Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

RECOVERY COLLEGE COLLECTIVE LIMITED

To provide a peer led, peer delivered education and support service where people can learn from each otherTo enable connection and friendshipTo provide a focus for peer leadership, peer support and recovery orientated practice.To enable collaboration between mental health service providers and organisations that support these aims.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • 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

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 was lower than spending in the latest year

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£579£669£-90£0£282£2825.1826
31/03/22£523£462£61£0£372£3729.61025
31/03/21£511£361£150£0£311£31110.3919
31/03/20£353£255£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£252£199£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 7 years

http://www.recoverycoco.com/

info@recoverycoco.com

01912610948

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • 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
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to (The) Recovery College Collective Ltd
£11,333 01/09/2021
(The) Recovery College Collective Ltd
National Lottery Community Fund - ReCoCo-Saltwell Park
£10,000 29/10/2020
6
The funding will provide IT equipment and operational costs to enable them to provide peer-led advice education and wellbeing and mental health support services for vulnerable groups. This aims to reduce isolation aid recovery and improve wellbeing.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to The Recovery College Collective Ltd
£30,000 18/02/2020
To engage in a collective Systemic Action Inquiry in Bensham, where six grassroots organisations are partnering with the Institute for Development Studies at Sussex Uni and LCF to understand their local context more deeply, bringing their collective ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core funding
£3,193 21/06/2019
Core funding
Power to Change - Recovery College Collective
£14,500 05/04/2019
Grant to Recovery College Collective
National Lottery Community Fund - ReCoCo Creative Community Hub
£10,000 28/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to set up a new hub for people suffering from mental health conditions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-62
  • ALAN RAMSAY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Manager
  • CARIS BLATHIN VARDY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Semi Retired
  • CAROLINE JULIE CLAISSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • DEBORAH JANE ETHEL ASH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Mental Health Nurse
  • DR THOMAS MICHAEL HILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • JULIA FAYE HARRISON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None
  • MICHELLE CAREY LORAINE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2017, number: 1174907
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/01/2017, number: 10573524
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

RECOCO
No 1 Carliol Square
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 6UF

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND TYNE AND WEAR BY PROVISION OF PEER LED EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES IN COLLABORATION WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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