Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

SOUTH WEST POLICE COMPASSIONATE FUND 

Providing benefits to serving/retired police officers and their dependants in charitable need
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/22*£262,218£318,540£-56,3220
31/12/21£374,961£292,762£82,1990
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.swpcf.org.uk

hello@swpcf.org.uk

01392 367566

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social & legal advocacy
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City, Torbay,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/09/2020, number: 1191281
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
2 returns made; AR22: 7 days late,
Main office

SWPCF
Unit 3
Providence Court
Pynes Hill
EXETER
EX2 5JL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS, ILL-HEALTH OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THE BENEFICIARIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUCH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME. ['BENEFICIARIES' IS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 31 OF THE CIO CONSTITUTION AS:(A) SERVING POLICE OFFICERS WITH DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY AND/OR RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS FROM DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY (EACH BEING REFERRED TO IN THIS CONSTITUTION AS AN ÔOFFICERÖ);(B) ANY SPOUSE, OR CIVIL PARTNER (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 350 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 2011) OF AN OFFICER WHERE IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SUCH SPOUSE OR CIVIL PARTNER IS STILL LIVING WITH THE OFFICER; (C) ANY WIDOW OR WIDOWER OF AN OFFICER WHERE IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THE WIDOW OR WIDOWER WAS STILL LIVING WITH THE OFFICER AT THE TIME OF THE OFFICERÆS DEATH;(D) ANY OTHER PERSON WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES WAS WHOLLY OR PARTLY DEPENDANT OF AN OFFICER AT THE DATE OF HIS OR HER DEATH;(E) SUCH OTHER CATEGORIES OF PERSONS WHICH THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.]

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great