Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HAPPY VALLEY PRIDE

Happy Valley Pride promote equality and diversity for the public benefit across the Upper Calder Valley and theBorough of Calderdale, and the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation orgender identity
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/06/23£113£94£19
30/06/22£85£64£20
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.happyvalleypride.co.uk

info@happyvalleypride.com

01422400406

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Calderdale,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
Community Foundation for Calderdale£23,200
National Lottery Community Fund£10,890
Co-Operative Group£4,349
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mind Your Head
£4,349 21/10/2023
We would like to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing issues among the LGBTQ+ community in Calderdale and beyond. We provide vital resources and highlight available services.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Happy Valley Pride 2023
£4,000 10/03/2023
Grant to Happy Valley Pride
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Happy Valley Youth Pride
£9,700 02/12/2022
Grant to Happy Valley Pride
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Happy Valley Pride
£2,000 22/07/2022
Grant to Happy Valley Pride
National Lottery Community Fund - Happy Valley Pride 2022
£8,440 22/04/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a series of recruitment and training events for volunteers as well as mentoring sessions for young people from the LGBTQ+ community culminating in the hosting of a ....more
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Happy Valley Pride Winter Warmers
£2,500 16/11/2021
Grant to Happy Valley Pride
National Lottery Community Fund - Happy Valley Reconnects
£2,450 10/09/2021
The funding will support two events that will help people in the LGBTQ+ community to leave the lockdown mentality and begin to rebuild the organisation's person to person programme of events. The ....more
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Happy Valley Pride Festival 2021
£5,000 04/06/2021
Grant to Happy Valley Pride
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ASHLEIGH FRANCES VINALL Appointed: 2023
  • BARRY YOUNG Appointed: 2023
  • DARREN SPRUCE Appointed: 2021
  • JENNIFER ANN WILSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • RUTH THOMPSON-DAVIES Appointed: 2021
  • TIMOTHY JAMES WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2021
  • VICTORIA HELEN FIRTH Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2021, number: 1193168
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 6
The Town Hall
St. Georges Street
HEBDEN BRIDGE
West Yorkshire

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ACROSS THE UPPER CALDER VALLEY AND THE BOROUGH OF CALDERDALE, AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO ALL ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION, ISSUES AND DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING THE LIVES OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER PLUS OTHER SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITIES (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN;(B) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY & DIVERSITY AND FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS BY CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LGBTQI+ PEOPLE AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY;(C) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY WHETHER BY TEACHING, INTERACTION, PERFORMANCE OR PRODUCING AND/OR DISPLAYING ARTISTIC AND OTHER MATERIALS;(D) PRODUCING PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, MEDIA, PROMOTING PUBLIC EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS;(E) ASSOCIATION WITH VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND/OR GOVERNMENTAL, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BODIES TO DEVELOP AND MAXIMISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CIO FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE; AND(F) STAGING AND PROMOTING LGBTQI+ EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IN PARTICULAR AN ANNUAL LGBTQI+ FESTIVAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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