Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

Nacoa provides information and support for everyone affected by a parent's drinking. Our work is about planning a positive future for the 2.6M children who live with parents who drink too much in the UK today; providing them with an opportunity to see that the world can be different from the one they know, that they can break the cycle of addiction and go on to live happy and fulfilled lives.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22	£242	£275	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	575
31/12/21	£283	£328	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	507
31/12/20	£465	£331	£134	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	359
31/12/19	£295	£199	£97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	289
31/12/18	£146	£148	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	316
31/12/17	£165	£147	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£101	£133	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£107	£146	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£86	£148	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£192	£159	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£364	£245	£119	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£312	£310	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£282	£280	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£260	£309	£-49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£284	£277	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£293	£253	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£239	£232	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£242	£236	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£280	£272	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 32 years

www.nacoa.org.uk

admin@nacoa.org.uk

01179248005

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for young people

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
575 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Department of Health	£216,500
Garfield Weston Foundation	£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£10,000
CAF	£10,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	18/03/2022	Nacoa - National Association for Children of Alcoholics
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Nacoa ? National Association for Children of Alcoholics - 03/03/22
£2,000	14/03/2022	Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Nacoa Helpline
£10,000	13/08/2021	The organisation will use the funding to continue to support children of alcoholics through their telephone helpline whilst developing their services to engage those who are hardest to reach in ....more The organisation will use the funding to continue to support children of alcoholics through their telephone helpline whilst developing their services to engage those who are hardest to reach in cultures where drinking is a taboo.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - National Association for Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa) - 04/01/21
£1,000	22/01/2021	Nacoa Helpline
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000	21/08/2020	Nacoa Core Costs - Covid-19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	24/06/2020	"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 ....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."
CAF - Grant to Nacoa
£10,000	22/06/2020 3	Grant to Nacoa to support the organisation through COVID19
Department of Health - NACOA
£216,500	24/07/2019	Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents Programme NACOA Helpline expansion & Schools Outreach programme
Department of Health - NACOA
£171,088	01/04/2019	Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents Programme NACOA Helpline expansion & Schools Outreach programme

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

LINDSAY DOHERTY Appointed: 2023

AMY DICKSON Appointed: 2023

EUAN GRAHAM Appointed: 2022

JENNIFER JANE ELSON Appointed: 2021

KATY STAFFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2018

LAURENCE ALLEYNE Appointed: 2011

MAYA PARKER

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/03/1992, number: 1009143

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from NORTHERN NOT WANTS on 01/02/2024

Main office

NACOA
PO BOX 64
Bristol
BS16 2UH

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF ALL PERSONS WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS IN PARTICULAR BY (1)RAISING THE PROFILE OF CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS IN THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS (2)REACHING PROFESSIONALS WHO DEAL WITH CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS IN THEIR EVERYDAY WORK AND EDUCATING THEM IN THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (3)OFFERING ADVICE, INFORMATION, COUNSELLING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (4)TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE PHENOMENA OF CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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