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

EAST SUSSEX RECOVERY ALLIANCE

East Sussex Recovery Alliance is a peer lead project supporting recovery from substance misuse in East Sussex.Our Vision: is to empower, build confidence, encourage responsibility and promote both physical and mental wellbeing in all those in recovery from substance misuse and the families supporting someone affected by substance misuse.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/24£212£212£1n/a
31/03/23£298£293£6n/a
31/03/22£239£286£-46n/a
31/03/21£385£307£78n/a
31/03/20£289£233£56n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.esrauk.org

info@esrauk.org

01424435318

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£303,641
Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
DCMS£81,439
Sussex Community Foundation£39,192
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Hybrid Support Worker
£10,000 09/06/2023
The funding will be used to recruit a hybrid support worker who will offer online recovery groups individual face to face support and telephone support for people in recovery from addiction. The project aims to continue providing people with the ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to East Sussex Recovery Alliance
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to East Sussex Recovery Alliance
£8,996 13/12/2022
Funding was provided towards the increase in staff, food, and fuel costs to enable them to continue to deliver their services.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to East Sussex Recovery Alliance
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of East Sussex Recovery Alliance
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to East Sussex Recovery Alliance (ESRA)
£8,514 21/07/2022
Funding was provided towards their wellbeing workshops.
National Lottery Community Fund - East Sussex Recovery Alliance
£280,200 11/02/2022
The funding will support salary costs for a project manager a senior support worker a receptionist and an additional support worker. This will enable the organisation to open the Hastings hub 3 days a week and with the addition of a new support ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to East Sussex Recovery Alliance (ESRA) CIC
£10,000 07/07/2021
East Sussex recovery Alliance supports people in recovery from drugs and alcohol, reducing isolation and increasing engagement in purposeful activity. Funding was provided to enable them to employ a support worker for 20 hours a week to work ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - East Sussex Recovery Cafe
£10,000 04/06/2021
The funding will be used to pay a proportion of a café supervisors salary for a Recovery Café in Hastings for people in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction so that they are able to support the volunteers who work in the café.The project aims ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to East Sussex Recovery Alliance
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of East Sussex Recovery Alliance, awarded under the Foundation's Addiction and Dependency funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£22,117 03/12/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to East Sussex Recovery Alliance (ESRA) CIC
£7,288 28/07/2020
ESRA supports people in recovery from drugs and alcohol, reducing isolation and increasing engagement in purposeful activity. Funding will support the adaptation of their hubs to ensure they meet Covid-secure guidelines, including adding perspex ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£7,288 27/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£52,034 18/06/2020
"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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to East Sussex Recovery Alliance (ESRA) CIC
£4,394 06/04/2020
ESRA support people in recovery from drugs and alcohol, reducing isolation and increasing engagement in purposeful activity. Funding for help with IT support and running costs for their staff team to work remotely.
National Lottery Community Fund - East Sussex Recovery Alliance
£3,441 10/02/2020
12
The funding will be used to train and upskill volunteers to help deliver the 'It's Your Choice Recovery' programme for people in recovery from substance misuse. The project aims to provide support for more service users and family members, to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHARLOTTE DIX Appointed: 2023
  • DANIELLE MITCHELL Appointed: 2019
  • GARETH TREVITT Appointed: 2019
  • JACQUELINE TRAVIS Appointed: 2022
  • MARTIN CONNOLLY Appointed: 2023
  • SARAH MILTON Appointed: 2020
  • SIMON HUBBARD (Chair) Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/08/2018, number: 1179560
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
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

East Sussex Recovery Alliance
5 Harold Place
HASTINGS
TN34 1JA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN RECOVERY OR ACTIVELY SEEKING RECOVERY FROM DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL MISUSE AND THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, PEER LED GROUPS, SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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