Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE BOLTON GUILD OF HELP 

The support of people in Bolton experiencing financial hardship and distress.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/12/22£228,641£251,225£-22,5844
31/12/21£169,699£151,283£18,41612
31/12/20£154,488£226,453£-71,9652
31/12/19£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

info@boltonguildofhelp.org.uk

01204524858

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Bolton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Ministry of Defence£48,063
National Lottery Community Fund£9,500
Forever Manchester£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,696 22/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to:1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,696 22/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to:1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Helping Hand
£9,500 25/11/2022
The organisation will use the funding to update their IT equipment and cover the running and staff costs to continue provision of early action and intervention support to people in crisis with the ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£8,721 18/06/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£19,950 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Forever Manchester - COVID 19 Emergency
£5,000 01/05/2020
Provision of essential household items and welfare advice
Bolton CVS - Grant to Bolton Guild of Help
£10,000 11/01/2019
Provide food and essential supplies to people in urgent need within the Borough
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/04/2019, number: 1183115
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE MARTHA BENNETT LEGACY on 09/09/2021
  • Asset transfer in from LOUISA ALICE KAY FUND on 05/01/2022
  • Asset transfer in from BOLTON MOTHER AND CHILD WELFARE FUND on 05/01/2022
  • Asset transfer in from JOYCE ANN SMITH AND FRANK SMITH FUND on 05/01/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE BOLTON GUILD OF HELP INCORPORATED on 05/01/2022
Main office

BOLTON GUILD OF HELP
SCOTT HOUSE
27 SILVERWELL STREET
BOLTON
BL1 1PP

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BOLTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD [THE AREA OF BENEFIT] AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION:(I) TO PROMOTE, ASSIST AND EXTEND CHARITABLE WORK IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO FOSTER ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENTS LIKELY TO RAISE THE STANDARD AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY; (II) TO FACILITATE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CHARITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO FURTHER THEIR BETTER CO-ORDINATION, AND (III) TO EFFECTIVELY DISTRIBUTE ANY AVAILABLE CHARITABLE FUNDS HELD BY THE CHARITY ON BEHALF OF OTHER CHARITIES AND WITHIN THE TERMS OF THOSE OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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