Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

INDEPENDENT CHOICES GREATER MANCHESTER

Our aims and objectives are to provide for the relief of women and their children who have been physically, sexually and emotionally and/or mentally abuse within an intimate or family relationship throughout the United Kingdom. Also, to advance public and professional education and understanding of the issues of domestic violence/abuse throughout the United Kingdom.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/03/23		£313	£305	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£171	£182	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£191	£179	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£191	£171	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19?		£153	£186	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
28/02/18		£151	£164	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17		£207	£147	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/16	*	£247	£153	£95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/15		£191	£76	£115	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.domesticabusehelpline.co.uk

helpline@independentchoices.org.uk

08002540909

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

DCMS	£45,000
Manchester City Council	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Manchester City Council - Grant to Independent Choices Gtr Manchester
£10,000	01/04/2020	Grant extension. To continue to raise awareness of forced marriages and honour based violence (FM and HBV)
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£30,000	29/10/2019	S4S will deliver a bespoke training programme to upskill ICGM specialist frontline staff and managers working with severe multiple disadvantage, specifically with women with NRPF. ICGMwill embed this ....more S4S will deliver a bespoke training programme to upskill ICGM specialist frontline staff and managers working with severe multiple disadvantage, specifically with women with NRPF. ICGMwill embed this learning across the volunteer team through an improved training package and support. To improve volunteers engagement with women with NRPF and multiple disadvantage on the helpline. Providing small crisis grants to support women with NRPF who are experiencing homelessness or vulnerable housing in partnership with S4S to abide by best practice. Formalising referral pathways between ICGM and S4S by increasing contact with women who have NRPF and referral rates. Building the local community capacity to respond better to NRPF needs.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£15,000	29/10/2019	S4S will deliver a bespoke training programme to upskill ICGM specialist frontline staff and managers working with severe multiple disadvantage, specifically with women with NRPF. ICGMwill embed this ....more S4S will deliver a bespoke training programme to upskill ICGM specialist frontline staff and managers working with severe multiple disadvantage, specifically with women with NRPF. ICGMwill embed this learning across the volunteer team through an improved training package and support. To improve volunteers engagement with women with NRPF and multiple disadvantage on the helpline. Providing small crisis grants to support women with NRPF who are experiencing homelessness or vulnerable housing in partnership with S4S to abide by best practice. Formalising referral pathways between ICGM and S4S by increasing contact with women who have NRPF and referral rates. Building the local community capacity to respond better to NRPF needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Resilience and Growth for LGBT Survivors
£10,000	01/08/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver a recovery project, for survivors of same sex domestic abuse, where participants will be provided with the opportunity to discuss issues pertaining to them and ....more The funding will be used to deliver a recovery project, for survivors of same sex domestic abuse, where participants will be provided with the opportunity to discuss issues pertaining to them and take part in cognitive behaviour therapy, with the aim of raising confidence and promoting wellbeing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-64

DAISY SMITH BA HONS Appointed: 2014

PHILIPPA IWNICKI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Network Manager

RACHEL GANDERSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Talent Acquisition Business Partner

DEBBIE THACKRAY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lecturer At Muu

LYNDA SHENTALL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Lecturer

SARAH BEVAN BSC HONS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Business Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/08/2014, number: 1158313
Registered at Companies House on 25/02/2014, number: 08911475

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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; AR16: 13 days late,

Main office

W D V H
PO Box 390
Moss Side
MANCHESTER
M16 7WE

Objectives

To provide support for victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse for people aged 16 or over and their families across the United Kingdom. To advance public and professional education and understanding of the issues relating to domestic violence and abuse throughout the United Kingdom.

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