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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

FLYNN'S PORT IN THE STORM LTD

We provide mental health services through our mental health crisis cafe. We counsell and provide mental health services to patients throughout Cheshire West and Chester/Cheshire East/Wirral and Merseyside.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
30/06/23*£194£188£6n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

RITA@FLYNNSCRISIS.ORG

01513059346

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Liverpool City, Wirral, Wrexham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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
National Lottery Community Fund£9,954
Cheshire Community Foundation£5,577
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Flynn's Port in the Storm
£9,000 26/06/2024
Towards the salary a Support Worker
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Flynn's Port in the Storm
£6,000 02/05/2023
Towards the salary of an Administrative Assistant
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Flynn's Port in the Storm
£5,577 31/01/2023
Grant to Flynn's Port in the Storm
National Lottery Community Fund - Flynn's Port in the Storm-Sensory Room
£9,954 09/12/2022
The funding will be used to create a sensory room at the mental health crisis café. The project aims to provide a calming and safe space where people can relax engage their senses improve their mood and reduce anxiety.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 67-78
  • BERYL HOUGHTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • DOROTHY CARTWRIGHT MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • HEATHER DUGGAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • JOAN DIGNAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • RITA LEWIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/02/2022, number: 1197853
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/06/2021, number: 13453948
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; AR23: 112 days late,
Main office

9 Rivington Road
ELLESMERE PORT
CH65 0AW

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN CHESHIRE EAST CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER, LIVERPOOL CITY AND WIRRAL BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH COMMISSIONERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OTHER AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE INNOVATIVE MENTAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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