Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

TEES VALLEY TOGETHER

An Accessible food bank serving the residents of the Tees Valley

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

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		£84	£65	£19	n/a
31/03/22		£34	£23	£10	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.teesvalleytogether.co.uk

support@teesvalleytogether.co.uk

07722513451

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,

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	£12,300
County Durham Community Foundation	£12,000
DCMS	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Hemlington Coronation Celebrations
£2,300	30/03/2023	The funding will be used to host community celebrations and a fun day to mark the Kings Coronation. The project aims to bring residents together to build relationships and find out what support is needed locally.
County Durham Community Foundation - Community Engagement Officer
£10,000	30/11/2022	Towards the salary and on-costs of the Community Engagement Officer.
County Durham Community Foundation - TVT Hot Pot
£2,000	23/11/2022	To support the TVT Hot Pot project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Minds
£10,000	10/12/2021	The project will use the funding for a community crafting group for local residents which will also provide family sessions during the school holidays. This will offer a safe space creative activities and refreshments with the aim to reduce ....more The project will use the funding for a community crafting group for local residents which will also provide family sessions during the school holidays. This will offer a safe space creative activities and refreshments with the aim to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,500	31/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANN STONEHOUSE Appointed: 2022

DENNIS BRIAN GARGETT Appointed: 2022

JANE WRIGHT Appointed: 2024

TIMOTHY JOHN ALLEN Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/08/2021, number: 1195429

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
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

Ground Floor
21-25 The Viewley Centre
Hemlington
MIDDLESBROUGH
Cleveland
TS8 9JH

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE TEES VALLEY BY PROVIDING: FOOD, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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