Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 7

CHANGES TAMWORTH

Changes Tamworth is a fully copyrighted 12 step recovery program for mental health. Activities include structured, user led peer support groups, WAP (Wellness action Plan) sessions that emphasise goal setting. Psycho educational workshops that increase an individuals knowledge about the symptoms, causes, biology and the effect of medication on mental health.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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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	£54	£40	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/22	£22	£48	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21	£11	£35	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20	£32	£32	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/19	£20	£15	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18	£29	£11	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

https://www.changestamworth.com

yvonnechanges@yahoo.co.uk

01827 311006

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,700
The Foyle Foundation	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000	10/07/2023	towards core costs over the next 12 months
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Recovery Program.
£9,700	14/04/2023	The funding will help the project to deliver a mental health recovery program for adults in distress. The project aims to improve health and wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	15/07/2020	"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 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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Changes Tamworth, Early Intervention For Mental Health
£9,952	22/11/2017 12	This charity will run a range of health and wellbeing workshops for people experiencing or at risk of mental health problems.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DARREN WELLAND Appointed: 2018

JACKIE WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2023

LYNDA ANNE HOOPER Appointed: 2019

MIA BURTON Appointed: 2018

PAULINE ANN COCKER (Chair) Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2016, number: 1170047

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

1a King Street
Tamworth
Staffordshre
B79 7DB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETHE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(I) TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING VULNERABLE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT;(II) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES PROMOTING HEALTH, SOCIAL WELFARE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, WORK AND RECREATION, AND SOCIAL INCLUSION; AND(III) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH THEREIN AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULT OF SUCHRESEARCH.

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