Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

ANNABELLES CHALLENGE

FundraisingAwareness CampaignsResearch FundingSupport
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/03/23£157£124£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£166£64£102n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£62£66£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£118£85£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£81£72£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£80£62£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£40£36£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£36£33£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£28£17£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.annabelleschallenge.org

info@annabelleschallenge.org

0161 797 4746

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Vascular EDS Support Programme
£177,415 07/07/2021
The grant will allow the group to expand support for those affected by Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (VEDS) across England through provision of information and advice local support groups and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,576 06/10/2020
"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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDY FISH Appointed: 2022
  • CHRISTINA FALLOWS Appointed: 2023
  • CLARE FRANCES EDGE Appointed: 2023
  • DAVID CATTERALL (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • MEGAN THORNTON-THOMPSON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/05/2014, number: 1157074
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

Walshaw Park House
Walshaw Road
BURY
Lancashire
BL8 1PY

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MEDICAL PROFESSION IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO VASCULAR EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME2. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF VEDS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH3. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF VEDS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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