Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

CHRYSALIS CENTRE FOR CHANGE 

We offer a range of support services to women in St Helens and surrounding areas who are struggling with the impact of mental health issues and domestic abuse. Services include one-to-one counselling, a bereavement support program, courses for confidence, anxiety management and managing depression, weekly groups for mental health support, domestic abuse support and therapeutic arts and crafts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees

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
31/12/22£254,914£218,858£36,05625
31/12/21£143,497£170,563£-27,06621
31/12/20£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.chrysaliscentreforchange.co.uk

chrysaliscentreforchange@gmail.com

01744451309

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • St Helens,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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
John Moores Foundation£15,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£10,000
Indigo Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Chrysalis Centre for Change
£10,000 09/02/2023
The grant would ensure the group can continue to change the lives of thousands of women and work towards changing attitudes by having honest conversations about mental health and domestic abuse. The ....more
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Chrysalis Centre for Change
£15,000 07/07/2022
Towards a shortfall in annual budget
Indigo Trust - Mental health and domestic abuse support for females
£2,000 19/01/2022
Core funding to support its work in mental health and domestic abuse

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2020, number: 1188750
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CHRYSALIS CENTRE FOR CHANGE on 11/08/2021
Main office

1st Floor Beacon Building
25 College Street
ST. HELENS
WA10 1TF

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF WOMEN IN ST. HELENS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO HAVE COMPLEX NEEDS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WHO SUFFER WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS A RESULT FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, WORKSHOPS AND SUPPORT GROUPS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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