Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

Future income +5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 13

CLEAN SLATE SOLUTIONS

We support people across Teesside and North Yorkshire with a past conviction into paid employment. Our mentored approach ensures we select those who are stable, ready, and committed before referring into our network of socially invested employers.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
31/08/22		£154,147	£156,990	£-2,843	8
31/08/21		£169,201	£121,777	£47,424	8

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.cleanslatesolutions.org.uk

admin@cleanslatesolutions.org.uk

01642 989669

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Yorkshire, Redcar And Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£161,584
County Durham Community Foundation	£35,230
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£24,000
The EQ Foundation	£20,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£18,000
Allen Lane Foundation	£6,616
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Clean Slate Solutions
£20,000	15/03/2024	Unrestricted grant
County Durham Community Foundation - A Clean Slate
£9,990	30/03/2023	To support the A Clean Slate project.
County Durham Community Foundation - A Clean Slate
£10,000	18/01/2023	To support the A Clean Slate project.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Clean Slate Solutions
£2,000	12/01/2023	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Two Ridings Community Foundation - A Clean Slate
£9,000	08/11/2022	Funding towards the salary of a Community Engagement Manager. This role is responsible for working with employers and building good strong relationships with them in order to provide meaningful ....more Funding towards the salary of a Community Engagement Manager. This role is responsible for working with employers and building good strong relationships with them in order to provide meaningful employment experiences for people with convictions.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Clean Slate
£141,600	17/08/2022 36	The funding will be used to supporting people with a criminal record into meaningful sustainable paid employment. Making sure participants aren’t held back by their past CSSCIO are requesting ....more The funding will be used to supporting people with a criminal record into meaningful sustainable paid employment. Making sure participants aren’t held back by their past CSSCIO are requesting £141600.00 over 3 years for staffing marketing and staff travel the project works with men and women who have a criminal record and prison leavers who are the furthest from the job market supporting them into meaningful employment across the Tees valley and North Yorkshire area. CSSCIO supports clients for up to 6 months once in work and also offer out of hours evenings and weekend support to their clients.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - A Clean Slate
£5,000	25/04/2022	Funding for: The funding would relieve pressure in two areas; overheads and organisational development.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Clean Slate: Community Engagement
£9,984	14/04/2022	The funding will be used towards the role of Community Engagement Mentor (CEM) for 12 months. This role entails undertaking necessary checks on participants with past convictions ensuring they are ....more The funding will be used towards the role of Community Engagement Mentor (CEM) for 12 months. This role entails undertaking necessary checks on participants with past convictions ensuring they are suitable and committed before receiving mentoring from potential employers. This aims to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Clean Slate Solutions
£3,000	20/01/2022	General charitable purposes
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to Clean Slate Solutions
£10,000	16/07/2021	Funding for staff and activity costs. To fund a community Engagement Officer 12.5 hrs per week for 45 weeks (£12.50 p/hr) to support ex-offenders find employment. Activity costs will cover training ....more Funding for staff and activity costs. To fund a community Engagement Officer 12.5 hrs per week for 45 weeks (£12.50 p/hr) to support ex-offenders find employment. Activity costs will cover training needs, travel to support those with former convictions in rural areas overcome the additional barriers they face in rural areas.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Clean Slate Solutions
£10,000	22/04/2021	Core costs
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Clean Slate Solutions
£5,000	15/04/2021	Employability support for ex-offenders in Tees Valley and County Durham
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Clean Slate Solutions
£6,616	11/03/2021	£6,616 single grant contribution towards salaries and training new community mentors of this organisation based in Stockton-on-Tees.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting ex-offenders into employment
£10,000	05/03/2021 12	The project will use the funding to pay for a part-time volunteer coordinator to oversee the growing team of mentors and volunteers who provide employment social welfare and mentoring support for ....more The project will use the funding to pay for a part-time volunteer coordinator to oversee the growing team of mentors and volunteers who provide employment social welfare and mentoring support for ex-offenders. This aims to prevent reoffending and aid reintegration into society.
County Durham Community Foundation - Tees Valley Wide Winter Support
£15,240	16/12/2020	Towards Tees Valley Wide Winter Support

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How do they operate?

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Objectives: Helping ex-offenders gain employment and become self-supporting

Beneficiaries: Ex-offenders

Location: Teesside

Description: Following an initial needs assessment we are able to advise and link participants with key statutory and voluntary agencies for housing, debt advice, recovery from addiction referrals, foodbank referrals, employability workshops, CV writing and interview skills.

Work begins with ensuring beneficiaries are completely free from addiction, have somewhere safe to sleep and access to enough food. They must also demonstrate a genuine desire to work with us.

We have extensive links with other organisations to ensure they can access a comprehensive range of support services. Working together we help beneficiaries reach

....more

How effective are they?

	Outputs			Outcomes
Y/E	People entering the programme			People getting jobs
31/08/2022	120			90

Commentary: Clean Slate has an excellent record for getting people into jobs, on average within 35 days compared to a local average in excess of 200 days.

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Who works here?

RICHARD BRICE
CEO

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HUGH WELCH Appointed: 2023

Corporate lawyer and senior partner of Muckle LLP

RICHARD LONGBOTTOM Appointed: 2020

Director of UtilityLife Consulting

TRACEY BRITTAIN Appointed: 2022

Criminal justice expert who has spent 10 years as a Probation Officer

WARREN HARRISON (Chair) Appointed: 2020

Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) at Teeside University International Business School

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2020, number: 1190630

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Holy Trinity Centre
North Ormesby
Middlesbrough
TS3 6LD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT OF OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A)PROVIDING MENTORING SCHEMES TO EX-OFFENDERS; B)PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT OR ASSISTANCE TO THOSE ON PROBATION AND THOSE AT RISK OF RE OFFENDING; C)PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. D)PROVIDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING BY MEANS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES.

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How is it governed?

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Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

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