Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

EMPOWERMENT CHARITY LANCASHIRE

Promote, support and provide advocacy services as a means by which people disadvantaged can make known their needs and wishes in order to obtain appropriate services and so increase their quality of life.To relieve distress of people affected by Domestic Abuse
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£2,073£2,067£7£163£375£33625720
31/03/22£1,439£1,399£39£48£368£3022.65220
31/03/21£1,095£1,013£82£0£329£3083.73915
31/03/20£944£979£-36£0£247£24433615
31/03/19£703£750£-47£0£283£2824.52310
31/03/18£528£616£-88£0£330£3246.3200
31/03/17£719£720£0£0£418£4076.8200
31/03/16*£1,469£1,371£98£0£419£2692.4620
31/03/15£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years

www.empowermentcharity.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • 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 services
Where it operates
  • Blackpool, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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£731,251
Tudor Trust£110,000
DCMS£34,000
Rank Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant Empowerment Charity Lancashire 2023 - Full
£25,000 27/04/2023
Empowerment Charity Lancashire received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover staff salaries, IT Equipment and other running costs.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Claremont Project
£8,500 07/02/2023
To recruit 6 local volunteers to develop a local intergenerational project focused on soldiers from both world wars. They will speak with community groups, nursing homes, and schools to deliver presentations. Learning days will be hosted in the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Elliot's Place- Green Space Project
£9,000 03/02/2023
The funding will be used to develop a therapeutic space with young men with mental illness and at risk of suicide in which peer support can take place with the aim of creating a setting to increase positive relationships and develop resilience and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Den- Empowering Resilience (23-26)
£363,313 24/01/2023
The funding will be used for a 3 year continuation project to provide specialist support education and personal development provision in Blackpool Fylde and Wyre for children and young people who are affected by domestic abuse. Over the course of 3 ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Safe To Be Me
£1,000 29/09/2022
Safe To Be Me
National Lottery Community Fund - BESS- Blackpool Empowering Social Support
£9,975 25/06/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a befriending service for socially isolated people in the community where service users will be connected with someone to talk to over the telephone online or face to face for walks.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Empowerment Charity Lancashire
£2,000 04/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Empowerment Charity Lancashire
£108,000 16/12/2020
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the running costs of an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate service for children in Blackpool
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£34,000 19/08/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Empowerment Charity Lancashire
£2,800 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund technology and activity packs used to provide support for children and young people in Blackpool who are affected by domestic abuse, and are isolated due to Covid-19. This will help keep them safe.
National Lottery Community Fund - BESS Buddies
£4,500 15/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide an online buddy service for people with mental health learning disabilities or substance misuse issues during lockdown. The project aims to improve loneliness with engaging activities that will also create ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Den, Empowering Resilience
£344,463 12/12/2019
35
The organisation aims to support children and young people affected by domestic abuse in Blackpool. Funding for the organisation will go towards a programme of activities as well as workshops and drop in sessions.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£20,900 01/04/2019
Expansion project based in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre, delivering support for people with Multiple Complex Needs (MCN). Will recruit peer mentors to support service users to access employment, social contacts, cultural activities etc. Lived ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£20,900 02/01/2019
Expansion project based in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre, delivering support for people with Multiple Complex Needs (MCN). Will recruit peer mentors to support service users to access employment, social contacts, cultural activities etc. Lived ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Turning an empty space in their building in to "The Den" - a dedicated space for young people.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£10,000 20/12/2018
Turning an empty space in their building in to The Den - a dedicated space for young people.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Empowerment Charity Lancashire
£70,000 29/11/2018
24
over two years towards the running costs of a support programme for young people who are affected by domestic abuse in Blackpool
National Lottery Community Fund - PEER 4 U
£53,200 26/11/2018
36
PEER 4 U
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering our Local Communities
£10,000 27/03/2018
12
The funding will be used by an organisation that supports people affected by domestic abuse and health and social care problems. The project will carry out an analysis and make recommendation for future work based on the opinions of people who are ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Empowerment
£122,400 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a Children's IDVA service supporting children and young people affected by domestic abuse in Blackpool
National Lottery Community Fund - Children's Independent Domestic Violence Advisor Service for Wyre & Fy
£353,198 21/10/2014
60
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW FLETCHER Appointed: 2018
  • CHIRAG KHAJURIA Appointed: 2022
  • GEORGE STANLEY HOLDEN Appointed: 2021
  • LOUISE OWEN Appointed: 2022
  • RACHEL JANE EASTHAM Appointed: 2019
  • REBECCA SMITH Appointed: 2024
  • SANDRA BILSBORROW (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • SONIA TURNER Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/02/2014, number: 1155897
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • 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
9 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

333 Bispham Road
Bispham
BLACKPOOL
FY2 0HH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE,SUPPORT AND PROVIDE ADVOCACY SERVICES OR REPRESENTATION SERVICES AS A MEANS BY WHICH PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED BY DISABILITY,ILLNESS,AGE OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION CAN MAKE KNOWN THEIR NEEDS AND WISHES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND SO INCREASE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.TO EDUCATE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AS TO THE DIFFICULTIES FOR DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED BY ANY INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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