Finance Score: 10
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

INTERCOM

Provides help for people who are experiencing prejudice, discrimination or other disadvantage relating to sexual orientation or gender identity, supports independent lesbian gay bisexual and trans groups and initiatives, and provides training and consultancy for all sectors on the issues around sexual orientation and gender identity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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

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£674£697£-23£2£317£2424.22014
31/03/22£652£531£121£0£340£2475.61315
31/03/21£515£423£91£0£219£1965.6115
31/03/20£418£407£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£319£355£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£355£202£153n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 36.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 8 years

www.intercomtrust.org.uk

office@intercomtrust.org.uk

01392 201015

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • LGBTQ+ support
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Plymouth City, Torbay,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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£1,189,570
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£2,650
Devon Community Foundation£2,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 06/01/2023
LGBT+ Help, Support, and Advocacy
Devon Community Foundation - Winter Poverty Support
£2,250 12/01/2022
Providing emergency essentials, food and fuel support to identified vulnerable households within traveller and LGBTQ+ communities..
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Intercom Trust
£2,650 20/10/2021
furnishing for a charity supporting the LGBTQ community in Exeter. *only highlighted items on project budget.
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBT+ Health & Wellbeing Project
£1,189,570 24/03/2021
60
The funding will be used over 5 years and will allow the organisation to deliver outreach support to LGBT+ residents across the South West with a range of one to one and group activities - held both face to face and digitally - as well as a ....more
LGBT Consortium - Grant to The Intercom Trust
£15,810 08/03/2019
Organisational Sustainability
National Lottery Community Fund - LGB and Trans +Wellbeing Project Southwest
£357,744 22/02/2019
24
The organisation provides a range of support services directly to the LGBT+ community and to other LGBT+ constituted and non constituted grass roots community groups across the South West. The funding is to ensure the continuation of core services ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - LGB and Trans Health and Wellbeing Project
£15,379 27/09/2018
12
The project provides a community help, support and advocacy service for vulnerable and disadvantaged LGBT people experiencing a range of issues affecting their mental and emotional health. Issues include isolation and de-socialisation, low ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ADAM JACKSON Appointed: 2021
  • DAVID PATRICK BRIARS Appointed: 2024
  • HELEN CASSON Appointed: 2020
  • JANA FUNKE Appointed: 2020
  • KATHERINE ANN FRASER Appointed: 2024
  • KAYE LORRAINE STEVENSON Appointed: 2024
  • PHILIP EVANS RICHARDS Appointed: 2021
  • SIMON HILL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2017, number: 1171878
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 44 days late,
Main office

INTERCOM
PO BOX 285
EXETER
EX4 3ZT

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF LESBIAN, GAY BISEXUAL AND TRANS+ PEOPLE AND OTHERS WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED ON ACCOUNT OF PREJUDICE OR DISCRIMINATION SUFFERED IN RELATION TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY IN SUCH WAYS AS ARE CHARITABLE AT LAW.2) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION, CASE DETERMINATIONS, CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW. 3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER DISADVANTAGE SUFFERED BY REASON OF BEING LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL OR TRANS+.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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