Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

CHANGE, GROW, LIVE 

CGL provides a range of services to support individuals, families and communities whose lives are adversely affected by crime, substance misuse, homelessness, anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, social deprivation and lack of opportunity.The Charity works with challenging service users with complex needs, including those with entrenched drug habits and offending behaviour.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £1,098,946

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£284,265£283,200£1,065£0£45,934£44,6311.94,9331,414
31/03/22*£242,226£238,680£3,546£0£42,989£41,8452.14,3801,453
31/03/21£220,126£213,838£6,288£72£37,796£1,8350.14,0571,530
31/03/20£219,120£213,230£5,890£0£33,454£32,1021.83,7411,673
31/03/19£212,573£210,332£2,241£0£28,431£27,8681.63,7121,670
31/03/18£195,546£192,976£2,570£0£27,226£26,6311.73,6140
31/03/17£155,970£152,433£3,537£0£24,529£23,9531.92,5270
31/03/16£158,326£156,310£2,016£0£21,236£20,6121.62,8390
31/03/15£141,267£140,056£1,211£508£18,369£18,1651.62,3740
31/03/14*£116,815£115,054£1,761£428£16,881£16,2941.72,1280
31/03/13£99,817£97,595£2,222£89£14,839£14,3471.81,9200
31/03/12£80,815£79,030£1,785£43£12,667£12,1651.81,6980
31/03/11£69,010£67,399£1,611£48£11,769£11,25021,4970
31/03/10£57,508£56,267£1,241£64£10,085£9,58221,3050
31/03/09£42,588£40,854£1,734£48£8,844£8,3172.49640
31/03/08£32,682£31,972£710£62£7,110£6,5602.57670
31/03/07£27,487£26,492£995£37£5,766£5,2572.46250
31/03/06£17,712£17,006£706£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£11,486£10,873£613£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£8,457£7,728£730£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 62%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years

www.changegrowlive.org

south@cgl.org.uk

01273677019

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 4,933 employees
  • 1,414 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 Justice£478,868
City Bridge Trust£321,800
Camden Giving£81,970
National Lottery Community Fund£17,698
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£2,350 02/02/2022
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Ministry of Justice - Local Leadership and Integration Fund
£306,548 14/06/2021
To improve the outcomes of prison leavers, taking a system-led approach to working across the public-sector. The policy aim of the work is to improve the social inclusion of adult prison leavers, and ....more
Ministry of Justice - Local Leadership and Integration Fund
£172,320 14/06/2021
To improve the outcomes of prison leavers, taking a system-led approach to working across the public-sector. The policy aim of the work is to improve the social inclusion of adult prison leavers, and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Technology for Recovery
£9,998 07/05/2021
The funding will be used to purchase a bank of digital equipment to enable people experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use to access the behavioural change workshops from home. The project aims ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Change Grow Live
£321,800 17/09/2020
£321,800 over 5 years (£62,500, £62,800, £64,600, £65,700, £66,200) to cover the salary of a f/t volunteer coordinator and all associated costs to provide support to mothers receiving short ....more
Camden Giving - Euston Street Population Wellbeing Project
£81,970 21/05/2020
24
The project will support Euston street population displaced by HS2 to access health/wellbeing/housing services and make behaviour changes, helping reduce levels of anti-social behaviour in the area ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Leeds Street Outreach Service
£5,000 04/05/2020
11
Grant to Change Grow Live
National Lottery Community Fund - Health Revolution
£7,700 28/02/2020
3
The funding will be used to deliver a six week after school programme for year 10 and 11 students affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences from three local schools in Middlesbrough, culminating in a ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Leeds Street Outreach Service
£2,500 10/10/2019
11
To work with people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or begging through regular assertive outreach and to provide ongoing support and access to a range of additional support services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Crack and Cocaine co-ordinator
£43,228 18/10/2018
12
Crack and Cocaine co-ordinator
Leeds Community Foundation - Leeds Street Outreach Service
£2,500 28/09/2018
11
To work with people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or begging through regular assertive outreach and to provide ongoing support and access to a range of additional support services.
National Lottery Community Fund - SubBox
£4,915 15/02/2017
12
This project will run non-contact boxing sessions for young people affected by alcohol and substance abuse. It will provide anger management techniques and improve their social development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Health & Wellbeing Gym
£176,726 06/10/2016
24
LRaF Gym (Lifeline Recovery and Fitness)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/02/2000, number: 1079327
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/10/1999, number: 03861209
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
  • 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; AR22: 29 days late, AR14: 5 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SOVA on 12/07/2021
  • Asset transfer in from EASTERN AIDS SUPPORT TRIANGLE on 08/04/2024
Main office

North Suite, 1st Floor
1 Jubilee Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1GE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING(FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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