Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

SIXTY-ONE

Sixty-One is a partnership of Bristol based charities, churches, businesses and individuals who have come together to work co-operatively to help ex-prisoners lead meaningful lives that are free from crime. As charity in its own right it also runs its own projects through employed staff.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£256	£247	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£243	£216	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£174	£185	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£169	£155	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£197	£137	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£122	£137	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£127	£121	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£110	£102	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£90	£72	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.sixty-one.org

info@sixty-one.org

01174037905

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£115,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
Charles Hayward Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£8,666
Quartet Community Foundation	£5,500
The Bishop Radford Trust	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community enabled support for offenders within Greater Bristol.
£105,000	30/08/2023	This funding will support community rehabilitation projects which offer mentoring and connection to people who have been in the criminal justice system. The project aims to improve the wellbeing of participants and help them to reach their potential.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	06/01/2023	Reducing reoffending in Greater Bristol
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Sixty-One
£5,000	21/12/2022	Development and delivery of the MentorMe programme supporting ex-offenders
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Sixty-One
£500	21/11/2022	As requested by the donor towards the enabling "individuals, churches, charities and businesses to provide the relational and community based support offenders need to live free from crime."
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Sixty-One
£5,000	10/11/2022	Community Hubs providing a regular space for ex-offenders to meet together and receive practical and emotional support
National Lottery Community Fund - Prisoner Christmas Gift Project
£10,000	15/08/2022	The funding will be used to co-ordinate deliver and manage a project to provide serving prisoners with a bag containing a selection of simple gift items at Christmas along with information about community-based rehabilitative services. The project ....more The funding will be used to co-ordinate deliver and manage a project to provide serving prisoners with a bag containing a selection of simple gift items at Christmas along with information about community-based rehabilitative services. The project aims to support the wellbeing of the prison community.
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Sixty - One
£2,000	29/07/2022	Support for Mentor Me project, hubs and partnership work. Support will be provided for over 1500 prisoners and 180 ex prisoners
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	11/11/2021	Core costs
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Sixty - One
£2,000	30/07/2021	Support for Mentor Me project, hubs and partnership work. Support will be provided for over 1500 prisoners and 180 ex prisoners.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Sixty-One
£5,000	18/09/2020	MentorMe
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,666	07/08/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."
Woodward Charitable Trust - Mentor training, support and expenses for MentorMe programme
£1,000	19/11/2019	Towards mentor training, support and expenses for the MentorMe programme for ex-prisoners.
Quartet Community Foundation - MentorMe
£2,500	30/04/2019 9	Towards a mentoring programme for prisoners and ex-prisoners.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	18/04/2018	Partnership Development and Sustainability

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

ANDREW SIMON WOOD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

ANDREW STREET (Chair) Appointed: 2014

FOLAKE MOBOLATI ADEKOLA Appointed: 2022

JOHN EDWARD BARNETT Appointed: 2014

KENDIA REBECCA CHRISTODOULOU Appointed: 2023

LUKE HUNKA Appointed: 2020

PAUL HEDLEY TIPLER Appointed: 2014

SANDRA SYKES Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/11/2014, number: 1159302

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

Sixty-One
c/o St Agnes Church
Thomas Street
BRISTOL
BS2 9LL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED OR HARDSHIP IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING REGION AND IN PARTICULAR PRISONERS, EX-PRISONERS AND THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF ENTERING THE PRISON SYSTEM BY (IN EACH CASE IN WAYS WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH):PROVIDING AND FINANCING A MENTORING SERVICE TO ASSIST SUCH PERSONS IN DEVELOPING SKILLS TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION; ANDPROMOTING AND FINANCING SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN ORDER TO RELIEVE SUCH PERSONS FROM HARDSHIP AND TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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