Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Accounts overdue -5
Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

OPERATION FLORENCE

Emergency Medical Rescue, inclusive of Technical Rescue (Rope Rescue, Confined Spaces, Water Search and Rescue, Urban Search and Rescue (Medium)), Mutual Aid Training, Youth and Community Training and engagement.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Financial Data ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
15/05/22	*	£0	£0	£0	2

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.opflorence.org

contact@opflorence.org

07891420501

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Search & rescue & emergency services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Sit to be fit in the community
£125,100	14/12/2022	This funding will be used to deliver a disability led health and wellbeing programme for disabled people primarily from Sunderland. The project aims to tackle inequalities in accessing fitness ....more This funding will be used to deliver a disability led health and wellbeing programme for disabled people primarily from Sunderland. The project aims to tackle inequalities in accessing fitness encouraging people out of their home to improve healthy living for the long term and encouraging strong positive social connections to drive social mobility and community spirit.
Department for Work and Pensions - STRETCH EVENT PRODUCTIONS
£5,221	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - TAILORED LEISURE
£5,200	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - TAILORED LEISURE
£9,866	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

LAIRD KEITH JEFFS ESQ Appointed: 2021

LISA JAYNE ROBERTS Appointed: 2021

NEIL THOMPSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021

OWEN DELI Appointed: 2021

SARAH THOMPSON Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2021, number: 1196409

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

1 returns made; AR22: 4 days late,

Main office

257 Thorney Leys
WITNEY
OX28 5PH

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO FURTHER THE SAVING OF LIVES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING: • A FIRST RESPONSE SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED OF RESCUE FOLLOWING ACCIDENT OR DISASTER INVOLVING BODIES OF WATER, FLOODING OR OTHERWISE ENTRAPPED. • A FIRST RESPONSE MEDICAL CARE AND LIFE SAVING FIRST RESPONSE MEDICAL INTERVENTION TO THOSE EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT OR DISASTER OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. • LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT OF LIVE HUMAN TISSUES, BLOOD OR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. • FIRST AID AND FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING TO YOUTH GROUPS. • TRAINING BURSARIES AND FUNDED APPRENTICESHIPS TO THOSE TRAINING TO SAVE LIVES, INCLUSIVE OF THOSE TRAINING TO BE FIRST RESPONDERS, AMBULANCE TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, NURSES AND MIDWIVES.

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