Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

EAST DURHAM VETERANS TRUST

East Durham Veterans Trust supports veterans and their families from the East Durham area, through three main areas.Firstly sign posting to other organisations that can offer practical support, this includes finance, housing etc.Secondly through Social inclusion and finally to support veterans and their families with mental health coaching and wellbeing.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
01/02/23£132£161£-29n/a
01/02/22£109£84£25n/a
01/02/21£20£4£16n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.eastdurhamveterans.co.uk

contact@eastdurhamveterans.co.uk

07368424939

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
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£119,844
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£20,000
County Durham Community Foundation£19,290
Ministry of Defence£9,744
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - East Durham Veterans Trust
£5,000 07/03/2024
To support its social inclusion programme which offers various groups throughout the week, including gardening, walking, crafts, model making, music, photography, coffee morning, monthly breakfast clubs, family trips, and monthly fishing trips.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to East Durham Veterans Trust
£20,000 08/12/2023
24
Unrestricted funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Veterans Community Transport Support
£97,306 21/06/2023
This funding will be used to purchase a minibus and associated costs to enable it to provide transport to veterans their families and the wider community to allow them to attend activities and services at their base in Seaham. The project aims to ....more
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - East Durham Veterans Trust
£5,000 07/06/2023
The funding is for the provision of a range of support to veterans and their families including mental health support, activities, support with addiction and practical support.
County Durham Community Foundation - Social Inclusion
£5,000 24/03/2023
To support a Social Inclusion project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Mates & Baits
£1,820 22/03/2023
To support the Mates & Baits project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Brews & Bacon
£1,500 22/03/2023
To provide a drop- in offering brews & bacon.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,744 12/08/2022
"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 Forces community. 2) It aims to encourage all parties ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Case Support Worker
£1,500 09/06/2022
Towards a Case Support Worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - East Durham Veterans Hub Sensory Garden
£8,900 01/04/2022
The funding will be used to renovate a large space within the grounds of Dawdon Community Centre and turn into an outdoor sensory green space with a seating area for the community and members of the East Durham Veterans Trust. They will be able to ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Gardening Project
£4,970 11/02/2022
To support a gardening project.
National Lottery Community Fund - SOCIAL INCLUSION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
£7,638 19/11/2021
The funding will be used to continue and expand the range of activities the Veterans Hub in County Durham provides to veterans and their families including mental health support. Activities include social trips model building and breakfast and lunch ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Through a soldiers eyes
£2,000 03/09/2021
To support the Through a soldiers eyes exhibition.
National Lottery Community Fund - East Durham Veterans Trust Veterans Hub
£6,000 22/10/2020
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The funding will help to open a Veterans Hub in County Durham. It'll provide members and their families with access to a variety of support groups and mental health services. This aims to reduce the risk of suicide isolation and improve wellbeing.
County Durham Community Foundation - East Durham Veterans Trust Counselling Services
£2,500 25/09/2020
Towards counselling services.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVID MCKENNA Appointed: 2020
  • GRAHAME MARK MORRIS Appointed: 2020
  • HELEN LYNN JONES Appointed: 2023
  • KEVIN JOSEPH SHAW (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • NEIL ROONEY Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/07/2020, number: 1190445
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Dawdon Community Centre
Queen Alexandra Road
SEAHAM
County Durham
SR7 7NH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF VETERANS OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN EAST DURHAM.1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG VETERANS TO PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THEM AND TO HELP THEM INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIETY “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEAN EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR AS A RESULT OF BEING UNABLE TO ADJUST TO A CIVILIAN ENVIRONMENT.2. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; AND3. THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASONS OF TRAUMA SUCH AS COMBAT POST – TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, ADDICTIONS AND ISOLATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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