Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

    TTVS 

    TTVS is a council for voluntary service, incorporating Torridge Volunteer Centre and providing infrastructure support for the voluntary and community sector/for volunteering. TTVS delivers direct services to the communities of Torridge and North Devon via projects developed in response to unmet need such as services to support carers, young carers and older people.
    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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition
    Established: 16 years

    www.torridgecvs.org.uk

    administrator@torridgecvs.org.uk

    01237420130

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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£819£746£73£0£519£1913.124103
    31/03/22£721£685£36£0£446£1983.52289
    31/03/21£641£626£15£0£410£1863.616220
    31/03/20£618£592£26£0£395£1342.79332
    31/03/19£555£562£-7£0£369£139311489
    31/03/18£710£649£61£0£376£1362.5140
    31/03/17£679£670£9£0£315£1412.5360
    31/03/16£667£648£19£0£306£1202.2400
    31/03/15£614£629£-14£42£287£1232.3440
    31/03/14£663£673£-11£52£301£1242.2420
    31/03/13£733£700£33£44£312£1322.3480
    31/03/12£632£749£-117£53£279£1081.7500
    31/03/11£830£813£17£92£395£1241.8300
    31/03/10£816£767£49£68£399£1111.7290
    31/03/09£672£322£351£23£351£1104.1180

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 6%
    Liabilities/Income: 4%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 37%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
    Quick Ratio: 16.9
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • General Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Devon,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 24 employees
    • 103 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£312,104
    Devon Community Foundation£14,950
    DCMS£12,751
    Co-Operative Group£7,673
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bright Futures
    £1,941 22/10/2022
    Our aim is to provide support, through group activities, to young carers who face significant challenges which can be extremely life-restricting and/or impactful on their mental/physical wellbeing.
    Devon Community Foundation - Let's Create and Celebrate!
    £4,950 21/04/2022
    To deliver arts programme to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Connect
    £9,988 08/04/2022
    The funding will be used to deliver a range of community events to bring young and adult carers volunteers and clients that use the memory café. The project aims to connect people and help them ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers Connected
    £199,953 18/11/2021
    The organisation will use the funding to continue it’s work delivering and embeding support for young carers (8-24 years) and their families in Torridge North and Mid Devon. ‘Bright Futures’ ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carewise Young Carers Project
    £2,068 23/10/2021
    We will support young carers, via one-to-one and group activities, to build their confidence, self-esteem and help them feel less anxious about the person they care for.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Financial Inclusion
    £9,750 17/09/2021
    The organisation will use the funding to provide financial advice to vulnerable people in the local area with the aim of supporting people experiencing financial instability during the pandemic.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £10,000 06/10/2020
    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 ....more
    Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Core Cost Support
    £10,000 30/09/2020
    Grant to TTVS
    National Lottery Community Fund - TTVS - Core Covid 19
    £82,417 25/06/2020
    5
    The funding will enable the organisation to coordinate the Torridge wide emergency Covid-19 help service supported by their VCSE members and the Bright Futures Young Adult Carers project.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to TTVS
    £2,751 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will provide 1-2-1 support to for young carers who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve their emotional wellbeing.
    Sport England - COVID19
    £0 04/06/2020
    1
    Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiaive, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £TBC. They achieved ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £2,751 03/06/2020
    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 ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Time 4 Me
    £9,996 24/01/2020
    15
    The funding will enable the organisation to build on its current services for young carers, including establishing a teenage young carers group, respite activities and opportunities to build ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to TTVS - TorrAGE Ageing Well Project
    £3,663 15/11/2019
    We want to support the running costs of our community groups so that we can continue to provide social opportunities for older people.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Active and Connected
    £95,700 28/02/2019
    36
    This project will provide volunteer-led support for socially isolated older people in Torridge who are frail and at risk of falling or who have experienced a fall. The funding will enable ....more
    Devon Community Foundation - Upbeat Upcycle
    £4,777 09/10/2018
    12
    encouraging young carers to up-cycle unwanted furniture to sell on in order to raise funds to support young carer peer support activities, empowering them to raise awareness of young carers, raise ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - On the right track - strengthening local action
    £9,956 14/03/2018
    12
    The funding will be used to run group training workshops and one-to-one support for local voluntary organisations to help them to develop skills and knowledge to support development and ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to TTVS - Carewise
    £3,298 29/11/2017
    We want to provide young carers with an after school club in Bideford where they can take a break from their caring role and access support.
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Upbeat Project - Enabling Young Adult Carers to Thrive
    £455,459 28/06/2017
    35
    This project by TTVS (the Council for Voluntary Service for Torridge) will develop and expand its young adult carer work. The project aims to help beneficiaries effectively manage the balance between ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to TTVS
    £111,637 14/06/2017
    36
    This project provides counselling to young carers in North Devon. By engaging with this project, young carers will have improved emotional well-being, improved relationships and feel more positive ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to TTVS
    £49,800 08/07/2015
    24
    supporting carers across northern Devon with the "After Caring" project to help carers achieve reduced isolation, improved access to support and better health. The grant will fund the ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to TTVS
    £85,500 11/06/2015
    36
    towards three years' running costs of the 'Whole Family Support Project' for young carers and their families in north Devon
    National Lottery Community Fund - TorrAGE – Ageing Well Project
    £415,454 03/11/2014
    47
    Not Available
    Dunhill Medical Trust - Staffing Grant
    £31,527 10/03/2014
    To Extend Their Sitting Service for Older People in the Torridge District to Cover All of North Devon
    National Lottery Community Fund - Devon Young Carers - Bright Futures
    £998,542 05/05/2011
    73
    Devon Young Carers, Bright Futures' project will benefit young carers across Devon. The project will offer intensive support to young carers aged 14-17 through a mentoring programme in which young ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 7/8 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 39-83
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/2008, number: 1125142
    • Registered at Companies House on 28/04/2008, number: 06577677
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • 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
    15 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    14 BRIDGELAND STREET
    BIDEFORD
    EX39 2QE

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS OF TORRIDGE AND NORTH DEVON (HEREINAFTER CALLED “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS; TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.PROVIDED THAT IN CARRYING OUT THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSES, THE COUNCIL WILL SEEK TO CHALLENGE ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND INEQUALITY AND TO GIVE PRIORITY TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHOSE FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY IS LIMITED BY ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    TORRIDGE AND NORTH DEVON

    Data Sources

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