Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
    • No volunteer policy: -2
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    CLEAR EMOTIONAL TRAUMA AND THERAPY SPECIALISTS 

    We help to reduce the harm caused by abuse and emotional trauma. We support children, young people and adults through therapy and counselling. We deliver workshops in schools and communities to support emotional resilience and to help prevent abuse from occurring. We also provide a range of training and development for professionals working across health and care, education and community safety.
    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

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
    Established: 8 years

    www.clearsupport.net

    info@clearsupport.net

    01872261147

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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£904£838£66£0£435£2653.81210
    31/03/22£852£719£133£0£370£2283.81110
    31/03/21£496£444£52n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/20£367£391£-24n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/19£598£571£27£0£206£320.7140
    31/03/18£751£621£131£0£179£551.1180
    31/03/17£730£682£48£0£48£50.1150

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 7%
    Liabilities/Income: 4%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 61%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
    Quick Ratio: 9.7
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Cornwall,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 12 employees
    • 10 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
    Ministry of Justice£199,542
    BBC Children in Need£101,901
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£72,200
    National Lottery Community Fund£19,650
    Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists
    £2,250 14/12/2022
    One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
    National Lottery Community Fund - CLEAR volunteers
    £10,000 04/02/2022
    The funding will be used to employ a volunteer coordinator. The project will enable them to build capacity and provide volunteer counselling support to more people who have been harmed by abuse ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists
    £99,361 10/08/2021
    This project will deliver therapeutic support for children and young people that have experienced abuse. The activities will increase the ability to self-regulate, improve trusting relationships with ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
    £15,000 28/05/2021
    The core charitable programme of CLEAR Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists in 2021-22.
    Ministry of Justice - COVID-19 Extraordinary National Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
    £48,741 26/03/2021
    To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more
    Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
    £102,060 01/01/2021
    To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists
    £50,000 03/12/2020
    24
    Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists, awarded under the Foundation's Sexual Abuse and Exploitation funding stream. Part of the ....more
    Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
    £26,972 12/11/2020
    Provision of Victim Services
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists
    £5,075 23/07/2020
    Grant to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
    Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
    £21,769 22/06/2020
    Provision of Victim Services
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists
    £2,540 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant provides support for children and their families who have been affected by abuse and are isolated at home due to Covid-19 and it with help with their emotional wellbeing.
    CAF - Grant to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists
    £6,700 15/06/2020
    3
    Grant to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists to support the organisation through COVID19
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to CLEAR: Emotional Trauma and Therapy Specialists
    £14,875 04/12/2019
    12
    The charity support children, young people and adults who have experienced sexual violence and abuse. The grant will support the charity to develop a strategic plan, service delivery plans, community ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Let's be CLEAR
    £9,650 18/10/2019
    12
    Let's be CLEAR
    Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
    £68,040 01/04/2019
    To provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse, including victims of child sexual abuse.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Children Linked to and Experiencing Abusive Relationships (CLEAR)
    £117,129 23/10/2018
    36
    This project provides counselling for children who have witnessed or have been directly affected by abuse. The sessions will help them cope better with the effects of the trauma, help them manage ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - CLEAR Support
    £484,350 24/08/2016
    36
    The funding will expand the group’s work supporting children and young people aged 0-20 across Cornwall who have been traumatised by experiencing physical, emotional or sexual abuse. There ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Children Linked to and Experiencing Abusive Relationships (CLEAR)
    £150,000 22/07/2015
    36
    Towards core costs of developing child sexual exploitation support services in Cornwall as part of the Child Sexual Exploitation Funders' Alliance which aims to test out a national model to improve ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2016, number: 1165574
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Other Regulators
    • Care Quality Commission
    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
    • 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
    Filing Record
    7 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Clear
    7 Cathedral Lane
    TRURO
    TR1 2QS

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF ABUSED CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE (CYP), ADULTS AND TRUSTED ADULT/CARER BY PROVISION OF A SERVICE OF INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING, PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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