Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 15

TRUE BUTTERFLIES FOUNDATION

True Butterflies Foundation supports families who have experienced domestic abuse. We do this by aiding them in supporting, rebuilding and empowering. Our support begins with our fully trained mentors, They are here to support you through every step of your journey. We can offer you help rebuilding your life, we now offer counselling and links to therapy for you and your family.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
28/02/23	£78,905	£73,244	£5,661	12
28/02/22	£47,922	£42,864	£5,058	12
28/02/21	£30,971	£28,456	£2,515	14
29/02/20	£17,178	£28,356	£-11,178	15
28/02/19	£25,888	£13,840	£12,048	12

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.truebutterflies.org

truebutterflies@hotmail.co.uk

07927465978

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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

Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£30,000
The Foyle Foundation	£4,000
Cornwall Community Foundation	£2,800
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,500
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£500	29/03/2023	Core costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to True Butterflies Foundation
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to True Butterflies Foundation
£50,000	14/09/2022 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of True Butterflies Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	09/09/2022	Support, Rebuild and empower
National Lottery Community Fund - Rebuilding
£10,000	15/07/2022	The organisation will develop their services due to the pandemic providing support for families and individuals who are affected by the trauma of domestic abuse providing long term after care and ....more The organisation will develop their services due to the pandemic providing support for families and individuals who are affected by the trauma of domestic abuse providing long term after care and help with poor mental health.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000	21/04/2022	towards core costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Support
£10,000	27/05/2021	The funding will be used to extend the support available for victims of domestic abuse. The project aims to provide additional mental health support through therapy and workshops to improve the ....more The funding will be used to extend the support available for victims of domestic abuse. The project aims to provide additional mental health support through therapy and workshops to improve the wellbeing of people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	14/05/2021	Family support hub
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	30/03/2021	Core costs.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to True Butterflies Foundation
£1,000	17/02/2021	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - CORVID-19 Crisis Support
£10,000	22/05/2020 5	The organisation will provide online and phone support to meet the increased demand of people who are victims of domestic physical and emotional abuse during Covid-19.
Cornwall Community Foundation - Remote working in response to Covid 19
£2,800	09/04/2020 3	To support phone costs to clients from mentors and counsellors.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family support
£10,000	15/10/2018 12	The funding will be used to deliver a range of support services for survivors of domestic abuse and their families. The project aims to build resilience and understanding.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA KINVER (Chair) Appointed: 2018

ALEXANDER EDWARD DOBBS Appointed: 2020

JAYNE KIRKHAM Appointed: 2022

KELLY MARIE GRIGG Appointed: 2022

RICHARD SMITH Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/02/2018, number: 1177209

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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

15 WALSINGHAM PLACE
TRURO
CORNWALL
TR1 2RP

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND/OR ABUSE IN CORNWALL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING COUNSELLING AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE ISSUES; AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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