Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 7

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: -3

ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND SELF HELP IN SURVIVING TRAUMA

ASSIST offers therapeutic and emotional support to individuals and their families/carers affected by Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTS is defined as an illness or disorder that is triggered by an emotionally distressing event which is outside the range of normal human experience, e.g. traffic incidents; fires; attacks: rape; and traumatic bereavement.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely 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
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 28 years

www.assisttraumacare.org.uk

finance@assisttraumacare.org.uk

01788551919

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£404	£520	£-116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/22		£565	£609	£-44	£0	£143	£101	2	13	11
31/03/21		£633	£558	£74	£0	£188	£112	2.4	15	16
31/03/20		£673	£662	£11	£0	£113	£60	1.1	13	18
31/03/19		£669	£766	£-96	£0	£102	£51	0.8	16	5
31/03/18		£807	£905	£-98	£0	£199	£38	0.5	16	0
31/03/17	*	£928	£742	£186	£0	£297	£40	0.6	12	0
31/03/16	*	£609	£543	£66	£0	£110	£40	0.9	7	0
31/03/15		£554	£537	£17	£4	£44	£39	0.9	6	0
31/03/14		£518	£582	£-64	£7	£28	£26	0.5	7	0
31/03/13		£460	£497	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£386	£334	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£171	£136	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£170	£139	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£120	£137	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£163	£158	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£160	£169	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£160	£152	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£83	£99	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£115	£111	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
9 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

The Youth Endowment Fund	£627,644
BBC Children in Need	£97,310
National Lottery Community Fund	£6,574

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Guiding Young Minds
£6,574	04/08/2023	The funding will be used to provide sports arts crafts and mentoring sessions for young people. The project aims to provide an alternative to antisocial behaviour.
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND SELF HELP IN SURVIVING TRAUMA
£70,431	31/08/2022
BBC Children in Need - Grant to ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND SELF-HELP IN SURVIVING TRAUMA
£97,310	10/08/2021	This project will provide mentor support for children and young people who have experienced trauma. Children will gain trusted relationships, be better able to manage emotions and reduce behaviourial ....more This project will provide mentor support for children and young people who have experienced trauma. Children will gain trusted relationships, be better able to manage emotions and reduce behaviourial issues.
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND SELF HELP IN SURVIVING TRAUMA
£318,089	30/06/2021
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND SELF HELP IN SURVIVING TRAUMA
£183,124	30/06/2020
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND SELF HELP IN SURVIVING TRAUMA
£56,000	30/06/2019
Ministry of Justice - Homicide Specialist support
£60,000	01/04/2018	Provision of specialist and peer support for families bereaved through murder or manslaughter.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Assistance Support and Self Help in Surviving Trauma
£70,103	28/11/2017 36	Charity specialising in providing Post Traumatic Stress Therapeutic interventions will break the often-cyclical association of experiencing or witnessing abusive and exploitative behaviour as a child ....more Charity specialising in providing Post Traumatic Stress Therapeutic interventions will break the often-cyclical association of experiencing or witnessing abusive and exploitative behaviour as a child in early life and then, becoming a victim as an adult.
Ministry of Justice - Specialist Support Organisations
£60,000	01/04/2017	Specialist Support for families bereaved by homicide.
Ministry of Justice - Homicide Specialist Support
£60,000	01/04/2016 12	To provide specialist therapy support to people bereaved by homicide prior to 2010
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Assistance Support and Self Help in Surviving Trauma
£40,000	29/10/2012	the salary of the Specialist Trauma Therapist, room hire, administration and supervision costs

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR THOMAS GOODFELLOW

KRISTIAN SHAW Appointed: 2019

MIKE HUTTON Appointed: 2020

RICHARD WELLINGS (Chair) Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/01/1996, number: 1052219

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR06: 9 days late,

Main office

Unit 17 Clock Tower Shopping Centre
Northway
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2JR

Objectives

A. TO RELIEVE PERSONS AFFECTED BY POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (P.T.S.D) IN ANY WAY CHARITABLE IN LAW AND ALSO TO RELIEVE MEMBERS OF THE SUFFERERS FAMILIES, WHO MAY BE SECONDARY VICTIMS OF THE DISORDER. B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PTSD AND TO OFFER TRAINING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE APPROPRIATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE WARWICKSHIRE

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