Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

    BEVERLEY COMMUNITY LIFT 

    Provides community transport for the elderly, disabled and rurally isolated in Beverley, Pocklington, Market Weighton and the surrounding villages.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • 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

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    Established: 9 years

    http://www.bclift.org.uk/

    manager@bclift.org.uk

    01482868082

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    UN SDGs
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    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£181£170£11n/an/an/an/an/a86
    31/03/22£161£159£2n/an/an/an/an/a74
    31/03/21£222£147£75n/an/an/an/an/a92
    31/03/20£184£153£31n/an/an/an/an/a86
    31/03/19£182£209£-27n/an/an/an/an/a100
    31/03/18£237£275£-38£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£221£265£-43£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • General Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • East Riding Of Yorkshire,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 86 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
    DCMS£34,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£10,580
    CAF£6,000
    The Grocers' Charity£5,000
    Two Ridings Community Foundation£4,544
    Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£2,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Beverley Community Lift - 03/10/22
    £2,000 24/10/2022
    Core Funding
    Two Ridings Community Foundation - Staying active and fulfilled in later life
    £2,544 20/10/2022
    Funding towards mileage and volunteer costs for a community organisation who provide car and shopping services to isolated and vulnerable people.
    National Lottery Community Fund - staying active and fulfilled in later life
    £10,000 30/08/2022
    The funding will be used to subsidise an accessible door to door community transport service that provides transport for residents who are unable to easily use other means of transport either through ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £7,500 22/07/2022
    supporting independence in later life
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Healthy Ageing
    £20,000 26/04/2021
    The funding will the project to replace a minibus and install a tail lift to continue to run their successful community transport for elderly residents in Beverley and the surrounding rural villages ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £5,000 26/03/2021
    Reduced isolation and increased independence
    The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Beverley Community Lift
    £5,000 24/03/2021
    COVID. Supporting safe, accessible, door to door transport to postponed medical appointments and COVID vaccine appointments for any resident who cannot easily use other means of transportation.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £34,000 17/07/2020
    "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 Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Beverley Community Lift
    £680 01/05/2020
    COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with people who have special needs in East Yorkshire
    CAF - Grant to Beverley Community Lift
    £6,000 21/04/2020
    3
    Grant to Beverley Community Lift to support the organisation through COVID19
    Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
    £2,000 25/03/2020
    Funding to enable the organisation to amend their usual work and utilise their volunteers in a different way, providing a telephone support service and home delivery service in collaboration with ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £7,500 17/09/2019
    Reducing Isolation
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Beverley Community Lift
    £9,900 03/09/2019
    purchase of an an adapted minibus for a charity which works with older people in East Yorkshire
    Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
    £5,000 22/10/2018
    Unrestricted core funding for small charities
    Two Ridings Community Foundation - Building Social Connections
    £3,726 12/06/2018
    Funding to cover tickets/ entry fees, refreshments, travel costs, staff costs and marketing costs of trips for the elderly and people living in social isolation around Beverly.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Beverley Community Lift
    £2,602 29/11/2017
    We want to take a group of local, lonely and socially isolated, elderly and disabled people out on a social trip to our local theatre.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/10/2015, number: 1163868
    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
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    7 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    25 Corporation Road
    Beverley
    HU17 9HG

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE. POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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