Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

BENEFIT ADVICE SHOP

The Benefit Advice Shop is an independent welfare rights organisation that gives free, impartial advice, assistance, advocacy and representation on social security law and welfare benefits. Clients use our full range of services through our telephone service open door unit and outreaches.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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		£110	£124	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22	*	£142	£121	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£131	£118	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20		£123	£114	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£105	£128	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/18		£146	£154	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£165	£140	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£129	£166	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£155	£179	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£196	£196	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£203	£194	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£215	£186	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£193	£191	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£211	£209	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£189	£194	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£206	£203	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£174	£156	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£141	£142	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£140	£141	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£128	£131	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.bashop.tv

info@bashop.tv

01745345145

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Advice organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire,

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£18,673
Access to Justice Foundation	£17,000
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund B
£10,000	14/02/2023	Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID - 19 Benefit Advice to unemployed and self employed following Covid
£8,937	24/01/2022	Benefit Advice Shop in Denbighshire will continue to provide advice and representation on Welfare Benefits and Social Security Law to people who have lost employment businesses or had hours or wages ....more Benefit Advice Shop in Denbighshire will continue to provide advice and representation on Welfare Benefits and Social Security Law to people who have lost employment businesses or had hours or wages reduced due to the impact of COVID-19. £8937 will fund salaries advertising and admin.
Access to Justice Foundation - 2021 CJF Crisis Fund
£17,000	20/10/2021	Top-up to address the increasing demand for advice
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Moving Forward
£9,736	07/09/2020 12	The Benefit Advice Shop in Denbighshire will safely deliver their services of providing advice advocacy and representation in a socially distanced way.£9736 will fund a part time Advisor ....more The Benefit Advice Shop in Denbighshire will safely deliver their services of providing advice advocacy and representation in a socially distanced way.£9736 will fund a part time Advisor advertising and admin costs. Bydd y Siop Cyngor ar Fudd-daliadau yn Sir Ddinbych yn darparu eu gwasanaethau'n ddiogel o ddarparu cyngor eiriolaeth a chynrychiolaeth mewn ffordd sy'n cadw at reolau ymbellhau cymdeithasol. Bydd £9736 yn ariannu Cynghorydd rhan-amser costau hysbysebu a gweinyddu.
National Lottery Community Fund - Conwy Social Security Appeal Representation Service
£97,875	17/01/2019 36	Project Summary :_x000D_ The project will provide an Appeal Representation Service in Conwy to support people with welfare benefit tribunals, providing confidence to take their appeal forward and ....more Project Summary :_x000D_ The project will provide an Appeal Representation Service in Conwy to support people with welfare benefit tribunals, providing confidence to take their appeal forward and improving their financial situation._x000D_ _x000D_ What Money is for :_x000D_ The grant over three years will pay for a Conwy appeal worker for 30 hours a week, recruitment costs, travel and marketing costs, administration and management support costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Recession - Conwy Community Recession Advice Programme
£49,995	11/03/2010 23	The project will enhance the existing welfare rights support to the community of Conwy by increasing access to benefit advice and information.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-79

JOHN ROBERT DRUMMOND Appointed: 2020

MICHAEL IAN SHIPLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Youth Worker

JAMES ALEXANDER BALL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Unemployed

MELANIE ANN JONES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Unemployed

PAULA DRUMMOND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: None

PAULA KEATING Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None

CAROLINE ANNE HOLLIDAY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Medical Secretary, Other trusteeship: KINGS HALL (NEUADD Y BRENIN),

MARIETTE GALE ROBERTS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Teacher, Other trusteeship: FRIENDS OF KINMEL BAY COMMUNITY LIBRARY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/04/2001, number: 1086003
Registered at Companies House on 20/08/1999, number: 03828857

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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: 45 days late,

Main office

19 Bedford Street
Rhyl
LL18 1SY

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS RESIDING IN NORTH WALES, BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL , INCOME AND SOCIAL RIGHTS ADVICE, AND AID WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CHANGES IN THE BENEFIT SYSTEM, BY PUBLISHING SUCH CHANGES AND PROPOSED CHANGES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WALES

Data Sources