Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

AIREDALE VOLUNTARY DRUG AND ALCOHOL AGENCY LIMITED

Project 6 is a voluntary sector drug & alcohol provider in Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven, Sheffield and Doncaster. We provide advice & support to substance users, their families and carers. We deliver open access harm reduction services, structured treatment and recovery services in the community, primary and secondary care settings. We also offer peer mentoring and volunteering opportunities.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low 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
31/03/24£3,585£3,474£110£0£1,142£8522.98350
31/03/23£2,636£2,592£44£0£1,032£5832.76060
31/03/22£1,946£2,173£-226£0£989£72845879
31/03/21£2,164£1,855£308£11£1,215£9626.24460
31/03/20?£2,190£1,983£206£1£907£7574.662153
31/03/18£1,397£1,336£61£0£684£4303.9460

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 8 years
(27 years as a company)

http://www.project6.org.uk/

admin@project6.org.uk

01535610180

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Derbyshire, Doncaster, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Yorkshire, Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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£708,084
Henry Smith Charity£191,200
DCMS£80,819
Leeds Community Foundation£64,426
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Project 6
£191,200 14/06/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Structured Recovery Programme' providing support for people with substance misuse issues in Keighley, Sheffield and Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Recovery Pathways
£436,749 24/03/2023
36
The project will use the funding over three years to run a programmed aimed at empowering people to take ownership of the next stage in recovery from drug and alcohol misuse to achieve long-term sustainable life changes which will reduce isolation. ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - South Asian Community Project
£29,450 16/09/2022
Grant to Airedale Voluntary Drug and Alcohol Agency
National Lottery Community Fund - WaVe at Progress Continuation
£99,921 24/03/2022
The funding will support around 250 people living in Keighley Bradford taking the next steps in their recovery from drug and alcohol problems and embed positive life changes which increase their resilience wellbeing and support networks.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£80,819 29/07/2020
"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
Leeds Community Foundation - Keighley Health Inclusion Social Prescribing
£29,976 09/06/2020
11
To provide a Health Inclusion Specialist Social Prescriber to work with a specific cohort of dependent alcohol users with multiple and complex needs, engaging them in opportunities to make meaningful and sustainable changes in their lives.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£60,000 20/03/2020
24
Project 6 Core Funding for Development
National Lottery Community Fund - The Third Place Street Drinker Outreach Project
£9,990 17/02/2020
12
This project will offer weekly morning sessions of assertive outreach work in Keighley town centre by engaging street drinkers, proving advice to reduce harmful behaviours, physical and mental health interventions and referrals to detox. The service ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Active Citizens
£5,000 19/12/2019
15
Active Citizen is 12-week programme to enable young people who may be at risk or affected by substance misuse or CSE to become more resilient and to take up leadership roles with their communities, based around leadership, collective impact, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sober Social
£161,424 19/12/2019
36
The funding will provide a complete programme focused on recovery for people who are experiencing alcohol addiction. The aim is to provide volunteering opportunities, workshops and activities to reduce alcohol dependency, increase confidence and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The ARC Alcohol Recovery Community
£456,065 18/10/2019
36
The ARC Alcohol Recovery Community
Co-Op Foundation - Co-design offer
£9,580 20/12/2018
Focus group and taster sessions exploring how a programme could make a difference, focused on five ways to wellbeing and young people as assets.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,950 20/12/2018
Engaging with young people to understand how the Tramshed community venue can be improved
National Lottery Community Fund - WaVE at Progress
£334,808 22/11/2018
36
WaVE at Progress
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-74
  • ANTHONY MARTIN JACKSON BALL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • JANE MCGEAGH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Deputy Director
  • JOANNE MORLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Unemployed
  • KES LEWIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Analyst
  • QUENTIN MARRIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trustee
  • SARFRAZ ARIF Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director
  • UMAR IQBAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Pharmacist Modality Partnership
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/05/2017, number: 1173006
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/09/1997, number: 03430925
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • 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
6 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from AIREDALE VOLUNTARY DRUG AND ALCOHOL AGENCY on 10/08/2021
  • Asset transfer in from DONCASTER ALCOHOL SERVICE on 18/03/2022
Main office

11-19 TEMPLE STREET
KEIGHLEY
BD21 2AD

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH OF PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE MISUSING OR AT RISK OF MISUSING SUCH SUBSTANCES AS ALCOHOL, ILLICIT AND PRESCRIBED DRUGS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT; AND(2) TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO FACILITATE, SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN POSITIVE CHANGE FOR THOSE OF ALL AGES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE, MULTIPLE AND COMPLEX HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF THE MISUSE OF ALCOHOL, ILLICIT AND PRESCRIBED DRUGS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF MISUSE IN A MANNER HARMFUL TO HEALTH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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