Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

CHANGING LIVES CHARITY

The charity is active in North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, enabling men and women to regain independence following a period of dependency on drugs , alcohol or the use of both. It has a social enterprise which helps men and women get ready for work by providing opportunities for purposeful voluntary work in retail services. This includes free tuition for appropriate volunteers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Established: 9 years

TERRY.MEARS@CHANGINGLIVESCHARITY.ORG.UK

01275 218056

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
30/09/22	£500	£546	£-46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
30/09/21	£574	£409	£165	£0	£176	£176	5.2	12	15
30/09/20?	£100	£267	£-167	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19	£77	£46	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/18	£77	£46	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	15
31/03/17	£115	£40	£75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£52	£26	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
75 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Plus
£10,000	05/08/2022	The funding will be used to continue to run the group's Volunteer Plus programme which will provide training and skills to marginalised men women and young people who face barriers to employment. The ....more The funding will be used to continue to run the group's Volunteer Plus programme which will provide training and skills to marginalised men women and young people who face barriers to employment. The project aims to provide therapeutic support and mentoring and help them to build confidence increase skills and improve their future employability.
Joseph Rank Trust - Changing Lives, Clevedon
£37,500	15/07/2019 36	To fund the running costs of the charity

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-72

DANIEL PATRICK SIBTHORPE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Pastor

DR JENNIFER ANN SCHAEFER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: General Medical Practitioner

IAN JOHN BURNHAM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: CONNECT4LIFE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/05/2015, number: 1161892
Registered at Companies House on 30/03/2015, number: 09517906

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

51 Woodington Road,
Clevedon
North Somerset
BS21 5LB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

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