Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

CASSPLUS

CASSPLUS operates from Magistrates' Courts in Devon and Cornwall. We work primarily, but not exclusively, with offenders and their families, providing supported sign-posting for a range of issues including accommodation, substance misuse, health/mental health, debt/benefits, criminal justice and family matters. Our sign-posting model currently also works with Victims of Crime in Cornwall.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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
31/03/23£247£258£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£247£221£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£220£191£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£174£186£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£181£162£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£170£142£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£173£135£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£91£83£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.cassplus.org

admin@cassplus.org

07719977417

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Devon Community Foundation£32,701
Postcode Local Trust£23,699
National Lottery Community Fund£19,561
Cornwall Community Foundation£8,000
Woodward Charitable Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Project Funding
£23,699 30/06/2023
We employed a local person who worked passionately with their community to help them find their own voice
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to CASSPLUS
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Devon Community Foundation - CASSPLUS Administration Support
£5,000 12/12/2022
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved health outcomes
Cornwall Community Foundation - Cornwall Assistant
£5,000 17/10/2022
CASSPLUS offers comprehensive advice and support at Cornwall's Magistrates' Courts, aiding individuals through complex legal processes and addressing various life-affecting needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Plymouth Assistant Coordinator
£10,000 02/09/2022
The funding will be used towards the continuation of an existing part-time co-ordinator providing front line support to people with complex issues attending Plymouth Magistrates court. The project aims to provide them with help and advice on a range ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to CASSPLUS
£7,992 10/07/2022
Grant to CASSPLUS
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to CASSPLUS
£50,000 20/10/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of CASSPLUS
Devon Community Foundation - Administration Assistant
£5,000 11/10/2021
11
To provide administrative resource so the organisation can continue to support offenders and their families as we emerge from the C19 pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Plymouth Assistant Coordinator
£9,561 10/09/2021
The funding will be used for a part time 'Assistant Coordinator' to assist in providing frontline support for individuals on a broad range of complex and interconnected issues (accommodation/homelessness debt/benefits substance misuse mental health ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Newton Abbot CASSPLUS Community Support worker
£9,742 26/07/2021
11
One to one Community support for those within criminal justice system
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£2,500 30/03/2021
Core costs.
Tudor Trust - Grant to CASSPLUS
£2,000 08/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Core Cost Support
£3,617 30/09/2020
Grant to CASSPLUS
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Plymouth Assistant
£1,350 09/09/2020
2
Grant to CASSPLUS
Cornwall Community Foundation - Assistant Coordinator - remote role in response to Covid 19
£3,000 16/04/2020
5
To provide an assistant role to support the increased referrals for victims and the increase in domestic abuse.
Devon Community Foundation - Plymouth Assistant Co-ordinator year 2 Core Costs
£7,200 31/10/2019
11
continuation funding for the Plymouth Assistant Co-ordinator, enabling an improved response to complex clients going through the court system
Tudor Trust - Grant to CASSPLUS
£90,000 04/10/2019
36
over three years towards the operations manager's salary at a organisation supporting people attending magistrates court without representation in Devon and Cornwall
National Lottery Community Fund - CASSPLUS Volunteer Plus
£10,000 07/02/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide volunteering opportunities for ex-offenders. The project aims to enhance wellbeing, training and employment prospects.
Devon Community Foundation - Assistant Co-ordinator
£7,200 09/07/2018
8
funding for operational activity to support the core service, based around providing supported sign-posting and advice on a range of issues for vulnerable individuals who find themselves in court and their families
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to CASSPLUS
£14,982 21/02/2018
12
To fund web-based marketing and promotion, funding strategy and implementation of database.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer CASSPLUS
£9,985 21/06/2017
12
This group will use the funding to engage people who have experience of the judiciary system in volunteering activities. This will boost confidence and improve people’s chances of finding employment.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANGELA TAYLOR JP Appointed: 2022
  • MARK JOHN MITCHELL JP Appointed: 2023
  • PETER KEITH HOSEGOOD JP Appointed: 2023
  • PATRICIA WALKER JP Appointed: 2024
  • TIMOTHY AUBURN DR (Chair) Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2015, number: 1160513
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

117 North Hill
PLYMOUTH
PL4 8JY

Objectives

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, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PEOPLE AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES IN THE UK WHO ARE AT RISK OF OR HAVE BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH THE LEGAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.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).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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