Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

BORDERLAND VOICES

promote and improve mental health through creative activities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

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

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	£21	£21	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22	£22	£19	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21	£24	£14	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/20	£5	£11	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	£16	£17	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	£19	£17	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£11	£19	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£17	£22	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£20	£20	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£24	£19	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£25	£19	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£25	£23	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£21	£13	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£23	£27	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£37	£33	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£18	£18	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£50	£52	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

www.borderlandvoices.org.uk

bv@borderlandvoices.org.uk

01538528708

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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 Heritage Fund	£46,300
The Baring Foundation	£8,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,023

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Borderland Voices
£1,023	21/10/2023	We aim to run weekly accessible creative writing and creative arts workshops for those wanting to use their creativity to improve their mental health.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Borderland Voices (arts for health and mental well-being)
£8,000	14/09/2020	Help to deliver core services: weekly creative writing and expressive art sessions supporting regular participants with enduring mental health issues.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Borderland Voices, arts for health and mental wellbeing
£46,300	25/02/2020	In search of the Women’s Land Army around Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Borderland Voices
£25,200	29/10/2012	the costs of the Expressive Arts Programme including the salary of the Coordinator, artist fees, expenses and overheads

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR BARBARA CHARLOTTE AGNES BELLABY

JOAN CLAYTON

MARK JOHNSON Appointed: 2019

MATTHEW CHARLES JAMES SWINDLEHURST Appointed: 2021

VICTORIA JOHNSON Appointed: 2023

WILLIAM TAYLOR Appointed: 2019

DR PAULINE ELKES (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS TALKING NEWSPAPER,

LYN SWINDLEHURST Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

NICOLA REECE Appointed: 2011, Other trusteeship: MOORLANDS DOG RESCUE,

ROBERT FOSTER, Other trusteeship: RAYMOND WILLIAMS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2006, number: 1114338

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
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

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

Leek Health Centre
Fountain Street
LEEK
Staffordshire
ST13 6JB

Objectives

* TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ARTISTIC IMPRESSION NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.* TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MILD TO MODERATE ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR THOSE IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ARTISTIC IMPRESSION NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.* TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND THE ARTS.* TO RAISE FUNDS AND TO RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN ORDER TO FURTHER THESE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. STAFFORDSHIRE.

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