Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

IMPROVING LIVES NOTTS LTD

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING ONE TO ONE SUPPORT SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH COMPLEX HEALTH AND SOCIAL NEEDS IN NOTTINGHAM CITY AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND NATIONWIDE ADVICE
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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
28/02/23£376£398£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/22£408£378£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/21£397£302£95n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/20£317£275£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/19£288£233£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/18£205£188£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/17£107£126£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/16£135£140£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/15£151£102£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/14£56£66£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/13*£53£59£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years
(17 years as a company)

www.improvinglivesnotts.org.uk

info@improvinglivesnotts.org.uk

01159348411

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports 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£377,700
Garfield Weston Foundation£90,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£12,084
Co-Operative Group£6,259
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 08/12/2023
24
Improving Lives in Nottingham
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Improving Lives
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Improving Lives Notts
£2,408 22/10/2022
We would like to provide activities to people supported by our service, helping them to build confidence in a welcoming, safe environment, and to reduce feelings of loneliness.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 03/06/2022
24
Mind the Gap (Working Title)
National Lottery Community Fund - Your Journey
£377,700 26/11/2021
36
The funding will be used over three years to continue and expand its support to people with multiple-complex needs who are not able to access statutory support through one-to-one group and peer ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 28/05/2021
24
Mind the Gap (Working Title)
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Improving Lives Notts Ltd - 10/02/21
£1,000 03/03/2021
Core Funding
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Improving Lives
£9,834 23/07/2020
Grant to Improving Lives meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Improving Lives
£3,851 15/11/2019
We want to fight loneliness and provide another year of Eddy's art group for adults living with long-term mental health problems.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 18/06/2019
Improving Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - The Mindfulness Project
£4,200 31/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of meditation and daily mindfulness exercises for vulnerable adults. This will enable participants to address negative patterns of behaviour.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Improving Lives
£100,000 27/03/2019
36
the core cost grant will support this mental health charity to continue to provide one to one service to support those most vulnerable in Nottingham City.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reiki for Wellbeing
£4,578 07/03/2018
12
Reiki sessions will be delivered to support adults living with complex health and social needs. This will boost emotional resilience and help them to cope better with issues in their daily lives.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Improving Lives
£73,700 08/09/2016
36
towards three years' salary of a Support Worker who helps vulnerable offenders in Nottingham access health services and work through day to day issues including debt, benefits and housing
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Lives Support
£370,009 10/08/2016
60
Support for people in Nottingham with mental health needs to address their financial, housing and health concerns enabling them to live independently. Support workers will visit beneficiaries in ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Integritas Advocacy Ltd
£9,172 09/09/2015
supporting people with complex needs across Nottingham. The grant will fund board training, fundraising planning and implementation support costs, website development and staff hours.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Integritas Advocacy Ltd
£20,000 11/03/2014
over one year as continuation funding towards an advocacy and befriending service for vulnerable adults in Nottingham
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-76
  • BEN CHARLES STAPLES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • DR MICHAEL HARRIS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Director/Trustee
  • DR OLA JUNAID Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • KAYLEIGH BROWN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • RUTH ASHBURNER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Finance Manager
  • RUTH HAWKINS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/2012, number: 1146094
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/11/2006, number: 05986266
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR13: 39 days late,
Main office

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTRE
61B MANSFIELD ROAD
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 3FN

Objectives

The relief of those in need in particular but not limited to providing one to one support services to adults with complex health and social needs in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire and nationwide advice.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOTTINGHAM CITYNOTTINGHAMSHIRELEICESTERSHIRELEICESTER CITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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