Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

BRISTOL & DISTRICT TRANQUILLISER PROJECT 

COUNSELLING PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO SAFELY WITHDRAW FROM PRESCRIBED MINOR TRANQUILLISERS AND SLEEPING TABLETS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 20 years

bristranx@hotmail.com

01179500058

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£100£105£-6n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£92£106£-15n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/21£93£109£-16n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20£103£96£7n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/19£103£93£11n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£94£91£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£89£88£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£81£96£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£100£85£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£79£85£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£92£82£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£92£82£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£90£100£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£87£97£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£95£92£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£93£90£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£98£83£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£86£78£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,

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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol & District Tranquilliser Project
£5,000 05/04/2022
As requested by the fund holder towards the work of The Project which provides a safe and supportive atmosphere for individuals to discuss the problems of taking and withdrawing from benzodiazepines ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol & District Tranquilliser Project
£5,000 20/09/2021
Towards the work of The Project which provides a safe and supportive atmosphere for you to discuss the problems of taking and withdrawing from benzodiazepines and other psychotropic medicine.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol & District Tranquilliser Project
£250 23/03/2021
As requested by the fund holder.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol & District Tranquilliser Project
£5,000 22/06/2020
As requested by the fundholder towards the work of The Project which provides a safe and supportive atmosphere for you to discuss the problems of taking and withdrawing from benzodiazepines and other ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol & District Tranquilliser Project
£5,000 13/06/2019
As requested by the fund holder towards their core work
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol & District Tranquilliser Project
£5,000 27/06/2018
As requested by the fund holder.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bristol Tranquilliser Project
£13,000 28/02/2013
Bristol Tranquilliser Project helps people who are addicted to prescribed medication to safely withdraw from using it. The HOP project provides individual and group support to those over 55 to help ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/05/2004, number: 1104033
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/05/2004, number: 05126531
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 risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

BRISTOL AND DISTRICT TRANQUILISER
5A WESTBURY COURT
CHURCH ROAD
WESTBURY-ON-TRYM
BRISTOL
BS9 3EF

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THOSE PERSONS IN NEED AS A RESULT OF OVERPRESCRIPTION, MISUSE OR ADDICTION TO PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN PARTICULAR BENZODIAZEPINES.2. TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE OVERPRESCRIPTION, MISUSE OR ADDICTION TO PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN PARTICULAR BENZODIAZEPINES

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRISTOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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