which supports people affected by homelessness poverty unemployment and also provides emergency advice and support to vulnerable ....more The funding will be used over two years to covering the salaries to run the Ashington Life Centre in Northumberland which supports people affected by homelessness poverty unemployment and also provides emergency advice and support to vulnerable people. This aims to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing and improve future prospects.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Real Deal Plus Limited
£2,000	21/10/2021	We will use the funding to support the purchase of food items for our on-site food bank (buy ingredients for food parcels and families in crisis) and hot meal program - to buy ingredients for healthy hot meals for the elderly, food bank recipients, ....more We will use the funding to support the purchase of food items for our on-site food bank (buy ingredients for food parcels and families in crisis) and hot meal program - to buy ingredients for healthy hot meals for the elderly, food bank recipients, street sleepers and sofa surfers. The funding will also help purchase ingredients for our clients Christmas dinner - this is often the only Christmas meal some of our elderly and struggling families will receive.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ashington Life Centre
£4,612	24/10/2020	We will support the homeless and most vulnerable members of our community to help improve their qualify of life and wellbeing.
Sport England - The Real Deal Sports Programme
£7,220	03/09/2020 8	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled The Real Deal Sports Programme. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
CAF - Grant to Real Deal Plus Ltd
£6,500	29/05/2020 3	Grant to Real Deal Plus Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Ashington Life Centre
£330,693	22/11/2018 36	Ashington Life Centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Real Deal Plus
£3,111	19/11/2018	Funding will help us to extend our support services and cover our operating costs to enable our centre to function.
County Durham Community Foundation - Welcome, come inside
£10,000	07/07/2016	Towards upgrading the outside of the building.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-78

ALLAN HARGREAVES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Tax Consultant

ARTHUR LODGE-JOHNSTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

JOHN PHILIP PEARCE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Driving Instructor

REV DAVEY FALCUS (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/08/2012, number: 1148731
Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2011, number: 07886315

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Investing charity funds 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

12 returns made; AR14: 25 days late, AR13: 77 days late, AR12: 272 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE INGLEBY CHARITABLE TRUST on 05/01/2024

Main office

29 Leander Avenue
CHOPPINGTON
Northumberland
NE62 5AX

Objectives

RELIEF OF HOMELESS AND OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION, THE PROVISION OF RESPITE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR SUCH PERSONS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES WHICH WILL LEAD TO SELF-RELIANCE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

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