Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -3

VEE'S PLACE

To provide community outreach and support facilities for learning and recreation to individuals and groups ( most ages) who are in need by reason of disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances. Interventions are offered in the interest of social welfare and with the objective of improving health and wellbeing.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

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		£23	£30	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£33	£39	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£61	£31	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20	*	£38	£27	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£14	£16	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18		£11	£16	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£18	£17	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£18	£22	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£26	£13	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£23	£27	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£22	£21	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£11	£9	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£9	£7	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£11	£26	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£31	£15	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£5	£9	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06?		£17	£26	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£15	£12	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

http://www.veesplaceprescot.co.uk

veesplace@hotmail.co.uk

07591064426

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Knowsley, St Helens,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£18,550
Co-Operative Group	£9,706
Sport England	£9,249
Allen Lane Foundation	£4,000
The Foyle Foundation	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach Service
£10,000	13/01/2023	The funding will be used to support people in the community with isolation and negative mental wellbeing. The project aims to provide drop in sessions in a safe space to help with anti-social ....more The funding will be used to support people in the community with isolation and negative mental wellbeing. The project aims to provide drop in sessions in a safe space to help with anti-social behaviour confidence building and community inclusion.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Vee's Place Community Support Centre
£2,934	22/10/2022	We aim to engage a facilitator for 10 hours per week at £10 per hour (£100 a week x 50 weeks) to help raise aspirations in young people and support health and wellbeing, particularly mental health.
Sport England - Storm 22: Refurbishment
£849	25/04/2022	This project will repair damage to sports equipment and lockers.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Vee's Place
£4,000	05/11/2021	£4,000 single grant towards running costs of this centre in Prescot that supports the local community, including people affected by mental health issues
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£3,000	16/09/2021	towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Vees Place
£8,550	12/03/2021 7	The funding will be used to support vulnerable hard to reach community members to deal with the stresses of Covid 19. The project aims to provide counselling mentoring and leadership programmes that ....more The funding will be used to support vulnerable hard to reach community members to deal with the stresses of Covid 19. The project aims to provide counselling mentoring and leadership programmes that focus on mental health issues emotional support and befriending opportunities.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,900	04/05/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Yoga
Sport England - Flood Relief
£4,500	11/03/2020 12	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Flood Relief. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Vee's Place Community Support Centre
£6,772	15/11/2019	We want to develop a 24-hour service, including a Crisis Café and Safe Haven, so that people from all walks of life have a place to turn to.
National Lottery Community Fund - Vee's Place
£10,000	16/12/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to create a room and fund sessional staff to run social and leisure activities and services for the local community. This will enable the organisation to support ....more The organisation will use the funding to create a room and fund sessional staff to run social and leisure activities and services for the local community. This will enable the organisation to support the local community and address issues created by deprivation and improve access to accessible community facilities.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

VERITY RHODES MS Appointed: 2002

PATRICIA MCCARTHY Appointed: 2018

ROBERT HESKETH Appointed: 2012

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2002, number: 1093064

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 12 days late,

Main office

Church Building
80 Kemble Street
Prescot
Merseyside
L34 5SH

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FO THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHO ARE OVER THE AGE OF 60 YEARS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KNOWSLEY, MERSEYSIDE

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