Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

WIRRAL CHANGE LIMITED

Wirral Change operates an employment outreach service across Wirral. Wirral Changes targets hard to reach groups and helps individuals remove barriers to their employment by operating a holistic care package that includes education, health, mental health issues and general well being in a supportive and empowering environment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 gender

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£989£928£60£0£781£6648.63017
31/03/22£937£725£212£0£721£4407.32517
31/03/21£731£570£161£0£509£3216.81952
31/03/20£499£544£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£614£617£-3£0£393£2224.31941
31/03/18£626£525£102£0£397£2144.9130
31/03/17£520£508£12£0£295£1483.5130
31/03/16*£590£472£117£0£283£421.1130
31/03/15£426£434£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£489£402£87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£390£384£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£351£354£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£449£417£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£382£361£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09?*£161£198£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08*£181£111£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07*£8£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 8.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 40.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 18 years

www.wirralchange.org.uk

info@wirralchange.org.uk

01516498177

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Liverpool City, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£461,338
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
Home Office£88,942
Lloyds Bank Foundation£77,235
DCMS£44,244
Barrow Cadbury Trust£28,825
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£17,533
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Digital Inclusion
£7,533 23/08/2023
To provide sessions to asylum seekers and refugees in both group and 1-2-1 sessions. This will include how to manage your finances, health, and housing online, access online education, multicultural sessions, self practice with access to computers ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Ukrainian Settlement Support Scheme
£10,000 23/01/2023
To support Ukrainian Refugees in employment and cultural awareness. This will include placing individuals into training, job opportunities and supporting them through these changes.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Wirral Change
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Jubilee Celebrations
£9,980 14/04/2022
The funding will be used to host a Jubilee diversity street party coupling community and commerce. The project aims to improve social cohesion and reduce isolation caused by pandemic.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wirral Change
£180,000 23/09/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation addressing employment needs and underlying health and social care needs of disadvantaged communities in the Wirral, Merseyside.
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
£47,651 01/04/2021
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support beyond this date. This support could be provided ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Wirral Change Community Hub
£441,394 26/01/2021
60
A project to renovate an old school canteen into a community cafe. It will provide a social hub for the whole community. The service will improve health and wellbeing and reduce social isolation. It will bring together people from diverse ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Wirral Change Ltd
£28,825 07/10/2020
6
To provide casework and activities to newly settled asylum seekers in West Wirral.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,244 25/06/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 22/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wirral Change Community Outreach Project
£9,964 22/05/2020
15
The funding will be used to support the Black Asian Minority Ethnic Refugee and Asylum communities through the provision of multi-lingual information and updates a befriending service food packs for isolating asylum seekers and counselling for those ....more
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
£41,291 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support beyond this date. This support could be provided ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wirral Change
£74,985 07/02/2020
36
to support newly arrived Asylum Seekers & refugees to address their individual needs, emotionally and practically to enable them to integrate and settle in Wirral
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Wirral Change
£7,532 31/05/2019
Towards the Welcome to Wirral project
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 2019-20
£39,999 01/04/2019
This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make their Scheme application by 30 June 2021. This ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wirral Change
£180,000 12/09/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation that works to address the employment needs and underlying health and social care needs of disadvantaged communities across the Wirral and Merseyside
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wirral Change
£77,985 28/03/2017
36
to support newly arrived Asylum Seekers & refugees to address their individual needs, emotionally and practically to enable them to integrate and settle in Wirral
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Wirral Change
£14,024 01/09/2016
Towards casework and community work support to new arrivals in Wirral
National Lottery Community Fund - Wirral Change - Changing Lives
£475,812 25/09/2015
36
A project to support Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities across Wirral specifically focusing on employment and health problems. The project will provide emergency advice on issues such as domestic violence or sexual abuse, and offer support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - New Futures
£295,431 18/04/2012
36
Wirral Change Ltd aims to improve the employability and health and wellbeing of disadvantaged people in Wirral, Merseyside. The project will expand by employing a new employment outreach worker to increase delivery of ESOL courses and additional ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wirral Change
£30,000 19/09/2011
the salary of the Employment Outreach Support Worker, rent and running costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 40-71
  • DEBORAH GOULD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Barrister
  • GILLIAN MARY LINDFIELD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Teacher
  • IJEOMA IBIJOKE MCDOUGALL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • LUCIAN NEAGU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hotel
  • MARTIN GABRIEL (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Lawyer
  • SHEILA HENRY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2006, number: 1117333
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/2006, number: 05844145
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; AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR09: 55 days late, AR08: 109 days late, AR07: 70 days late,
Main office

ST. LAURENCES SCHOOL
12-14 ST. LAURENCE DRIVE
BIRKENHEAD
MERSEYSIDE
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Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY OF WIRRAL, IN PARTICULAR THE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITY.2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES RUN BY AND/OR SERVING THE ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN THE WIRRAL BY PROMOTING THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR CHARITABLE RESOURCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WIRRAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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