Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

BECHANGE

Bechange works with adults, families and young people who need support to make lasting change to reach positive futures.Bechange works with communities throughout Dover District, providing support with: skills and employment; finance and housing; and families and relationships.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 19 years

www.bechange.org.uk

enquiries@bechange.org.uk

01304840134

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£171	£156	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22		£145	£145	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/21		£158	£96	£62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/20		£80	£74	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19		£65	£81	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18	*	£62	£92	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£113	£171	£-57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£212	£196	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£273	£320	£-47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£315	£423	£-107	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£437	£535	£-98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£424	£332	£92	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£323	£309	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£353	£345	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£410	£315	£95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£296	£243	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£235	£192	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£172	£159	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 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	£212,655
DCMS	£30,386
Co-Operative Group	£5,102
CAF	£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,750

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bechange
£2,760	21/10/2023	We would like to buy seeds, plants and resources to help families enjoy the outdoors and support them to grow healthy, seasonal vegetables, promote biodiversity and love nature.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bechange Community Hub
£2,341	23/10/2021	Our goal is to provide community food sessions that get people cooking good, healthy meals and eating together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Families Together
£212,655	11/02/2021 35	This organisation supports the most vulnerable members of a rural community to access one to one and group support and attend a wide range of activities at the community hub. Funding will be used to ....more This organisation supports the most vulnerable members of a rural community to access one to one and group support and attend a wide range of activities at the community hub. Funding will be used to increase holistic support for individuals and families develop and utilise the community hub into a thriving resource and expand the volunteer support network.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,386	08/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CAF - Grant to Bechange
£5,000	03/07/2020 3	Grant to Bechange to support the organisation through COVID19
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bechange
£4,750	15/06/2020	COVID19 : Purchase kitchen equipment for a charity that works with disadvantaged communities in Kent
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bechange
£3,096	29/11/2017	We want to provide family fun sessions that are creative and focus on health and well-being for families with children up to age 11.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bechange
£49,700	30/03/2017 24	Support a contribution towards the Young Parent Support Worker to deliver a dedicate programme of one to one and group support.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bechange
£90,900	04/12/2014 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing a holistic adult support service in deprived areas of Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills Factory
£240,326	20/08/2013 36	This expanding project aims to improve the confidence and skills of disadvantaged jobseekers in Dover, supporting them into employment. It will develop tailored support plans and deliver one-to-one ....more This expanding project aims to improve the confidence and skills of disadvantaged jobseekers in Dover, supporting them into employment. It will develop tailored support plans and deliver one-to-one and group sessions to improve people's job searches, applications and interview techniques. The project will liaise with local training providers to deliver courses in Maths, English and IT. It will also link with businesses to provide opportunities in volunteering, placements, apprenticeships and employment.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bechange
£32,050	26/04/2013	the salary costs of the Support Worker including on cost, staff training, travel & subsistence, client support and management costs

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

DR AMANDA CARR Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Senior Lecturer In Psychology

EMILY BARNES Appointed: 2021

JONATHAN EDWARD FLAIG Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: AYLESHAM AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY WORKSHOP TRUST,

REBECCA HANSELL (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: None

SAMUEL BENNETT Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2005, number: 1108040
Registered at Companies House on 13/01/2005, number: 05332355

Gift Aid

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
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

18 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE PLAY WELL TRUST on 16/05/2022

Main office

Angela Doggett
VERANDA BLOCK D UNIT
ACKHOLT ROAD
AYLESHAM
CANTERBURY
KENT

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF EAST KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES , VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS:(B) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO BENEFIT THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AYLESHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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