Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

IMPROVING LIVES PLYMOUTH 

We run with our partners, Plymouth Veterans and Family Hub, at our Ernest English House centre, alongside our information and advice services.At our Mannamead Wellbeing Hub (in north Plymouth) and across the city, we provide support for those with long-term health conditions, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health issues, and their carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 26 years
(32 years as a company)

https://www.improvinglivesplymouth.org.uk/

ilp@improvinglivesplymouth.org.uk

01752201766

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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£2,301£2,133£168£18£1,459£1,4518.26738
31/03/22£1,735£1,596£139£22£1,306£1,0317.85580
31/03/21*£1,627£1,609£18£34£1,149£1,1498.65736
31/03/20£1,457£1,443£14£4£1,072£1,0738.95480
31/03/19£1,488£1,495£-8£26£1,112£1,1078.96075
31/03/18£1,484£1,492£-8£28£1,110£1,1058.9550
31/03/17£1,318£1,321£-3£12£1,124£1,12410.2470
31/03/16£1,328£1,324£4£12£1,084£1,0849.8460
31/03/15£1,460£1,451£10£7£1,108£1,1049.1300
31/03/14£1,632£1,563£70£8£1,078£1,0538.1350
31/03/13£1,154£1,170£-16£5£986£98610.1330
31/03/12£1,082£961£121£4£975£7879.8410
31/03/11£1,339£1,233£106£5£853£7477.3410
31/03/10£1,071£1,056£15£4£741£7358.4380
31/03/09£908£901£6£4£663£4816.4320
31/03/08£1,004£1,001£3£4£746£7468.9380
31/03/07£1,153£1,131£22£5£807£8028.5430
31/03/06£1,174£1,163£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,037£975£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£790£764£26£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 8.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Plymouth City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 67 employees
  • 38 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
Ministry of Defence£112,500
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust£40,000
DCMS£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - See Hear Out and About
£9,717 18/11/2022
The funding will be used to provide access for sensory disabled people to local attractions supported by expert guides and necessary equipment. The project aims to reduce social isolation and improve ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£6,000 09/03/2022
the Plymouth Veterans and Families Hub
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£17,500 12/11/2021
To increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for those in the Armed Forces community impacted by events in Afghanistan, and the ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£25,000 03/09/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Devon Community Foundation - Plymouth Veterans and Family Hub
£2,000 10/08/2021
Comprehensive support to veterans, reservists and serving members of the Armed Forces, their families and carers
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Futures Healthy Living Club
£7,250 19/02/2021
12
The funding will be used as a contribution to deliver a healthy lifestyle project to encourage adults aged 18 plus with additional learning needs and/or autism to consider a healthier lifestyle. They ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 29/09/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 14/08/2020
Core Funding for transition from COVID-19 emergency cover
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 14/08/2020
Small grants of up to £10,000 towards creative and engaging projects, that can be delivered under social restrictions, for people from Armed Forces communities who are isolated as a result of the ....more
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£40,000 25/06/2020
Funding allowed the group to provide ongoing casework support via telephone and internet to veterans and their families and carers, including emerging additional needs due to COVID-19.
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£9,963 19/06/2020
community grant
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£40,000 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Plymouth Veterans and Families support
£7,500 21/05/2020
1
Grant to Improving Lives Plymouth Ltd
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£20,000 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Devon Community Foundation - Plymouth Veterans and Family Hub
£4,000 24/02/2020
11
organising veteran and family fun days, 4 times a year, for veterans of all ages, providing opportunities for inter-generational social integration
Devon Community Foundation - Make A Difference for Mayflower 400 - Youth
£5,000 09/07/2018
12
providing creative volunteering opportunities for young people, widening the range of options available for those who want to get involved in preparing their city for the Mayflower 400 celebrations
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£19,895 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Improving Lives Plymouth Ltd
£5,000 04/04/2017
12
to involve young people in volunteer opportunities to improve the city of Plymouth in the lead up to the Mayflower 400 celebrations in 2020
National Lottery Community Fund - Relaunching the Guild
£10,000 22/02/2017
12
This group will use the funding to celebrate their 110th anniversary and relaunch the group as a way of promoting their services. The celebration will help to build their profile within the local ....more
Sport England - Creating Football Opportunties for Disabled Adults
£2,682 17/06/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Creating Football Opportunties for Disabled Adults'. This project is a Association Football project, with a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Plymouth Guild (Development Grant)
£17,520 15/01/2014
12
Plymouth Guild (Development Grant)
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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

Age Range of Trustees: 32-74
  • EMILY STEED Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Partner
  • TOM LEA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Trainee Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/12/1997, number: 1066776
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/05/1991, number: 02610208
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late,
Main office

ERNEST ENGLISH HOUSE
BUCKWELL STREET
PLYMOUTH
PL1 2DA

Objectives

2.1 - To assist, comfort and guide any person who may be in distress by the reason of poverty, ill health, loneliness or any other cause; 2.2 - To promote and protect the health and wellbeing and to relieve need, suffering and distress among persons within Plymouth and the surrounding area, who are currently or who have previously served in the armed forces and their dependents, through the provision of services, advice and facilities to assist in their rehabilitation and integration into the community. 2.3 - To promote, encourage and foster any objects which may be for the common good of the community within Plymouth and the surrounding area; and2.4 - To encourage, initiate and co-operate in the work of other voluntary or statutory bodies for the advancement of education, the furtherance of health, the relief of poverty, distress or sickness or for any other work of a charitable nature or which may hereafter be deemed by law to be charitable.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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