Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 1
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES LTD 

Notts SVS Services operate to offer support to 13 year+ survivors of sexual violence such as rape, attempted rape, childhood sexual violence and abuse by providing telephone helpline support, face-to-face support or counselling and practical support in the Nottinghamshire area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 20 years

www.nottssvss.org.uk

officemanager@nottssvss.org.uk

01159470064

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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*£2,039£2,240£-201£0£521£5082.7500
31/03/22£1,960£1,965£-5£0£722£6634530
31/03/21£1,711£1,577£133£0£726£6174.7456
31/03/20£1,107£1,113£-6£0£593£5445.93715
31/03/19£1,098£1,022£76£0£599£5756.83718
31/03/18£917£834£83£0£523£4085.9290
31/03/17£748£718£30£11£440£4086.8300
31/03/16*£710£619£91£12£410£2454.7260
31/03/15£334£324£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£252£309£-57£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£400£342£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£264£229£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£181£198£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£330£254£76£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£280£289£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£253£108£145£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£117£97£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£93£85£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£78£66£12£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 9.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 50 employees

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Justice - Female Rape Support Fund (Child Sexual Abuse Support Funding)
£24,000 01/04/2018
To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2019 Female Rape Support Fund
£67,102 01/04/2018
To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£24,000 01/04/2017
To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2018 Female Rape Support Fund
£63,624 01/04/2017
To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund (CSA Uplift)
£24,000 01/04/2016
12
To increase the volume of support offered to victims of child sexual abuse and help meet the increased demand on your services.
Ministry of Justice - 2014-2017 Female Rape Support Fund
£60,000 01/04/2016
12
To provide direct and front line support to females over the age of 13 who are victims of rape and sexual violence

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-68
  • CLAIRE WARD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hr Business Partner
  • CLARE FOX Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Mental Health Commissioning Manager
  • RUTH TARLO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Casework For Domestic Violence Charity
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/04/2004, number: 1103071
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/07/2003, number: 04823994
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
19 returns made; AR23: 2 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 7 days late, AR08: 119 days late,
Main office

30
Chaucer Street
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 5LP

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE TRAUMA, DISTRESS AND/OR SUFFERING OF VICTIMS OF RAPE, INDECENT ASSAULT AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION SEXUAL HARASSMENT (THE 'CRISIS ISSUES')

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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