Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

CHANGE FOR GOOD COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED 

We aim to alleviate the social isolation of released prisoners, supporting their resettlement by enabling them to achieve their goals in the community.Secondly we aim to involve the wider community and engage volunteers with our work at HMP Wandsworth
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

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: 12 years

www.changeforgood.info

admin@changeforgood.info

07442491111

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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
31/07/22£136£102£34n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/07/21£87£96£-9n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/07/20£84£84£0n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/07/19£72£75£-4n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/07/18£18£64£-47£0£0£0n/a018
31/07/17£64£60£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£57£62£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£63£55£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£65£37£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£57£12£45£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 22 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
Tudor Trust£92,000
City Bridge Trust£88,000
Henry Smith Charity£60,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
The London Community Foundation£2,430
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Change for Good Community Chaplaincy Limited
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Change for Good Community Chaplaincy Limited
£88,000 11/11/2022
36
£88,000 over three years (£28,500; 29,500; £30,000) towards the salary, on-costs, and clinical supervision costs of a Project Worker, to continue practical support and advice for prisoners and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Change for Good
£60,000 25/08/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for prison-leavers, before and after release, as they resettle in the community within London.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 06/05/2022
Change for Good Programme
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Change for Good Community Chaplaincy Limited
£50,000 08/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Change for Good Community Chaplaincy Limited
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Wandsworth Community Chaplaincy Trust
£2,430 24/02/2021
The funding is for additional smartphones for men leaving prison and resettling in London, to increase their access to digital services and help maintain their support networks, including our Change ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Community Chaplaincy Trust
£2,000 04/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Community Chaplaincy Trust
£90,000 14/06/2019
36
over three years towards core costs at a community chaplaincy supporting prisoners through the gate and into the community in London
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 31/12/2018
WCCT Rehabilitating Offenders
Tudor Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Community Chaplaincy Limited
£40,000 20/05/2016
24
over two years as continuation funding towards running costs and salaries at a prison community chaplaincy scheme providing through the gate support for offenders on release from HMP Wandsworth
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/09/2012, number: 1148824
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/07/2012, number: 08135355
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

St Stephen's Church
St. Stephen's Terrace
LONDON
SW8 1DH

Objectives

TO SUPPORT THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVLEY,THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRISONERS AT HM PRISON WANDSWORTH BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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