Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE ZINK PROJECT CIO

The purpose is the prevention and relief of poverty in and around the area of the High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire. At present the activities consist of operating a food bank, wellbeing activities to improve or manage mental health, community eco-cafe, employability support, advice, signposting and work and skills training for job-seekers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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£321£229£92n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£458£452£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£449£198£251n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£224£157£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£244£191£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£169£125£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£135£100£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£99£79£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

http://www.zink.org.uk/

paul@zink.org.uk

01298214926

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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£438,383
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Department for Work and Pensions£6,720
Charles Hayward Foundation£5,000
CAF£5,000
Crowdfunder£4,795
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
WCIT Charity - Grant to The Zink Project
£2,500 06/09/2023
Funding for on online referral form to streamline its foodbank and other services and allow for contact outside office hours.
National Lottery Community Fund - Spring - Towards Work
£249,665 09/03/2023
This project will use funding to further develop their pre-employment support and employability programme in High Peak Derbyshire. Originally set up as a foodbank Zink provides welfare advice and advocacy employability workshops 1-1 coaching ....more
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£4,795 05/05/2022
Covid response
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Buxton Community Cafe
£923 23/10/2021
We want to reopen and adapt our community café to suit social distancing guidelines, improving local morale whilst fostering friendship networks for a more resilient community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 23/07/2021
Zink Community Hub
National Lottery Community Fund - Zink TV/School of Rock/Zink CV
£9,100 25/06/2021
The funding will be used by the group to deliver three programmes which will include a community magazine TV School of Rock and a CV clinic for the community. The project aims to offer advice and support and reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Zink Project
£5,000 21/12/2020
RRISE (Recovery, Rehabilitation, Inclusion, Employment) project
National Lottery Community Fund - Corona Food Distribution High Peak
£5,100 07/05/2020
1
The funding will be used to employ a new staff member to coordinate surplus and supermarket donated food distribution to vulnerable families during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
CAF - Grant to The Zink Project
£5,000 15/04/2020
3
Grant to The Zink Project to support the organisation through COVID19
Department for Work and Pensions - KICK START
£6,720 01/04/2020
To support customers aged 18-24 to be ready to take up kickstart vacancies
National Lottery Community Fund - Zink Business Development
£174,518 07/01/2020
36
This funding will develop new and expanded services to more holistically meet the needs of the people this group supports, and to generate income, reducing future reliance on grant funding. New services will include expansion of a café, a job ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Zink Advice
£7,900 11/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver personalised support in tackling food poverty and improving financial literacy. This will enable participants to increase their skills and wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 08/05/2019
Zink Develeopment
National Lottery Community Fund - High Peak Food Banks
£292,100 23/10/2013
60
The continuation project will be delivered by High Peak Nightstop to respond to the increasing need for emergency food parcels experienced by people in the High Peak area of Derbyshire. People most in need within the area will receive emergency food ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

  • ALAN THOMPSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • DR GRAHAM JOWETT Appointed: 2024
  • GEOFFREY DRUCE Appointed: 2024
  • JOANNE SANDELL Appointed: 2023
  • JOHN NICHOLSON Appointed: 2023
  • KIRSTEN MARGARET WILLIAMS Appointed: 2015
  • LINDA GROOBY Appointed: 2022
  • MARK REKIA Appointed: 2024
  • SANDRA DAWN GREEN Appointed: 2023
  • SHANNON RICHARDSON-WALTON Appointed: 2017
  • TURRUM MELLOR HUGHES Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2015, number: 1159875
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,
Main office

Zink HQ
Clough Street
BUXTON
Derbyshire
SK17 6LJ

Objectives

The prevention or relief of poverty in and around the area of the High Peak Borough Council in the County of Derbyshire or elsewhere in the United Kingdom, in particular, but not exclusively, by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary practical and emotional support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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