Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

THE VIP - VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROJECT

The VIP work with young people involved in gangs and serious youth violence, providing emotional and practical support. We aim to develop strong, trusting, therapeutic relationships with clients enabling difficult emotions to be discussed and processed leading to a better ability to contain ones emotions.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/10/23*£422£468£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£481£426£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£306£303£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£261£206£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19*£119£148£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18*£76£43£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.vip.org.uk

charlie@vip.org.uk

07864855763

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
City Bridge Trust£175,000
John Lyon's Charity£160,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£80,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Greater London Authority£30,140
AB Charitable Trust£20,000
The London Community Foundation£13,725
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Violence Intervention Project
£175,000 21/04/2024
60
£175,000 over five years (£45,000; £40,000; £35,000; £30,000; £25,000) contributing core costs towards a Full Time (FT) Head of Therapeutic Operations, FT Funding & Operations Manager, FT CEO, and Part Time Business Manager, as well as ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Violence Intervention Project
£20,000 25/01/2024
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Violence Intervention Project offer personal and therapeutic support to young people at risk of or in involved in serious youth violence.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Violence Intervention Project
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to The VIP - Violence Intervention Project
£10,000 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
Greater London Authority - Urban Therapy Outreach Work
£30,140 22/10/2022
Building upon our ‘Urban Therapy’ treatment model, we will use this funding to focus on 19-24 year olds. We anticipate there will be less 'crisis intervention', allowing more scope for building positive social networks and working towards ETE. ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Violence Intervention Project
£80,000 01/12/2021
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
John Lyon's Charity - Recovery grant to The VIP - Violence Intervention Project
£150,000 14/07/2021
Core Costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Renew grant to The Violence Intervention Project
£50,000 23/06/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of The Violence Intervention Project.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The VIP - Violence Intervention Project
£10,425 25/04/2020
This funding is for us to continue to connect to; keep safe and work innovatively with our beneficiaries using various digital platforms
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The VIP - Violence Intervention Project
£3,300 08/04/2020
THE FUNDING IS FOR A MOBILE FOOD BANK TO SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO MAY BE IN NEED AND HAVE SERIOUS YOUTH VIOLENCE RISKS WITHIN THE HOME
Greater London Authority - The Violence Intervention Project
£90,000 01/09/2019
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to The VIP - Violence Intervention Project
£3,800 17/06/2019
12
Safe Camp - Outdoor Activities Week
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • ABIODUN AJIBOLA Appointed: 2018
  • ALESSANDRO FERRARI Appointed: 2024
  • CHRISTOPHER LESLIE Appointed: 2024
  • CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON - WRIGHT Appointed: 2023
  • DESIREE BLAMEY Appointed: 2024
  • LARRY WRIGHT (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • OSRIC RICHARDS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/11/2017, number: 1175817
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
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR23: 30 days late, AR19: 45 days late, AR18: 72 days late,
Main office

4
Hammersmith Broadway
LONDON
W6 7AL

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN, OR AT RISK OF INVOLVEMENT IN, SERIOUS YOUTH VIOLENCE THUS IMPROVING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND LIVES OF THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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