Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SELF INJURY SUPPORT LTD

Self Injury Support (formerly Bristol Crisis Service for Women) provides support to women and girls affected by self-injury.We provide text and email support to girls and young women, and a telephone helpline for any women of any age. We also provide information and training about self-injury for those in contact with people who self-injure.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£208£245£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£316£263£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£235£234£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£224£174£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£128£146£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£103£129£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£194£163£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£127£125£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£141£126£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£135£105£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£82£95£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£104£89£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£89£98£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£171£208£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£164£218£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£242£165£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£118£166£-48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£211£157£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£147£130£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£107£101£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk

info@selfinjurysupport.org.uk

01179279600

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£709,928
Tudor Trust£82,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
Quartet Community Foundation£39,678
Postcode Local Trust£24,990
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Project Funding
£24,990 29/09/2023
Funding a range of facilitated support groups for people who self harm to improve wellbeing and quality of life
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Self Harm Support in the UK
£496,214 03/05/2023
The funding will be used to maintain and develop its national self-harm listening service. The project aims to better support current users and to increase its outreach to people from high-risk groups known for self-harm but have yet to use its ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 27/03/2023
Improving Support for Self Harm Across the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Direct Support for People who Self-harm
£123,714 01/09/2021
The group will use the funding to contribute towards core running costs for one year. This will allow the group to reflect and recover from COVID as well as allowing capacity for longer term strategic planning. the grant will help to build ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Self Injury Support
£39,678 17/02/2021
35
To develop a suite of new self-help resources to help people move from self-harm to self-care. Particularly for marginalised groups, by tailoring resources to be culturally appropriate.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Self Injury Support Ltd
£2,000 15/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustaining National Self Harm Support Services
£90,000 11/06/2020
8
The project will use funding to cover the running costs of its core national self-harm services which supports over 2000 women each year via text webchat email and phone. The funding will also be used to produce five new self-help guides co-produced ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 06/12/2019
UK-wide remote access support for self-harm
Tudor Trust - Grant to Self Injury Support Ltd
£80,000 29/11/2019
24
over two years as continuation funding on an unrestricted basis for a charity providing a national support service for women who self harm, alongside self help information, training and consultancy
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Self Injury Support
£4,021 15/11/2019
We want to reduce and prevent self harm and emotional distress in schools, by offering workshops and support services to staff and students.
National Lottery Community Fund - Development Grant (Development Grant)
£50,000 17/10/2019
12
Development Grant
Quartet Community Foundation - Inspiring Grassroots Activism for Women's Mental Health
£5,000 23/10/2018
11
To provide support services for the set-up of community activities and groups focused on the improving women's mental health, as a follow-on to the group's 30th anniversary event.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Self injury Support
£10,000 30/01/2018
refurbishment of office and purchase of digital equipment for a charity which works with disabled people in Bristol
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£3,000 01/07/2017
Advice, information, helpline, support and group support for girls and women experiencing mental health problems and who are at risk of self-harming.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Self Injury Support Ltd
£150,000 08/12/2016
36
over three years towards the running costs of a national telephone helpline for women who self harm, and the development of wider support options
Tudor Trust - Grant to Self Injury Support Ltd
£15,000 12/03/2014
towards a conference bringing together organisations working across the UK in the field of self-harm
Tudor Trust - Grant to Self Injury Support Ltd
£135,000 23/08/2013
36
over three years towards the salary and associated costs of a full-time development worker to research and establish a new national telephone helpline, and other support options, for women and girls who self injure
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bristol Crisis Service For Women
£30,000 27/01/2012
the salary of the Director and office costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-40
  • AMY CATHERINE WELLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications Manager
  • CHARLOTTE DAISY SPIRES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trainee Child Protection Social Worker
  • DR COURTNEY BUCKLER Appointed: 2024
  • EILISH GERALDINE SOROHAN (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee - Thames Valley Positive Support
  • ELEANOR MARY STAPLES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • LILY AMBER WONHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trainee Co-Ordinator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/05/2002, number: 1092299
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/05/2002, number: 04429818
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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; AR20: 1 days late,
Main office

PO Box 3240
BRISTOL
BS2 2EF

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN WHO SELF INJURE AND ARE EMOTIONALLY DISTRESSED THEREBY, BY OFFERING SUPPORT TO SUCH WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES; AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT SELF - INJURY AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND INFORMATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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