Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

VULTURE CLUB

Vulture Club exists to provide contextual support primarily but not exclusively for individuals seeking to make permanent their personal recovery goal of remaining abstinent from the use of addictive substances and to re develop lifestyles away from being dependent on or centred around the use of substances either recreationally or contextually as part of their broader lifestyle choices.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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
30/09/22		£89	£83	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/09/21		£57	£44	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/09/20		£32	£37	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/09/19	*	£45	£36	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
30/09/18		£28	£20	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	4
30/09/17		£9	£15	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£15	£11	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15		£15	£16	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.vultureclub.co.uk

info@vultureclub.co.uk

01946748687

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cumbria,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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	£25,586
The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
Cumbria Community Foundation	£9,600
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£1,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000	10/07/2023	towards core costs over the next 12 months
National Lottery Community Fund - Vulture Club Health and Wellbeing Project 2023-2024
£10,000	16/12/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a health and wellbeing project for their service users who are living with the struggles of addiction the project will include peer and one to one counselling ....more The funding will be used to deliver a health and wellbeing project for their service users who are living with the struggles of addiction the project will include peer and one to one counselling support meditation yoga and group sessions. The project aims to help reduce isolation encourage health lifestyles help aid recovery and improve wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Vulture Club Health and Wellbeing Project 2022-2023
£10,000	10/12/2021	The project will use the funding to deliver a health and wellbeing project for participants affected by addiction. It'll provide peer and one to one counselling support meditation yoga and group ....more The project will use the funding to deliver a health and wellbeing project for participants affected by addiction. It'll provide peer and one to one counselling support meditation yoga and group sessions involving gardening walking and healthy eating. This aims to reduce isolation and improve mental health.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Vulture Club
£1,500	19/10/2021	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - New Building - Rent Project 2021-2022
£9,600	01/07/2021	New Building - Rent Project 2021-2022
National Lottery Community Fund - Walking Project
£5,586	24/07/2019 12	The funding will be used to run a walking project for people with drug and alcohol addictions. The project aims to use a combination of distraction techniques and outdoor challenges to improve mental ....more The funding will be used to run a walking project for people with drug and alcohol addictions. The project aims to use a combination of distraction techniques and outdoor challenges to improve mental health, social isolation and negative behaviours.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Walking Project
£2,800	03/08/2018 12	The organisation will deliver walking sessions in the Lake District for people experiencing mental ill health, drug and alcohol addiction and social isolation. This will improve health and wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNIE WILSON Appointed: 2022

COLIN ALVAR HEMMING Appointed: 2023

COLIN BROWNE (Chair) Appointed: 2022

DAVID JUDD Appointed: 2018

JACKIE WILLMAN Appointed: 2016

MARGARET MESSENGER Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/07/2014, number: 1157909

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR19: 1 days late,

Main office

Vulture Club Health and Wellbeing Centre
Unit 7-8 Tangier Buildings
Gregg's Lane
WHITEHAVEN
Cumbria
CA28 7UH

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF ADULTS SUFFERING WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN CUMBRIA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO SUFFERERS OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 3. 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.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, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; 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)

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