Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

WEST END IMPACT 

Our weekly activities / sessionsTues - Advice & guidance drop inWed - Well-being Wednesdays; Living life to the full low mood & anxiety course / Innovate art groupThur - Advice & guidance drop in Fri - Staff meetingSun - Drop in meal
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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely 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
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 11 years

www.westendimpact.org.uk

info@westendimpact.org.uk

01524888929

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UN SDGs
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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
31/05/23£164£219£-55n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/05/22£187£141£46n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/05/21£148£107£41n/an/an/an/an/a42
31/05/20£122£100£23n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/05/19£114£101£13n/an/an/an/an/a55
31/05/18£85£88£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£81£72£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£60£72£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£87£71£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£47£39£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 60 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,

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£78,500
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£10,000
DCMS£9,770
Co-Operative Group£9,743
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to West End Impact
£10,000 21/02/2023
29% of the salaries and core costs for a programme of supported volunteering and training for people with multiple needs in Morecambe, Lancashire.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West End Impact
£3,516 23/10/2021
Through our 'Living Life to the Full' cognitive behavioural therapy groups, art sessions, and music therapy, we provide support for people with low to medium level mental health problems.
Tudor Trust - Grant to West End Impact
£75,000 12/08/2021
36
over three years as continuation funding towards salaries and core costs at a community support organisation in Morecambe
Tudor Trust - Grant to West End Impact
£2,000 15/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,770 14/07/2020
"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
Tudor Trust - Grant to West End Impact (COVID19 Grant)
£1,500 23/04/2020
as emergency funding towards the additional costs of supporting vulnerable people in Morecambe during the Coronavirus crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West End Impact
£6,227 15/11/2019
We want to continue running our therapeutic art group as part of our 'Re-Building Lives' programme.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 14/02/2019
towards a P/T Parish Nurse
Tudor Trust - Grant to West End Impact
£75,000 08/06/2018
36
over three years towards the manager's salary at a community organisation supporting marginalised people in and around Morecambe
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 12/03/2018
Reacting to Crisis - Rebuilding Lives
Tudor Trust - Grant to West End Impact
£46,000 13/02/2014
24
over two years towards salaries at a community project supporting marginalised people in Morecambe
Tudor Trust - Grant to West End Impact
£4,000 18/12/2013
as a development grant towards capacity building for this community organisation in Morecambe
National Lottery Community Fund - West End Volunteers
£10,000 03/06/2010
12
This group will use funding to run training workshops for volunteers. This will enable the volunteers to receive formal training for the work they carry out and gain the skills required to provide a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/09/2013, number: 1153736
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MORECAMBE MENS COMMITTEE BENEVOLENT FUND on 22/09/2023
Main office

West End Impact
4 - 10 Heysham Road
West End
MORECAMBE
Lancashire
LA3 1DG

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY CONSISTENT WITH THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN MORECAMBE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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