Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 13
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

HEART OF BS13 LTD 

Our activities in South Bristol are designed to promote health and well-being by: Developing knowledge of, and opportunities for food growing, nutrition and cooking; Increasing access to affordable fresh produce and wholefoods;Offering one-to-one support to reduce mental and emotional stress; Providing opportunities for regular physical activity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 21 years
(24 years as a company)

www.heartofbs13.org.uk

office@heartofbs13.org.uk

01179465285

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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*£523£444£79£2£338£822.213695
31/03/22£513£499£14£0£259£811.99200
31/03/21£528£479£49£0£245£741.81650
31/03/20£266£307£-41n/an/an/an/an/a128
31/03/19£319£257£62n/an/an/an/an/a67
31/03/18£226£203£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£215£207£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£233£196£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£211£186£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£180£197£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£217£216£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£218£212£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£206£175£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£146£158£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£243£273£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£226£230£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£255£252£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£303£336£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£299£288£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£162£240£-78£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 24%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 13 employees
  • 695 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
Quartet Community Foundation£148,400
Power to Change£25,750
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
DCMS£17,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH Heart of BS13 'at risk' youth activity summer project
£10,000 04/08/2023
This funding will support a summer project for teenagers who are at risk of becoming involved in anti-social behaviour during the school holidays. The project aims to help young people to reach their ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£3,880 18/07/2023
For training for the Heart of BS13 e-cargo bike rider team to learn mechanical maintenance and servicing skills in support of the group's mobile fresh food shop and green-waste collection and ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£2,000 28/06/2023
To install guttering, water storage and a pump system to harvest rain water in the market garden at Hartcliffe City Farm.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£3,100 02/05/2023
Hands on, thematic arts engagement as a vehicle for them to get creative, learn about environment and reduce antisocial behaviour.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£3,750 11/04/2023
Trash Talk Junk Sculpture- A Project by young people to raise awareness of, and tackle the fly tipping problem in the BS13 Community
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£5,000 01/12/2022
Toward equipment and resources for the group's Freezer Meals project which provides meals, using high quality local produce, for people in need in the Hartcliffe and Withywood area.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£5,000 15/11/2022
Towards an e-cargo bike rider/shop keeper to deliver food residents, including initial stock set up for a mobile shop.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£400 06/05/2022
Towards holiday activities for children aged 8-12 in Bristol
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£4,466 05/04/2022
Covid response
Power to Change - Crowdmatch - Heart of BS13 - Food Service
£5,000 28/03/2022
Grant to Crowdmatch - Heart of BS13 - Food Service
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£3,000 01/12/2021
2
To distribute utility payment grants to 40 households in BS13 who experience winter hardship and have been referred into our food insecurity service alongside energy efficiency and money advice ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£1,200 21/09/2021
As approved by the High Sheriff towards holiday activities for young people
Quartet Community Foundation - 'Where there's muck there's brass' organic composting feasibility project in BS13
£5,000 15/07/2021
4
To undertake a feasibility study to devise a 'closed loop' composting system for BS13 to make green and food waste from local households into organic compost.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community design and engagement for a climate education hub in BS13
£10,000 02/07/2021
The funding will be used to engage the community in the redevelopment of a local community space which will include eco-site design planting days and carpentry workshops.
Quartet Community Foundation - The Slow Cooker Project – tackling food and fuel poverty in vulnerable households in BS13
£5,000 23/06/2021
20
A slow cooker project to tackle food and fuel poverty amongst elderly disabled and vulnerable households in BS13
Quartet Community Foundation - Challenging post-pandemic food insecurity in BS13
£40,000 21/06/2021
23
For a programme of work to develop a range of new projects to address food hardship in BS13, based on the data and learning the group has collected about food poverty during Covid-related emergency ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - 'Where there's muck there's brass'organic composting feasibility project in BS13
£3,000 15/06/2021
5
Toward the cost of devising a 'closed loop' composting system for BS13 making green waste, food waste and dog poo from local households into organic compost.
Power to Change - Crowdmatch - Heart Of Bs13
£10,000 27/01/2021
Grant to Crowdmatch - Heart Of Bs13
Quartet Community Foundation - Lockdown Round 2 Real Meal Food response
£5,000 17/11/2020
To provide an emergency food response through the second lockdown and the Christmas school holiday hunger period in BS13
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£17,750 16/07/2020
To continue the group's Covid-19 food response service for the BS13 Community.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£17,750 16/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Power to Change - Heart of BS13 (formerly Hartcliffe Health Environment Action Group) (TU)
£10,750 24/04/2020
Grant to Heart of BS13 (formerly Hartcliffe Health Environment Action Group) (TU)
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Heart of BS13
£5,000 30/03/2020
2
We need to ensure cash flow in order to pay chefs/cooks to work in our community kitchen. We need professionals confident to cater for large numbers
Quartet Community Foundation - Kitchen Garden Enterprise Trainee
£5,320 11/12/2019
11
Towards a Trainee Horticulturalist to support volunteers that have poor mental health and develop training opportunities within horticulture and social enterprise.
Quartet Community Foundation - ICT Transformation Programme
£5,000 28/10/2019
2
Toward the ICT transformation programme which will support the development of the charities work and introduce greater efficiency through technology.
Quartet Community Foundation - Running costs
£30,000 19/08/2019
11
The third year payment of a three year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing mental health support sessions, activity clubs and workshops for people in ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Running costs
£30,000 30/07/2018
11
The second year payment of a three year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing mental health support sessions, activity clubs and workshops for people in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Connections
£8,264 20/07/2018
12
The group will use the funding to increase the activity provision they offer, to enable more people locally to get involved and benefit from their services. The project aims to improve community ....more
People's Health Trust - "We live here; we should know"
£20,000 10/05/2018
This two-year project built on previous work funded by the Trust. The group provided a programme of activities for residents of Hartcliffe and Withywood in Bristol based on ideas put forward by local ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hartcliffe Health and Environment Action Group
£446,697 21/03/2018
60
The funding will be used by a resident-led community hub to develop and information, advice and guidance service in response to local needs. A new walk-in hub will be developed to improve ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Running costs
£30,000 14/06/2017
11
The first year payment of a three year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing mental health support sessions, activity clubs and workshops for people in ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hartcliffe Health and Environment Action Group
£90,000 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing mental health support sessions, activity clubs, courses and workshops for people in a disadvantaged area of Bristol
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP2 - The Healing Garden
£5,000 18/05/2017
12
The group will use the funding to provide horticultural workshops and relaxation sessions for local community residents. They will also provide a caretaker to keep the environment well-kept and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hartcliffe Health and Environment Action Group
£75,000 13/06/2013
36
towards three years' running costs of a project supporting deprived residents to improve their mental health, physical health and life chances in Bristol
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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-77
  • SUE WHALE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lifehost
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2003, number: 1098338
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/09/1999, number: 03845230
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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; AR23: 20 days late,
Main office

HEART OF BS13
THE GATEHOUSE CENTRE
HARECLIVE ROAD
HARTCLIFFE
BRISTOL
BS13 9JN

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT IN HARTCLIFFE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Defined Area of Benefit:

HARTCLIFFE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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