Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

BRANCHING OUT

Branching Out charitable activities focus on the support and training of adults with learning disabilities, working with our community. These activities are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£462	£467	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22		£435	£446	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/21		£462	£419	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£484	£435	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
31/03/19		£473	£446	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/18		£477	£475	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£446	£445	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£447	£435	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£452	£414	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£432	£414	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£368	£360	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£358	£362	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£380	£371	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£371	£403	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£358	£348	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£301	£344	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£292	£281	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£320	£297	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£239	£230	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£198	£218	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.branchingoutuk.com

general.manager@branchingoutuk.com

01353863221

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Other education services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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

Co-Operative Group	£4,486
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	£4,169
Masonic Trust	£610

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Branching Out
£2,539	21/10/2023	We are in need of new gardening and craft equipment, tools and materials so we can continue to provide social care day services for adults with learning difficulties.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - A Poly Tunnel for Sheltered Outdoor Working
£4,169	11/09/2023	to install a new polytunnel at the Branching Out site in Littleport, enabling 38 vulnerable adults to work on horticultural projects all year round
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£610	03/10/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Branching Out
£1,947	23/10/2021	We want to buy equipment so we can help school leavers with learning disabilities who are not able to access a physical support service during the COVID-19 crisis.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-87

LIZANNE VISAGIE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hr Business Partner

AMANDA LAVINIA HILLERBY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Quality Improvement Manager

IAN HUNT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Internal Auditor

JOHN BOYLE (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Hse

BRIAN WILFRED HAYES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: England

JOHN HUMMERSONE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/06/1995, number: 1047403
Registered at Companies House on 15/06/1995, number: 03068661

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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; AR06: 16 days late,

Main office

BRANCHING OUT
27 GRANGE LANE
LITTLEPORT
ELY
CB6 1HW

Objectives

THE SUPPORT AND TRAINING OF ADULTS RESIDING IN THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE AREA WHO HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ADVOCACY DESIGNED TO EQUIP THEM WITH NECESSARY SKILLS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED --- IN PRACTICE CAMBRIDGE AREA

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