Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

WORK STRESS SOLUTIONS

Personal development, coaching and/or training for clients who are vulnerable or experiencing mental or physical health problems who wish to retain or gain employment, education, or voluntary work. Courses in: Mindfulness, Building Confidence, Creative Writing, Self-Employment, IT Skills. Mentoring, talk therapy and referrals to other services if required. Work experience and apprenticeships offer

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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: 14 years

www.workstresssolutions.org.uk

admin@workstresssolutions.org.uk

07759303225

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£55	£30	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/12/21	£3	£12	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20	£16	£10	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/19	£38	£39	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/18	£25	£27	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	21
31/12/17	£20	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£13	£17	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£13	£19	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£25	£13	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£10	£11	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£12	£10	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£19	£20	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£36	£36	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
9 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

Community Foundation for Surrey	£9,669
DCMS	£4,450
Co-Operative Group	£1,046

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Work Stress Solutions
£1,046	21/10/2023	We will use the funding to deliver our buddy scheme. Through this service we want to help young people and adults to overcome any barriers to engaging in meaningful activities.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Make your life work for you in 2022
£4,869	02/02/2022 22	Funding for a charity offer resilience, wellbeing and upskilling training and support to help tackle deprivation and support people in/into work.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,450	07/09/2020	"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."
Community Foundation for Surrey - CORE FUNDING FOR THREE SEPARATE PROJECTS
£4,800	03/02/2020 6	Essential running costs for 3 separate projects supporting those who are vulnerable, or have experienced mental or physical health set backs and/or social isolation.
Community Foundation for Surrey - GROW - EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT COURSE PROVISION
£4,000	05/07/2018 11	Confidence building, well-being and employment training workshops for vulnerable adults, particularly those suffering from Mental Health problems and social exclusion.
National Lottery Community Fund - Preparing Young People for Work
£10,000	18/01/2017 12	The group will use the funding to run an IT skills teaching project for vulnerable adults having difficulties in accessing mainstream employment. This will enable the organisation to provide ....more The group will use the funding to run an IT skills teaching project for vulnerable adults having difficulties in accessing mainstream employment. This will enable the organisation to provide accessible workshops to vulnerable people, improving skills as well as self esteem and emotional wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Work Stress Solutions
£10,000	17/09/2015 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing learning and employment support services to vulnerable adults, in particular those experiencing mental health problems or social exclusion, in ....more towards two years' running costs of a project providing learning and employment support services to vulnerable adults, in particular those experiencing mental health problems or social exclusion, in Surrey
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Work Stress Solutions
£14,500	31/07/2012	the salary of the part time Co-ordinator

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

ASHKAN ROHANI Appointed: 2023

CHRISTOPHER ROSS MARSHALL LEE Appointed: 2024

PATRICIA MCGUIRE Appointed: 2016

PHILLIP HAYNES (Chair) Appointed: 2024

RAPHAEL MENNICKEN Appointed: 2023

SARAH BROOK GARROCH Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2010, number: 1135144

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

Brickfield Centre
Portland Place
EPSOM
Surrey
KT17 1DL

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OR PEOPLE OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED, VULNERABLE OR SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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