Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

TEES VALLEY TOGETHER 

An Accessible food bank serving the residents of the Tees Valley
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

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
31/03/23£83,881£65,039£18,84210
31/03/22£33,827£23,432£10,3956
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.teesvalleytogether.co.uk

support@teesvalleytogether.co.uk

07722513451

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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£12,300
County Durham Community Foundation£12,000
DCMS£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Hemlington Coronation Celebrations
£2,300 30/03/2023
The funding will be used to host community celebrations and a fun day to mark the Kings Coronation. The project aims to bring residents together to build relationships and find out what support is ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Community Engagement Officer
£10,000 30/11/2022
Towards the salary and on-costs of the Community Engagement Officer.
County Durham Community Foundation - TVT Hot Pot
£2,000 23/11/2022
To support the TVT Hot Pot project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Minds
£10,000 10/12/2021
The project will use the funding for a community crafting group for local residents which will also provide family sessions during the school holidays. This will offer a safe space creative ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,500 31/07/2020
"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

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 06/08/2021, number: 1195429
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Ground Floor
21-25 The Viewley Centre
Hemlington
MIDDLESBROUGH
Cleveland
TS8 9JH

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE TEES VALLEY BY PROVIDING: FOOD, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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