Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

VIEWPOINT

Viewpoint is an independent charity which has been running for around 12 years with the aim of supporting people to use their personal experiences of mental health and/or drug & alcohol issues to improve services. We do this in many ways from local forums and user representation to focus groups and user delivered training.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased 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 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
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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	*	£302	£305	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/22	*	£328	£282	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21		£242	£200	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20		£164	£138	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£201	£205	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18		£254	£251	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£278	£255	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£287	£251	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.hertsviewpoint.co.uk

info@hertsviewpoint.co.uk

01707386136

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric and substance abuse)

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
32 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

Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£19,959
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,932
DCMS	£15,074

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health first Aid for All
£9,932	07/01/2022	The funding will be used to offer free Mental Health First Aider training to individuals across Hertfordshire.The project aims to develop innovative services that support people experiencing mental ....more The funding will be used to offer free Mental Health First Aider training to individuals across Hertfordshire.The project aims to develop innovative services that support people experiencing mental health challenges and help the community become responsive to people experiencing mental health challenges.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Viewpoint
£15,000	29/03/2021	Grant to Viewpoint
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£15,074	05/08/2020	"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 ....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."
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Lesley Billy Billy
£4,959	27/02/2020	Grant to Viewpoint
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Tea and Chat'
£10,000	24/07/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver pop up tea and chat sessions, in public places, including high streets and supermarkets, where people will be provided with the opportunity to stop and talk about ....more The funding will be used to deliver pop up tea and chat sessions, in public places, including high streets and supermarkets, where people will be provided with the opportunity to stop and talk about issues pertaining to them, whilst gaining relevant signposting to services, with the aim of reducing isolation and promoting wellbeing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

ENI BANKOLE-RACE Appointed: 2020

ASHLEY STEVE RISK Appointed: 2015

BRYONY KIRBY Appointed: 2022

JACQUI LYNSKEY Appointed: 2014

JOANNA BOWEN (Chair) Appointed: 2021

RAY GIBBINS Appointed: 2014

YETUNDE RACHEL KASONGA Appointed: 2021

SIMON ROBERT TAYLOR Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: POTENTIAL KIDS LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/12/2014, number: 1159735

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR23: 55 days late, AR22: 7 days late, AR17: 79 days late, AR16: 2 days late,

Main office

Unit 28
Weltech Business Centre
Ridgeway
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE INVOLVEMENT OF USERS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE SERVICES IN THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND MONITORING OF THOSE SERVICES.THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO HELP HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE SERVICE USERS GAIN THE NECESSARY CONFIDENCE AND SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY REPRESENT THEMSELVES AND THEIR PEERS.THE PROVISION OF A CONDUIT BETWEEN SERVICE USERS, COMMISSIONERS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENABLE COLLABORATIVE WORKING (CO-PRODUCTION).TO PROMOTE WELLBEING AND A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE ISSUES.

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