Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

VETERANS IN SEFTON

Befriending and mentoring service for our beneficiaries; information, advice and guidance; earlyintervention psychological support; NAAFI style socialization service; deliver presentations and trainingsessions to the general public about the armed forces, servicemen, their experiences, the impact on theirwell being and the challenge they face when reorienting back into the civil community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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£112£1,414£-1,302n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£164£125£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£164£125£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£111£112£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£87£77£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£44£46£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£56£10£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

veteransinsefton.org

info@veteransinsefton.org.uk

07545129569

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sefton,
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
Ministry of Defence£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,805
DCMS£8,370
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing Anabasis Retreat
£9,805 03/02/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a peer led programme of eight three day residential wellbeing courses and support from their well-being care team for veterans to support their mental health needs and personal development and address issues ....more
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 13/11/2020
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,370 22/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Veterans in Sefton
£315,604 26/06/2019
48
The organisation aids veterans, serving personnel and their families on a range of issues, including housing, employment, health related issues, family support, and general welfare needs, essential life-skills to help them ease back into to civilian ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Veterans in Sefton Holistic Support Programme
£9,876 23/11/2018
12
The group will use the funding to develop a Holistic Support Programme for the ex-forces community, with the aim of raising self-esteem and mental well-being. Funding will go towards a psychotherapist, volunteer expenses, telephone and rent.
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£19,992 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • JONATHAN ROBERT PRICE Appointed: 2016
  • PAULETTE LAPPIN Appointed: 2018
  • SHIRLEY ANN HUNTER (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • STEPHEN CALDERBANK Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/07/2016, number: 1168128
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR22: 235 days late, AR21: 2 days late, AR17: 2 days late,
Main office


Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PERSONS LIVING IN SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, BOTH REGULAR AND RESERVISTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS, BY ADVANCING ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:-- PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE THEIR SOCIAL INCLUSION; - PROVIDING COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND MENTORING SUPPORT;- PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING;- ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARMED FORCES AND;TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE COOPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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