Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 4

Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 15

BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED

Provision of information, harm reduction and treatment services for problem drug and alcohol users to enable individuals to achieve independence from drugs and alcohol. Over 4,000 individual adults and young people benefit from the charity's activities in any year.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£4,239	£4,196	£43	£10	£4,027	£3,606	10.3	86	45
31/03/22		£3,822	£3,735	£88	£18	£3,984	£3,708	11.9	74	45
31/03/21		£3,706	£3,637	£70	£71	£3,897	£3,746	12.4	79	45
31/03/20		£3,745	£3,664	£81	£0	£3,827	£3,748	12.3	72	67
31/03/19		£3,584	£3,688	£-103	£0	£3,746	£3,731	12.1	88	70
31/03/18		£4,637	£4,464	£174	£0	£3,849	£3,641	9.8	113	0
31/03/17		£4,879	£4,762	£117	£0	£3,675	£3,421	8.6	121	0
31/03/16		£5,147	£4,884	£263	£0	£3,558	£3,348	8.2	118	0
31/03/15		£4,992	£4,713	£279	£10	£3,295	£2,582	6.6	129	0
31/03/14		£4,618	£4,146	£471	£10	£3,015	£2,583	7.5	117	0
31/03/13		£4,018	£3,894	£124	£8	£2,544	£2,429	7.5	99	0
31/03/12		£4,004	£3,712	£292	£8	£2,420	£2,328	7.5	101	0
31/03/11		£3,915	£3,689	£226	£6	£2,128	£2,060	6.7	103	0
31/03/10		£4,004	£3,689	£314	£9	£1,902	£1,842	6	108	0
31/03/09		£3,532	£3,357	£175	£7	£1,587	£1,512	5.4	100	0
31/03/08		£3,173	£2,863	£310	£7	£1,413	£1,281	5.4	92	0
31/03/07		£2,819	£2,383	£436	£34	£1,103	£926	4.7	71	0
31/03/06		£1,934	£1,865	£69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£1,882	£1,788	£94	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£1,525	£1,472	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 10.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 4.9

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 40 years

www.bdp.org.uk

info@bdp.org.uk

01179876000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for addiction & substance abuse

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bristol City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
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

CHK Foundation	£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£7,523
Quartet Community Foundation	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Drugs Project
£500	17/03/2023	As requested by the donor towards treatment and support for people misusing drugs and/or alcohol and their families.
National Lottery Community Fund - BDP New Roots
£7,523	28/07/2022	The funding will be used to redesign and rebuild the allotment and employ a co-ordinator. The project aims to create a therapeutic space for growing and to facilitate outdoor and nature-based support groups for people recovering from problematic ....more The funding will be used to redesign and rebuild the allotment and employ a co-ordinator. The project aims to create a therapeutic space for growing and to facilitate outdoor and nature-based support groups for people recovering from problematic substance use.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Drugs Project
£500	22/03/2022	As requested by the donor towards treatment and support for people misusing drugs and/or alcohol and their families.
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£30,000	10/06/2020	to support specified work
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Communities BDP
£9,585	12/09/2019 12	Creative Communities BDP
Quartet Community Foundation - BDP Recovery Orchestra
£3,884	29/04/2019 5	To continue an 8 week pilot funded by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with a view to developing the orchestra and participating in Bristol Recovery Festival in September.
Quartet Community Foundation - Youth Groups for 5 - 16 Year Olds
£9,996	28/03/2019 11	To sustain the organisation's Youth Groups for children and young people whose parent or carer's alcohol or drug use is problematic.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Drugs Project
£5,000	13/06/2018	For development of the 50+ Crowd, a weekly meeting of older people with lived experience of problematic drug and alcohol use.
Quartet Community Foundation - Hidden Harm Mentoring Project
£10,000	18/09/2017 11	To provide a further year's support to sustain a programme of mentoring children and young people aged 8-16 years, whose parents or carer has an alcohol or drug problem
Quartet Community Foundation - Hidden Harm Mentoring Project
£7,500	07/09/2016 11	To provide a further year's support to sustain a programme of mentoring children and young people aged 8-16 years, whose parents or carer has an alcohol or drug problem

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-77

DAVID BRADNOCK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Police Officer

DR PETER GODFREY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Gp

DR TOM SMYTH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Medical Practitioner

JOHN ROSS LONG, Occupation: Police

JENNIFER ALICE EILOART RISK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Customer Operations Manager

KATHLEEN FORGAN CURLING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Town Planner (Retired)

KERRY BARKER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Barrister (Retired)

MICHAEL DAVID LEA Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

MOYNA JANE WILKINSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

PROFESSOR GRAEME HENDERSON PROF Appointed: 2024

RODERICK DOUGLAS MAYALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

ROSALIND DOROTHEA PAINE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retail Assistant

TERENCE RICE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Partner Tilney Smith & Williamson

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/05/1985, number: 291714
Registered at Companies House on 03/04/1985, number: 01902326

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 9 days late, AR05: 38 days late,

Main office

BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT
11 BRUNSWICK SQUARE
BRISTOL
BS2 8PE

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS DISTRESS AMONG THESE PERSONS AFFECTED BY ADDICTION TO DRUGS OF ANY KIND OR OTHERWISE IN NEED. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF TRAINING AND RESEARCH INTO THE DANGERS ARISING FROM THE HABITUAL OR OTHER USES OF DRUGS TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH. 3. THE PREVENTION OF DRUG ADDICTION AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR TREATMENT AND AFTER CARE OF THOSE RELIEVED FROM DRUG ADDICTION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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