Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

GRAPEVINE (COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE) LTD 

To relieve and support people in need of assistance and care, by the provision of services to enable such persons to obtain full rights and privileges as citizens.To relieve the social exclusion of people in need of assistance and care by promoting inclusion in the wider community with the object of improving their conditions of life.To promote the provision of activities for recreation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 19 years

www.grapevinecovandwarks.org

admin@grapevinecovandwarks.org

02476631041

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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*£1,247£1,330£-84£0£560£3092.8340
31/03/22£1,217£1,085£132£0£643£2542.8280
31/03/21£1,173£1,031£142£0£511£1972.3320
31/03/20£981£1,006£-25£0£369£2172.6234
31/03/19£980£942£38£0£394£2573.3260
31/03/18*£901£860£42£0£356£2874220
31/03/17*£818£793£25£0£315£2613.9200
31/03/16*£833£777£56£0£290£2123.3190
31/03/15£728£679£49£5£234£1432.5210
31/03/14£523£534£-11£5£185£1262.8150
31/03/13£533£547£-14£5£196£1332.9150
31/03/12*£526£535£-8£5£209£1272.9150
31/03/11*£565£569£-4£5£218£1222.6160
31/03/10*£734£677£57£5£221£831.5270
31/03/09£698£624£74£5£164£581.1220
31/03/08£496£361£135£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£389£468£-78£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£496£361£135£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Coventry City, Warwickshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 34 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£306,000
National Lottery Community Fund£300,291
Esmee Fairbairn£192,000
Lankelly Chase Foundation£180,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£173,000
DCMS£99,890
BBC Children in Need£79,999
The Rayne Foundation£60,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Spirit of 2012 - Coventry Urban Eden
£20,000 20/10/2023
A grassroots community project to bring welcoming and inclusive, co-created spaces to Coventry city centre, connecting people across the city.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry And Warwickshire) Ltd
£12,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - CYA: Coventry Youth Activists - scaling up the change
£10,000 18/01/2023
Grapevine is a Coventry-based charity that supports people with learning disabilities and autism to gain more voice, choice and control over their lives. CYA is the autonomous youth-led social ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - CYA: Coventry Youth Activists - scaling up the change
£150,000 09/05/2022
Grapevine is a Coventry-based charity that supports people with learning disabilities and autism to gain more voice, choice and control over their lives. CYA is the autonomous youth-led social ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire Ltd
£180,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing direct one-to-one advocacy for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people in Coventry, West Midlands.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry And Warwickshire) Ltd
£180,000 23/06/2021
Towards unrestricted core costs to support the scaling of the Connecting for Good movement.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire Ltd
£60,000 07/06/2021
Towards organising a critical mass of Coventry’s 300,000 people - (1000) to become active participants and leaders of Connecting For Good which aims to end isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting For Good
£300,291 28/05/2021
The group will use its funding to help support the most vulnerable unseen and lonely people to no longer be marginalized or ostracized and instead create strong relationships and offer the chance to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire Ltd
£126,000 06/05/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of 'Teenvine Plus', a project supporting young learning disabled people aged 13-25 and their families in Coventry, West Midlands.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry and Warwickshire) Ltd
£2,000 03/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - CYA Saturday
£8,000 18/01/2021
Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire is a community organisation working with a range of disadvantaged communities. This grant will fund Coventry Young Activists, a group of young adults who ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Grapevine [Coventry and Warwickshire] Ltd
£180,000 24/11/2020
Grapevine [Coventry and Warwickshire] Ltd
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry & Warwickshire) Limited
£79,999 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will deliver 1:1 and group sessions to young disabled people living in a deprived area, isolated due to Covid-19. The activities or services will result in greater resilience, ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£60,141 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry and Warwickshire) Ltd
£50,000 08/06/2020
36
over three years as unrestricted funding to support work to strengthen people, spark action and shift power across localities and services in Coventry and Warwickshire
DCMS - Place based Social Action
£39,749 01/04/2020
Plans are to create a process of positive social action through ongoing activities that will include community organising, ideas factories to gather local knowledge and thoughts, focused activities ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - CYA Saturday
£5,000 16/03/2020
Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire is a community organisation working with a range of disadvantaged communities. This mini-grant supports Coventry Young Activists, a group of young adults who ....more
DCMS - Place based Social Action
£39,749 01/04/2019
Plans are to create a process of positive social action through ongoing activities that will include community organising, ideas factories to gather local knowledge and thoughts, focused activities ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,397 01/04/2019
Expansion project in Coventry, which aims to tackle loneliness for people with long-term health conditions. The approach focuses on empowering people to come together and catalyse events themselves. ....more
DCMS - Place based Social Action
£39,749 01/03/2019
Plans are to create a process of positive social action through ongoing activities that will include community organising, ideas factories to gather local knowledge and thoughts, focused activities ....more
DCMS - Place based Social Action
£29,812 01/03/2019
Plans are to create a process of positive social action through ongoing activities that will include community organising, ideas factories to gather local knowledge and thoughts, focused activities ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stoke Aldermoor Social Action Partnership
£119,247 13/02/2019
36
This project will increase social action opportunities by providing community activities and encouraging local people to come together to shape what they want to see in the area. A young people focus ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,397 02/01/2019
Expansion project in Coventry, which aims to tackle loneliness for people with long-term health conditions. The approach focuses on empowering people to come together and catalyse events themselves. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Self-Care Social: ending loneliness for people with long term health..
£54,466 26/11/2018
24
Self-Care Social: ending loneliness for people with long term health..
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting for Good
£484,322 10/01/2018
36
This project will use the power of social activism to tackle well evidenced loneliness, isolation and harassment or exploitation of people with learning disabilities. A powerbase of people will be ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry and Warwickshire) Ltd
£49,822 28/03/2017
24
A structured package of holistic support for adults with learning disabilities who seek to move out of their homes or residential settings and live independently.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire Ltd
£78,400 08/12/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of 'Teenvine Plus', a project that provides support to young people with learning disabilities in Coventry
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry & Warwickshire) Limited
£106,502 11/10/2016
36
This project will deliver a training and induction programme as well as holiday activities for children and young people with learning disabilities. Outcomes include increased independence, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry and Warwickshire) Ltd
£12,355 17/02/2016
12
A charity with extensive experience of supporting adults with leaning disabilities. Who will research, design and then pilot support on levels of need and barriers faced by those seeking to leave ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry and Warwickshire) Ltd
£99,993 27/03/2013
Towards the Connecting Parents project which will enable the charity to work more proactively, preventatively and longer term with parents and pregnant women with learning disabilities.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Grapevine (Coventry and Warwickshire) Ltd
£90,050 25/09/2008
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of a community connections worker and associated costs to build positive and two-way relationships between people with a learning disability and others in their ....more
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How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 30-55
  • SI CHUN LAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Local Government Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2005, number: 1107969
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/05/2004, number: 05124883
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
18 returns made; AR23: 16 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 2 days late,
Main office

123 UPPER SPON STREET
COVENTRY
CV1 3BQ

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND CARE IN COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS. (B) TO RELIEVE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND CARE IN COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE BY PROMOTING INCLUSION IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND BY ASSOCIATING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE.(C) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE

Data Sources

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