Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

BETTER HEALTH PRODUCTS LIMITED 

The principal activities of the social enterprise are an artisan bakery, bicycle workshop and light manufacturing. This work provides time limited (usually 3 months) trainee placements for men and women who suffer from mental ill health and forms a part of their recovery and social inclusion. The aim of the enterprise is a move on of trainees to employment or further training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 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
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£312£311£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£269£269£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£161£160£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£453£452£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£415£418£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£367£368£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£331£338£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£286£289£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£223£223£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£138£138£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£59£59£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£63£63£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£53£58£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£50£47£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£47£45£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£52£42£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£47£58£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£39£33£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£42£40£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£46£37£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 52 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Newham, Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/05/1972, number: 264031
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/04/1972, number: 01049465
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

THE DARNLEY CENTRE
1A DARNLEY ROAD
LONDON
E9 6QH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF THE MENTALLY SICK WHO ARE TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY INCAPABLE OF TAKING INSURABLE EMPLOYMENT BY PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT UNDER SUITABLE SHELTERED CONDITIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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