Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

SWAP (SAFE WELCOME AFTER PRISON)

Providing a day centre for individuals with a history of criminal offending, mental health and addiction and assisting them in various ways including:Universal Credit claims and managing Universal Credit accounts. Escorting to various appointments.Setting up email accounts, council tax, utilities, etc.Making appointments with healthcare providers and probation services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be 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
31/03/23*£52£45£7n/a
31/03/22£59£57£2n/a
31/03/21£65£58£7n/a
31/03/20*£10£9£1n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

safewelcomeafterprison.com

info@swap-safewelcomeafterprison.org.uk

01422880762

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric)
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£58,855
National Lottery Community Fund£29,324
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
Community Foundation for Calderdale£7,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000 10/07/2023
to cover mental health courses for prison leavers
Community Foundation for Calderdale - After The Gate
£4,000 10/03/2023
Grant to SWAP; Safe Welcome After Prison
National Lottery Community Fund - Arresting Offending
£9,824 02/12/2022
The funding will be used to pay for a Trainer to deliver a 20-week course on addressing offending behaviour for those leaving prison. The project aims to encourage positive choices prevent re-offending and provide an understanding of the effects of ....more
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Dealing with Anxiety Groups
£3,600 01/03/2022
Grant to SWAP; Safe Welcome After Prison
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAP Community Minibus
£9,500 17/09/2021
The funding will be used to buy a minibus that would be used to benefit service users and other members of the community by providing transportation for recovery-related events groups and activities The project aims to help individuals with complex ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAP; Safe Welcome After Prison
£10,000 22/04/2020
12
The organisation will work with past offenders especially those just released from prison to address issues around mental health issues and frustrations around matters of reintergration. The aim is to help offenders to resettle and to feel part of ....more
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - SWAP; Safe Welcome After Prison - 1
£58,855 19/03/2020
36
To pay for a Volunteer Coordinator for 2 years until the recruitment, training and organisation of volunteers is embedded into the culture and daily operations
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • BRENDON BENNETT Appointed: 2021
  • DAVID SALTONSTALL Appointed: 2020
  • JANICE MCNAMARA Appointed: 2022
  • SHANE INGHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • YVONNE OLIVER Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/08/2019, number: 1184712
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 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR23: 34 days late, AR20: 3 days late,
Main office

24 Akeds Road
HALIFAX
West Yorkshire
HX1 2TR

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF EX-OFFENDERS LIVING IN HALIFAX AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, BUDDYING, ASSESSMENT AND INDUCTION PROGRAMMES, AS WELL AS A DAY CENTRE SERVICE, TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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