Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 5

Volatile income: -3

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 0

GROWING SPACE

Growing Space provides rehabilitation, sheltered training and work experience within the community for adults with or recovering from mental health problems. We offer two vocational training routes in horticulture and woodwork and also enable access to a work based learning programme, which includes IT training and personally tailored training in agreed key skill areas and confidence building.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently

Established: 26 years

bill@growingspace.org.uk

07753139219

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£1,244	£1,240	£4	£0	£711	£439	4.2	56	58
31/03/22		£1,227	£1,130	£97	£0	£707	£286	3	61	0
31/03/21		£1,155	£1,075	£79	£0	£610	£241	2.7	41	44
31/03/20		£1,870	£1,726	£143	£0	£531	£241	1.7	32	30
31/03/19		£1,886	£1,746	£140	£0	£387	£148	1	23	5
31/03/18		£1,713	£1,681	£32	£0	£247	£150	1.1	27	0
31/03/17	*	£807	£735	£72	£0	£215	£126	2.1	16	0
31/03/16		£349	£347	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£293	£331	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£272	£301	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£296	£242	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£247	£252	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£236	£234	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£231	£227	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£227	£219	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£245	£218	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£228	£215	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£238	£213	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£217	£223	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£198	£193	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 62%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport City, Torfaen,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

56 employees
58 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Growing Space
£37,000	20/12/2022	#Natur3 Nurture to Nature
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Growing Space
£93,000	26/03/2019 36	Towards revenue funding to enable this Newport based charity to deliver and develop mental health services across the Gwent region.
National Lottery Community Fund - Open Spaces, Open Minds
£234,832	22/03/2017 36	Open Spaces, Open Minds
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Growing Space
£54,630	04/02/2015 36	This Newport based charity provides sheltered training and work experience within the community, with the long term aim of providing quality support and training leading to employment. Funding will ....more This Newport based charity provides sheltered training and work experience within the community, with the long term aim of providing quality support and training leading to employment. Funding will offer additional accredited learning opportunities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Growing Space
£12,000	29/06/2012	core running costs, including rent, telephone, internet and stationery costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 64-77

CAROLINE POVEY Appointed: 2023

LINDSAY CHARLES EVANS Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Training And Development Consu

SANDY BLAIR, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: HEART OF MONMOUTHSHIRE MINISTRY AREA,

BEVERLEY ANNE HUMPHREYS (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Singer/Broadcaster, Other trusteeship: PENRHYS PARTNERSHIP TRUST,

PETER LEA Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeships: MONMOUTH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE, SOCIETY OF THE SACRED CROSS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/09/1998, number: 1071540
Registered at Companies House on 30/05/1997, number: 03378760

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
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; AR17: 2 days late, AR14: 38 days late, AR11: 22 days late,

Main office

1 Lincoln Terrace
MERTHYR TYDFIL
Mid Glamorgan
CF47 0TU

Objectives

THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO RELIEVE SICKNESS BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED, OR ARE SUFFERING MENTAL ILLNESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NEWPORT

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