Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

WEST VIEW ADVICE AND RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED

The provision of comprehensive benefits advice,focusing on providing free, confidential, independent advice in relation to: welfare benefits, debt, money management, housing issues, employment law, energy efficiency and general advice. The Community Centre provides a venue for use by groups, addressing isolation, loneliness, promoting healthy eating and exercise, catering for all age groups.

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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 23 years
(29 years as a company)

www.wvarc30.org.uk

reception@wvarc30.org.uk

01429271275

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£391	£419	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22	£343	£322	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21	£384	£323	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20	£323	£329	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19	£380	£352	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/18	£346	£399	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£348	£365	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£309	£281	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£283	£251	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£273	£253	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£274	£288	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£231	£219	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£194	£227	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£229	£239	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£217	£211	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£153	£183	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£176	£193	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£194	£196	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£154	£176	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£164	£155	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

Virgin Money Foundation	£37,884
Alex Ferry Foundation	£30,000
County Durham Community Foundation	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000	06/04/2022	community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000	06/04/2022	community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000	17/07/2020	community grant
County Durham Community Foundation - Meeting Client protections
£3,000	11/05/2020	Towards meeting client protections.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to West View Advice & Resource Centre Limited
£37,884	20/12/2019 24	West View Advice and Resource was established in the early 1980s in Hartlepool to provide practical support to local people impacted by industry closures. The award is to contribute toward the ....more West View Advice and Resource was established in the early 1980s in Hartlepool to provide practical support to local people impacted by industry closures. The award is to contribute toward the organisation’s running costs for three years.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Salary and on-costs of Project Support Worker and office administration costs Year 3
£22,000	04/01/2018	Salary and on-costs of Project Support Worker and office administration costs Year 3
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to West View Advice & Resource Centre Ltd
£65,000	10/03/2016 36	towards three years' salary of the Projects Support Worker and associated running costs of an organisation providing advice and support to disadvantaged people in Hartlepool
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West View Advice & Resource Centre
£20,000	29/04/2014	WVA & RC operates as a community hub and centre in an area with significant levels of deprivation delivering a range of services and activities which are service user led but major on ....more WVA & RC operates as a community hub and centre in an area with significant levels of deprivation delivering a range of services and activities which are service user led but major on employability issues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hartlepool Advice Partnership Evolving Network (Hapen)
£343,874	19/04/2013 24	West View Advice and Resource Centre (WVARC) brings together a diverse range of partners working together with all members of the family unit to develop new and innovative ways of delivering support ....more West View Advice and Resource Centre (WVARC) brings together a diverse range of partners working together with all members of the family unit to develop new and innovative ways of delivering support advice services with a co-ordinated approach Central to this project is partnership working between the organisations in Hartlepool Advice Partnership Evolving Network (HAPEN).
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Financial Capability
£48,589	23/11/2010 12	This project will enable the group to offer a budgetary advice service to Credit Union Members, who seek access to low cost loans. Currently applicants applying for loans are interviewed by the loans ....more This project will enable the group to offer a budgetary advice service to Credit Union Members, who seek access to low cost loans. Currently applicants applying for loans are interviewed by the loans officer, who assesses their ability to repay. In order that the Credit Union can continue to offer an appropriate service, an independent pre-application process will ensure that applicants are financially capable of managing and repaying any potential loan.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-79

CHRISTOPHER SIMMONS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired

CLARE CLARK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee, Other trusteeship: Hartlepower Community Trust,

DAVE WISE (Chair) Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Manager

KAY TRANTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

ROB COOK Appointed: 2008, Occupation: None

REV ROSALYN HALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Vicar

VICTORIA WILSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Carer/Cleaner

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2001, number: 1084632
Registered at Companies House on 25/11/1994, number: 02994776

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

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; all on time

Main office

West View Advice Resource Centre
Miers Avenue
HARTLEPOOL
TS24 9JQ

Objectives

4. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HARTLEPOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS; AND (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) HARTLEPOOL WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, AND WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO PROVIDE ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING WELFARE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, DEBTS AND BUDGETING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST VIEW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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