Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

GOD-UNLIMITED OUTDOOR THERAPY

Provision of outdoor activities with therapeutic input to assist those struggling with physical and / or mental health issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

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
31/10/23£388£348£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£267£263£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£250£242£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£205£196£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£224£206£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18£156£152£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/17£157£179£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/16£155£120£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/15£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.god-unlimited.org

office@god-unlimited.org

01980621712

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Wiltshire Community Foundation£40,622
Crowdfunder£2,700
Co-Operative Group£1,877
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy
£1,750 22/02/2023
GUL provides therapeutic support through outdoor activities for young people with additional needs. Funding will help with core costs,
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Gul #iWill Social Action
£4,800 15/12/2022
GUL provides therapeutic support through outdoor activities for young people with additional needs. Funding is for a social action project with year 5/6 pupils at Shrewton Primary School to identify and respond to a local issue.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy
£3,000 01/12/2022
GUL provides therapeutic support through outdoor activities for young people with additional needs. Funding will help with core costs,
Co-Operative Group - Grant to God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy
£1,877 22/10/2022
Gul wishes to provide free sessions at its centres to support mental health in its communities.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£2,700 05/05/2022
Covid response
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy
£15,000 06/04/2022
GUL provides therapeutic support through outdoor activities for young people with additional needs. Funding will help with core costs,
Wiltshire Community Foundation - High Sheriff Donor Advised
£1,322 06/09/2021
Grant to God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy
£7,500 17/02/2021
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Theraputic support through outdoor activities for young people with additional needs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Gul Shrewton Primary #iwill2020
£4,750 29/04/2020
God Unlimited (GUL) is based in Shrewton and provides therapies using work with horses and outdoor activities for people with a range of issues, particularly children who require provision beyond mainstream education, to increase independence and ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Expansion of youth services
£2,500 08/04/2020
God Unlimited (GUL) provides therapies based on working with horses and outdoor activities for people with a range of issues, particularly children who require provision beyond mainstream education, to increase independence and quality of life. ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy
£4,219 15/11/2019
We want to help fund improvements at Gul's Riverside site, enabling the charity to improve its services to young people.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£7,319 18/02/2019
Following attendance users of the charity will experience lower levels of anxiety, depression and associated symptoms.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Delivering change for young women
£7,319 21/11/2018
GUL provides therapies based on working with horses and in the outdoors for people with a range of issues, particularly children who require provision beyond mainstream education, to increase independence and quality of life. Funding will meet the ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - God Unlimited Outdoor Therapy : Development funding
£10,000 27/04/2018
God Unlimited provide therapies based on working with horses and in the outdoors for people with a range of issues, particularly children who require provision beyond mainstream education, to increase independence and quality of life. Funding will ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Equine based therapy
£10,000 08/11/2016
Investment in improving outcomes for young people learning with GUL
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ADAM ROLLINGS Appointed: 2023
  • ANDREW BAUD Appointed: 2023
  • ELEANOR CLAIRE WALTERS Appointed: 2015
  • LT COL RETD DAVID WHIMPENNY Appointed: 2020
  • MAGGIE COLLIER Appointed: 2023
  • TONY ARMSTRONG Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/11/2014, number: 1159337
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE BUSTARD INN
SHREWTON
SALISBURY
SP3 4DU

Objectives

(1) To provide or assist in the provision of facilities and therapeutic interventions through a network of healthy community and therapy centres for individuals who have need of such provision by reason of their age, ill-health or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life. (2) To advance the Christian faith for the public benefit through the provision of services.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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