Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 16
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

CIRCLES SOUTH WEST

CIRCLES SOUTH WEST IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMME WHICH WORKS CLOSELY WITH STATUTORY SERVICES, HELPING KNOWN SEX OFFENDERS LIVE OFFENCE-FREE LIVES.
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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

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£481£490£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£520£478£42£0£213£581.412166
31/03/21£505£381£125£0£171£441.410148
31/03/20£392£389£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£359£405£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£333£370£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£454£399£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£220£217£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£205£221£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£157£161£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13?£153£118£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11£91£37£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.circles-southwest.org.uk

info@circlessw.org.uk

07717 442413

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
The Bromley Trust£110,000
AB Charitable Trust£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£90,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£80,000
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£77,805
Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£12,150
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£40,000 15/07/2024
24
Circles South West aims to reduce the risk of sexual re-offending and prevent sexual abuse by providing specialist Circles of Support and Accountability (both in prisons and in the community upon release) for people who have sexually offended and to ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Circles South West
£27,500 14/03/2024
An unrestricted grant of £27,500 (Year 3 of 3 years). Circles South West delivers the Circles of Support and Accountability model to prevent sexual re-offending in the South West of England.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£20,000 03/07/2023
Circles South West aims to reduce the risk of sexual re-offending and prevent sexual abuse by providing Circles of Support and Accountability for people who have sexually offended. This is a one year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Circles South West
£25,000 26/05/2023
'Circles of Support and Accountability' for young people displaying sexually harmful behaviour
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Circles South West
£27,500 22/03/2023
An unrestricted grant of £27,500 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. Circles South West delivers the Circles of Support and Accountability model to prevent sexual re-offending in the ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Circles South West
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 04/02/2022
Circles of Support & Accountability
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Circles South West
£25,000 20/01/2022
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Circles South West delivers the Circles of Support and Accountability model to prevent sexual re-offending in the South West of England.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Circles of Support and Accountability
£60,000 22/07/2021
Circles South West is an independent charity whose purpose is to reduce the risk of (re)offending by people who have sexually offended or have displayed harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). This grant supports the organisation to grow the reach of ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 01/04/2021
Circles South West is an independent charity whose purpose is to reduce the risk of (re)offending by people who have sexually offended or have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. The organisation intends to sustain and grow their service across the ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Circles South West
£20,000 08/10/2020
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Circles South West delivers the Circles of Support and Accountability model to prevent sexual re-offending in the South West of England.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£3,420 01/10/2020
"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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Circles South West
£180,000 16/09/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of an organisation that provides specialist support to registered sex offenders with the aim to prevent further sexual harm in South West England.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Circles South West
£9,900 23/07/2020
Grant to Circles South West meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£50,000 14/07/2020
Circles South West aims to reduce the risk of sexual re-offending and prevent sexual abuse by providing Circles of Support and Accountability for people who have sexually offended. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their work.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 20/03/2020
Circles of Support and Accountability
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Circles South West - 5
£77,805 19/03/2020
The grant will support CSW's sustainability strategy, enabling the charity to become a provider of training and consultancy in our specialist field, reinvesting income generated into our core work.
National Lottery Community Fund - Circles of Support & Accountability: South West Extension
£294,465 01/08/2019
36
The funding will go towards continuing a successful pilot programme around reducing sexual reoffending. A community based approach was used, involving offenders, volunteers from the local community and professionals. The funding will also go towards ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Circles South West
£20,000 27/06/2019
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Circles South West works closely with the police, probation and youth offending services to deliver the 'Circles' model of support and accountability with those who have committed sexual offences.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Circles South West
£100,000 27/03/2019
36
To fund core costs to deliver Circles of Accountability and Support for sex offenders.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Young People's Circles of Support & Accountability
£60,000 11/03/2019
24
Support to expand services designed to prevent sexual abuse and to provide training and consultancy to organisations.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Circles South West
£30,000 03/12/2018
24
Towards adapting the Circes of Support and Accountability for men convicted of sexual offences, providing support pre-release, 'through the gate' and on into the community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 06/02/2018
Circles of Support and Accountability
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Circles South West
£15,000 23/01/2018
£15,000 towards the Prison Project (working with men pre release, through the gate and on into the community). Circles South West works closely with the police, probation and youth offending services to deliver the 'Circles' model of support and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Circles South West
£90,000 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' salary of the CEO at a project providing support to registered sex offenders in the South West of England
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Circles South West
£49,176 02/05/2017
24
Circles works with sex offenders across the south west, helping them to lead offence free lives. It seeks support for its project that will train 50 new volunteers per year and help 24 offenders. This will lead to reducing re-offending.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the “Through the Gate” volunteering programme
£1,000 23/03/2017
Towards the “Through the Gate” volunteering programme for male sex offenders.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Circles South West
£55,000 25/02/2016
12
over one year towards core costs and towards an IT upgrade at an organisation supporting sex offenders through circles of support and accountability in the South West
National Lottery Community Fund - Circles of Support & Accountability
£458,864 24/02/2016
36
A project to provide a trained and professionally supervised circle of local volunteers to help reduce sexual offending by supporting sexual offenders to integrate into their local communities and lead positive and socially responsible lives. ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Research and concept development for a new intervention with un-convicted men who have a sexual attraction to children.
£25,721 08/02/2016
9
Circles South West plans to carry out research and develop a concept for a new service supporting un-convicted men who acknowledge a sexual attraction to children to prevent them from acting on that attraction. In particular the project will explore ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Circles South West
£49,176 10/06/2015
24
Circles works with sex offenders across the south west, helping them to lead offence free lives. It seeks support for its project that will train 50 new volunteers per year and help 24 offenders. This will lead to reducing re-offending.
National Lottery Community Fund - Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) South West
£235,965 21/11/2012
36
Circles will work very closely with ex-offenders to integrate them into their local communities and enable them to lead positive and socially responsible lives to minimise the risk of re-offending. This will be done through support groups known as ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-73
  • CHRIS MAYNARD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • DR CODY PORTER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior University Lecturer
  • DR KIERAN MCCARTAN (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Associate Professor In Criminology
  • IAN KEYS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • MARCELLA MATHIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Manager
  • PETER ESTALL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Employed
  • STEPHEN ASHTON BA HONS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Publisher
  • SOPHIE RIGALI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hr Systems Innovation And Development Manager
  • STEPHEN BARRY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Clinician
  • TIM PRICE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Security Adviser
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/11/2010, number: 1138726
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/09/2010, number: 07369778
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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Circles South West
7 Madeira Road
BOURNEMOUTH
BH1 1QL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION, TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND CARE OF PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED OR ARE LIKELY TO COMMIT OFFENCES, PARTICULARLY SEXUAL OFFENCES, AGAINST OTHERS AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS AND OTHERS AFFECTED BY SUCH OFFENCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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