Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

VITAL PROJECTS

VITAL (Value, Involve, Talk Advocate & Link) were previously known as Bradford and Airedale Mental Health Advocacy Group (BAMHAG) is a service user led mental health organisation and was established in 1989. Our mission is to ensure that the vulnerable and disadvantaged have a voice within the health and social care framework, whilst supported by experts by experience. www.vitalprojects.org.uk

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Positives:

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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 10 years

www.vitalprojects.org.uk

hello@vitalprojects.org.uk

01274770118

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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		£189	£200	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22	*	£204	£188	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£212	£190	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£190	£262	£-71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£208	£363	£-155	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18		£484	£520	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£507	£510	£-3	£0	£269	£254	6	14	0
31/03/16		£557	£494	£63	£0	£272	£254	6.2	14	0
31/03/15		£532	£471	£61	£2	£209	£194	5	17	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

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

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bradford City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,000	02/09/2020	"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."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	04/09/2019	WCA Closing Bonus
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteers In Recruitment
£10,000	20/12/2018 12	The funding will be used to deliver one to one and group support to people with mental ill health. The project aims to build confidence and skills to help people overcome issues and improve their ....more The funding will be used to deliver one to one and group support to people with mental ill health. The project aims to build confidence and skills to help people overcome issues and improve their employment opportunities._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ What Money is for :_x000D_ part time project worker
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500	05/06/2018	WCA 2018-2019 winner
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bradford & Airedale Mental Health Advocacy Group
£63,138	09/09/2015 36	supporting beneficiaries prior to discharge and during resettlement in the community in order to reduce the probability of re-admission. The grant will fund the salary of the Mental Health ....more supporting beneficiaries prior to discharge and during resettlement in the community in order to reduce the probability of re-admission. The grant will fund the salary of the Mental Health Transitional Advocate and other costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

CHRIS BUCKLEY Appointed: 2022

COLIN PERRY Appointed: 2013

JACQUELINE OLDROYD Appointed: 2013

RICHARD ELLIS Appointed: 2021

SARA FIRTH (Chair) Appointed: 2016

TREVOR RAMSAY Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/12/2013, number: 1155071

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
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
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

9 returns made; AR22: 7 days late, AR17: 0 days late,

Main office

TRADEFORCE BUILDING
CORNWALL PLACE
BRADFORD
BD8 7JT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS ADVOCACY FOR USERS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THEIR GOOD HEALTH BY:- I)HELPING PEOPLE SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES PARTICULARLY IN SITUATIONS OF STRESS (SUCH AS THEIR ENCOUNTERS WITH PROFESSIONALS AND AT TRIBUNALS.); II)RECRUITING, TRAINING AND SUPPORTING ADVOCATES, WHO WHERE POSSIBLE WILL BE MATCHED WITH INDIVIDUALS REQUIRING HELP AND SUPPORT;AND III)WORKING COLLECTIVELY WITH A BROAD RANGE OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, TO REALISE COMMON INTERESTS IN EMPOWERING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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