Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

EVOLVE - TACKLING THE IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE

Age-appropriate preventive education for young people and awareness for parents/carers around the dangers & consequences of Volatile Substance Misuse, Substance Misuse, Vaping and County Lines. Training for professionals and community awareness events. Support and/or counselling for the user and their families.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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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
31/03/23		£19	£23	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£26	£36	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/21		£48	£43	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/20		£39	£49	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	48
31/03/19		£39	£38	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18		£50	£34	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£22	£33	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£39	£28	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£17	£15	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£14	£13	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

WWW.EVOLVENORTHWEST.COM

evolve.ah@outlook.com

0744947737

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric and substance abuse)

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
John Moores Foundation	£5,000
Cheshire Community Foundation	£4,500
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Tackling substance misuse through counselling & information
£10,000	28/03/2023	The funding will be used to deliver substance misuse counselling support and information sessions to local young people with the aim of improving education and support to address the local impact of ....more The funding will be used to deliver substance misuse counselling support and information sessions to local young people with the aim of improving education and support to address the local impact of substance misuse.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Raising Awareness on the Impact of Substance Misuse & County Lines
£2,500	15/03/2023	To provide age-appropriate preventative education & awareness around substance misuse & county lines. Increasing knowledge and awareness of the consequences of misusing substances and the ....more To provide age-appropriate preventative education & awareness around substance misuse & county lines. Increasing knowledge and awareness of the consequences of misusing substances and the involvement in county lines. Reducing the level of such misuse/involvement within the community across Cheshire. To support the well-being of young people, their mental health and impact on levels of social exclusion, truancy, anti-social behaviour and crime.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Challenging Myths of Substance Misuse
£2,000	22/08/2022	The group are requesting funding to deliver a range of information sessions in 20 different schools to audiences of up to 60 in each school.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Evolve - Tackling the Impact of Substance Misuse
£5,000	28/04/2022	Towards post Covid sustainability and relaunch of project
Cheshire Community Foundation - The facts about substance abuse
£2,000	10/11/2021	The project is a partnership bid, being led by Evolve-Tackling the Impact of Substance Misuse and working with Motherwell Cheshire CIO. Working together, we propose to deliver age-appropriate ....more The project is a partnership bid, being led by Evolve-Tackling the Impact of Substance Misuse and working with Motherwell Cheshire CIO. Working together, we propose to deliver age-appropriate preventative education workshops/presentations, on substance misuse and mental health issues into both primary (Year 5/6) and secondary schools and colleges around the Crewe area. We will deliver the information sessions to large groups e.g.in Assemblies or to other year groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Evolve - Supporting our Young People and Sustainability
£9,300	12/07/2017 12	The funding will be used to support the organisation’s ‘Young Persons Advisory Group’ through facilitated meetings, training and providing IT equipment. The project aims to support the group to ....more The funding will be used to support the organisation’s ‘Young Persons Advisory Group’ through facilitated meetings, training and providing IT equipment. The project aims to support the group to develop the organisation’s ability to deliver its services.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN ALBERT SKINNER Appointed: 2013

BARBARA YATES Appointed: 2018

ESTHER MAPLE Appointed: 2017

HAYLEY RUFFLEY Appointed: 2023

JUDI BLACOW Appointed: 2017

KEITH WILSON Appointed: 2014

MARJORIE BRANDON Appointed: 2013

NANCY BOYLE (Chair) Appointed: 2013

PHILIP SEDDON Appointed: 2013

ROY BRANDON Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/09/2013, number: 1153938

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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR15: 38 days late,

Main office

The Youth Centre
Beaconsfield Close
BIRKENHEAD
CH42 3YN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE SUBJECT OF LEGAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE ESPECIALLY VOLATILE SUBSTANCES WITH THE INTENTION OF PREVENTING RELATED ILLNESS, ACCIDENTS, CRIME DEATH AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN.THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF ADDICTION TO LEGAL SUBSTANCES ESPECIALLY VOLATILE SUBSTANCES IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FREE COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR THE USER AND THEIR FAMILIES.

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