Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

VETERANS IN COMMUNITIES

Veterans in Communities is an ex-services charity based in East Lancashire. Established in September 2012, VIC supports ex-service personnel, their families and members of the uniformed services who have experienced difficulties re-integrating with the community on returning to civilian life.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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: 11 years

www.vic.org.uk

info@vic.org.uk

01706833180

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£248	£225	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/22	£212	£188	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/21	£189	£199	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/20	£211	£172	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/19	£192	£175	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18	£157	£158	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£128	£181	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£222	£182	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£283	£157	£126	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£118	£107	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire, Rochdale,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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

Ministry of Defence	£54,077
Power to Change	£20,000
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust	£14,269
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,998
Co-Operative Group	£5,612

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Veterans in Communities
£2,846	21/10/2023	We would like to provide a programme of activities that help reduce social isolation, improve self-confidence and self-esteem, improve mental health and wellbeing, and promote a sense of belonging.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£23,363	12/11/2021	For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Power to Change - Renewal - Veterans in Communities
£20,000	17/03/2021	Grant to Renewal - Veterans in Communities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Veterans in Communities (VIC Hyndburn)
£2,765	24/10/2020	VIC Hyndburn would like to run activities, courses and hold a drop-in centre for veterans, their families and the wider community.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£14,269	25/06/2020	Funding allowed the group to continue to operate during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£14,269	15/06/2020	To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£16,445	15/05/2020	to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
National Lottery Community Fund - Veterans in Production
£9,998	06/06/2019 12	The funding will be used to provide opportunities for ex-armed forces personnel and other members of the community to come together and produce wooden garden items, hanging baskets and allotment ....more The funding will be used to provide opportunities for ex-armed forces personnel and other members of the community to come together and produce wooden garden items, hanging baskets and allotment items. The project aims to help participants to improve their mental wellbeing while also supporting the development of stronger community relationships.
Ministry of Defence - Covenent Fund
£19,914	01/04/2019	Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£19,677	01/04/2018	Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Veterans In Communities
£10,000	27/11/2013	Operation War Graves 100

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-78

QUAN ZHOU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Clinic Manager

ALAN JAMES WOODS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

MAJOR CHARLES ROBERT SMETHURST Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Army Major

BARRY HYDE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

CLLR MARILYN WINIFRED ANNE PROCTER Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: Citizens Advice East Lancashire,

JOHN BARRY PAYTON MBE Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: HASLINGDEN COMMUNITY LINK,

RONNIE BARKER (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

DAVID ALAN PEAT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeships: QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL BLACKBURN LIMITED, READ AND SIMONSTONE VILLAGE HALL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/2013, number: 1151194
Registered at Companies House on 26/09/2012, number: 08230197

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

VIC Centre
12 Bury Road
Haslingden
ROSSENDALE
Lancashire
BB4 5PL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE NEED, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST VETERANS OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR PARTNERS, SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE AND DIVERSE OUTREACH PROGRAMME DEVELOPED, DESIGNED AND DELIVERED BY VETERANS FOR VETERANS IN THE NORTH WEST WHICH SUPPORTS VETERANS SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF WAR AND HAVE FOUND THE TRANSITION FROM MILITARY TO CIVILIAN LIFE DIFFICULT AS A MEANS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH; SUPPORT THEIR RESETTLEMENT, REHABILITATION, IF NEEDED AND THEIR RETRAINING TO HELP THEM OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT

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