Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Very static board: -5
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 5

BRINGING WORDS TO LIFE LIMITED

Bringing Words to Life (BWtL) is a literacy charity, founded by a journalist and author. After a lengthy pilot study in a primary school, the engagement of the children through this alternative platform encouraged the development of BWtL. The intention is to engage as many young people as possible with the processes, skills, and attitudes they need to enhance their literacy.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 and a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

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.bringingwords.org

Melanie@BringingWords.org

07947955500

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
31/08/23		£50	£44	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/08/22		£44	£50	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	43
31/08/21		£70	£65	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/08/20		£27	£28	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/08/19	*	£62	£59	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/08/18		£54	£54	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£51	£66	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£86	£84	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£59	£56	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£46	£40	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who works here?

18 volunteers

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City,

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

J J Charitable Trust	£20,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£7,650
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
J J Charitable Trust - To deliver its new Write2 programme to eight schools in Gateshead.
£20,000	15/11/2023	A grant to deliver its new Write2 programme to eight schools in Gateshead.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bringing Words to Life Limited
£7,650	16/03/2023	Celebrating Cramlington
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Developing journalism skills to contribute youth social action content to a youth-led magazine and website
£5,000	18/10/2019	Developing journalism skills to contribute youth social action content to a youth-led magazine and website
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	05/12/2018	Bringing Words to Life
National Lottery Community Fund - Beep
£9,765	01/11/2018 12	The group will deliver literacy and story writing workshops. This will develop the literature, communication and social skills of children and young people to aid their attainment levels and ....more The group will deliver literacy and story writing workshops. This will develop the literature, communication and social skills of children and young people to aid their attainment levels and aspirations.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - BEEP
£4,500	31/05/2018	BEEP
County Durham Community Foundation - NE Beep
£5,000	20/07/2017	Towards a youth newspaper project.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Reading Bank
£10,000	07/12/2016 12	The project will deliver a reading pilot to support children from five primary schools in Gateshead. They will engage volunteers aged 50 and over to offer after school reading support sessions. This ....more The project will deliver a reading pilot to support children from five primary schools in Gateshead. They will engage volunteers aged 50 and over to offer after school reading support sessions. This will improve children's reading skills and confidence and help people over 50 to become active in their communities and reduce their social isolation.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Planning a Better Future
£4,820	09/03/2016	Towards Planning a Better Future
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards NEBeep - youth newspaper
£2,500	29/01/2016	Towards NEBeep - youth newspaper
National Lottery Community Fund - Writing a Better Future
£10,000	12/08/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to run a series of writing workshops for young adults in a bid to improve literacy rates and reduce unemployment with skills training. This will enable the ....more The organisation will use the funding to run a series of writing workshops for young adults in a bid to improve literacy rates and reduce unemployment with skills training. This will enable the organisation to expand the current work into Newcastle with more of a focus on equipping young adults with skills to improve employability.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards NEBeep
£6,000	24/06/2015	Towards NEBeep

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-56

ELIZABETH HELEN KHALIL Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Librarian

EMMA BARNETT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Teacher

JEREMY BARNETT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director

STUART JACKSON (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: It Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/04/2013, number: 1151661
Registered at Companies House on 18/01/2013, number: 08366070

Gift Aid

NOT 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

10 returns made; AR19: 6 days late,

Main office

Rowlands Gill Community Centre
Strathmore Road
Rowlands Gill
Tyne and

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE RESIDING IN GATESHEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY DEVELOPING KEY LITERACY SKILLS WITH THE AIM OF ADVANCING EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS AND LIFE SKILLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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