Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

FIGHTING WITH PRIDE

To relieve need, hardship or distress among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender former members of the Armed Forces of the Crown and their dependents within the United Kingdom.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£677£664£12£0£319£11121212
31/03/23£532£380£152£0£306£1113.5100
31/03/22£268£115£153n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 35%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 76.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 4 years

www.fightingwithpride.org.uk

info@fightingwithpride.org.uk

01522524131

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • LGBTQ+ support
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
Ministry of Defence£130,000
Department of Health£111,000
Cabinet Office£65,000
Seafarers UK£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 19/10/2022
"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
Cabinet Office - GRANT TO SUPPORT VETERANS ENGAGE WITH THE LGBT VETERANS INDEPENDENT REVIEW
£15,000 03/10/2022
To provide pastoral care to help veterans engage the LGBT Veterans Independent Review, and submit a final report by 31 March 2023
Seafarers UK - Grant to Fighting With Pride
£30,000 03/03/2022
Grant for core funding to support the work of the UK's only LGBT+ Armed Forces charity.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£50,000 03/09/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Cabinet Office - FWP Capacity and Confidence Building
£50,000 01/03/2021
The purpose is to ensure Fighting with Pride (FWP) has capacity to deal with the demand from veterans following the recent public announcement of the new medallic return policy on two of their vital support programmes.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
Address social isolation by targeting specific groups within the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach.
Department of Health - Fighting with pride
£111,000 01/10/2020
The objective of the grant funding for the WDF is therefore to equip personal health budget holders and the PA workforce to make best use of PHBs and thereby secure improved outcomes, user experience and value for money.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • COLONEL ALISON KAY BROWN Appointed: 2020
  • CRAIG JONES MBE Appointed: 2022
  • EDMUND HUGH LYDART HALL Appointed: 2024
  • EMMA DUNLEAVY-HARRIS Appointed: 2023
  • GEORGE PATRICK LYSTER-TODD Appointed: 2020
  • KATY LOUISE HOLVEY-WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023
  • LEONA IRENE BARR-JONES Appointed: 2023
  • PROFESSOR ANDREW JAMES HARTLE FRCA FFICM Appointed: 2023
  • RACHEL ELIZABETH PRICE Appointed: 2023
  • SHAN MARIE FRANCES VEILLARD-THOMAS Appointed: 2021
  • STEVEN ROGER SEAL Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/10/2020, number: 1191863
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 11/04/2020, current status: Small charity
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Fighting With Pride
PO Box 1421
LINCOLN
LN5 5YR

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONG LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY:(A) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING SCHEMES AND OTHER INITIATIVES INCLUDING REHABILITATION, RETRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR EMPLOYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR SEXUALITY PRIOR TO 2000.(B) SEEKING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND RETURN WHERE APPROPRIATE OF MEDALS AND OTHER AWARDS REMOVED WHEN THEY LOST THEIR EMPLOYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR SEXUALITY PRIOR TO 2000.(C) SEEKING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND REMEDY BY WHATEVER MEANS IS JUDGED APPROPRIATE OF DAMAGED OR IMPAIRED PENSION RIGHTS, PAYMENTS AND OTHER BENEFITS RESULTING FROM WHEN THEY LOST THEIR EMPLOYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR SEXUALITY PRIOR TO 2000.2. PROMOTING EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AMONGST SERVING AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN. 3. THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN BY ENCOURAGING ESPRIT DE CORPS THROUGH BRINGING TOGETHER LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND THEIR DEPENDANTS. 4. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION REGARDING LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WITH REGARDS TO THEIR HISTORY, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL OR MENTAL WELLBEING AND MILITARY SERVICE INCLUDING THROUGH PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND THE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH INTO THESE TOPICS AND THROUGH INTEGRATION AND PROMOTION OF ARTS PROJECTS.5. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND THEIR DEPENDANTS THROUGH:(A) DIRECT LIAISON WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENCIES AND BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVOCACY AND DISCUSSION; AND(B) DIRECT LIAISON WITH VETERANS AND OTHER CHARITIES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS THROUGH COOPERATIVE WORK, THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVOCACY AND DISCUSSION,SO THAT THEIR NEEDS AND PAST INJUSTICES CAN BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD AND ADDRESSED.6. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST LGBT+ VETERANS WHO WERE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED WHEN THEY LOST THEIR CAREERS AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE PAST WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR SEXUALITY, BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICE REFERRALS, OF SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REINTEGRATE WITHIN THE BROADER MILITARY FAMILY.(FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS LGBT+ VETERANS WHO LOST OR GAVE UP THEIR CAREERS ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR SEXUALITY OR GENDER IDENTITY WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES AND WHO SUBSEQUENTLY FACED BEING OSTRACISED WHEN ‘OUTED’ TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, WHO FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND NEW EMPLOYMENT OR WHO DEVELOPED MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING POOR SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE, DEPRESSION AND/OR PTSD AS A CONSEQUENCE).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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