Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 9

Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 12

GIFTED WOMEN

The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public amongst unemployed women who are in recovery from addiction and/or have criminal convictions and/or are homeless by the provision of opportunities for work experience placements, personal development and improved employability.

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Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/09/22		£65,875	£23,802	£42,073	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.giftedwomen.co.uk

info@giftedwomen.co.uk

0794030716

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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	£208,544
Devon Community Foundation	£9,995
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£5,000
Allen Lane Foundation	£5,000
Sport England	£3,492
Rank Foundation	£2,200

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Gifted Women Employability Programme
£198,545	28/09/2023	This funding will support an employment support project for women overcoming multiple disadvantages. The project aims to improve wellbeing and to support women to reach their potential.
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grant Gifted Women 2023
£2,200	27/04/2023	Gifted Women received a Cost of Living Small Grant to help cover the cost of transport.
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Gifted Women
£5,000	28/03/2023	Funding to initiate a Peer Mentoring Programme.
Sport England - Gifted Women - Activ-8
£3,492	20/02/2023	The project will create and deliver a one day hip hop dance and life coaching workshop for the Gifted Women employability programme, which would be accessible to all of the women coming through the ....more The project will create and deliver a one day hip hop dance and life coaching workshop for the Gifted Women employability programme, which would be accessible to all of the women coming through the charity (approx 50 per year). The dance workshops will become a regular physical activity element built into the employability programme x 3 sessions per year.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Gifted Women
£5,000	08/02/2023	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Devon Community Foundation - Employability Programme
£4,995	12/12/2022	to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved health outcomes
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Gifted Women
£5,000	11/07/2022	£5,000 single grant to contribute towards a Coordinator post to support female ex-offenders in Plymouth.
National Lottery Community Fund - Gifted Women Employability Programme
£9,999	17/06/2022	The funding will be used to deliver an employability programme for women experiencing multiple disadvantage including addiction homelessness and those who have been through the justice system or had ....more The funding will be used to deliver an employability programme for women experiencing multiple disadvantage including addiction homelessness and those who have been through the justice system or had children removed. The aim of the project is to improve the women’s confidence skills training and employment opportunities and lives.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROLINE DANKS Appointed: 2024

DR MARY EMBLETON Appointed: 2021

JENNY ADJENE (Chair) Appointed: 2021

JULIE HOWES Appointed: 2022

KATIE SPERRING Appointed: 2023

RICHARD GREAVES Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/09/2021, number: 1195795

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

Tavistock Enterprise Hub
2 BROOK STREET
Tavistock
PL19 0BN

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AMONGST UNEMPLOYED WOMEN WHO ARE IN RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION AND/OR HAVE CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS AND/OR ARE HOMELESS BY THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED EMPLOYABILITY.

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