Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 15

BUILD ON BELIEF LTD

Running week-end, weekday and evening mutual aid, befriending and socially based support services for clients with drug and alcohol problems

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
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 including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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		£959	£913	£46	£0	£407	£407	5.3	25	130
31/03/22		£805	£742	£63	£0	£361	£361	5.8	25	120
31/03/21?		£632	£539	£93	£0	£298	£293	6.5	21	200
30/04/20		£576	£553	£23	£0	£205	£205	4.4	18	118
30/04/19		£540	£520	£20	£0	£182	£182	4.2	18	239
30/04/18		£443	£463	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£461	£441	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16		£479	£367	£112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15	*	£393	£346	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14		£223	£220	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13	*	£189	£176	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 21

Asset Split ?

Established: 12 years

www.buildonbelief.org.uk

bob@buildonbelief.org.uk

07739796054

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

25 employees
130 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

DCMS	£35,698
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,100
Co-Operative Group	£1,160

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Build On Belief Ltd (BOB)
£1,160	22/10/2022	We wish to help people to learn to look after themselves, and to also encourage the local neighbours to come along and help so that they can feel useful and engaged.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Build on Belief
£4,100	14/07/2022	purchase of IT and furniture equipment for a charity supporting people experiencing alcohol and substance misuse in London
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,698	09/09/2020	"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."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-78

ANITA GUNDECHA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Development Lead Cnwl

DR JANE PETTIFER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Medical Practitioner

JAMES HENRY TEMPLER LEVISEUR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Corporate Communications Manager

MARIE-CLAUDE WARNOTTE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Hr Director

ROGER JAMES HOWARD (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chief Executive

STUART CHARLES ROBERTSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo Charity

ALEXANDER JAMES ROYFFE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Executive Coach, Other trusteeship: CA LONDON,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/09/2012, number: 1148916
Registered at Companies House on 23/04/2012, number: 08041887

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

11 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR13: 123 days late,

Main office

69 Warwick Road
Basement
London
Greater London
SW5 9HB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF ADDICTION, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELING AND SUPPORT, AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL IN THE SUBJECT OF RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION.

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