Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

PROMOTING AUTONOMY AND CHANGE LIMITED 

PAC provides therapeutic interventions for young people aged 6 to 25 presenting with emotional, interpersonal and mental health problems and challenges often with associated learning disability. By delivering this preventative work young people address their problems before they escalate, they re-engage into education or employment and live more positive lives within society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 38 years

www.pactherapy.org

info@pac-therapy.org

01228533874

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£146£139£7n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/22£169£166£2n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£192£197£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£210£194£16n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£174£196£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£166£179£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£169£164£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£161£156£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£146£136£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£154£140£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£167£155£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£166£161£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£151£166£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£174£166£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£164£148£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£140£135£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£136£127£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£141£121£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£124£108£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£25£24£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 1 volunteer
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,

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
Henry Smith Charity£197,300
Cumbria Community Foundation£53,115
BBC Children in Need£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to PAC Ltd
£197,300 18/08/2023
36
towards three years' salary and on costs of Therapists and the Operations Manager at a project providing therapy for children and young people aged 7-19 who have emotional, inter-personal or mental ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Active PAC
£10,000 02/12/2022
The funding will be used to expand the therapy sessions to young people who are living with acute and severely challenging mental health problems. The project aims to help more people to improve on ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Project Jen
£13,000 31/03/2021
Project Jen
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, overhead, and advertisement costs
£10,000 13/05/2020
11
Suicide and self-harm prevention.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Promoting Autonomy and Change Ltd
£30,000 19/11/2019
36
This project will deliver creative arts therapy for children and young people who are affected by poor emotional wellbeing, supporting them to express their emotions and needs and improve their ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, operational and overhead costs
£5,000 31/10/2019
Staff, operational and overhead costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, operational and overhead costs
£5,000 31/10/2019
Staff, operational and overhead costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, operational and overhead costs
£5,000 31/10/2019
Staff, operational and overhead costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, operational and overhead costs
£5,000 31/10/2019
Staff, operational and overhead costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - Creative arts therapy for ages 10 and under
£5,000 04/04/2019
Creative arts therapy for ages 10 and under
Cumbria Community Foundation - Creative arts therapy for ages 10 and under
£5,115 04/04/2019
Creative arts therapy for ages 10 and under
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Promoting Autonomy and Change Ltd
£123,506 23/10/2018
36
This project will provide person centred therapy and counselling for young people across Cumbria experiencing trauma and poor mental health. This will lead to an increase in self-esteem and an ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 22/10/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect!
£10,000 26/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to run group therapy and family support sessions. The project aims to address insecurities families may have such as guilt, worry, anger or ignorance around young people's ....more
Comic Relief - Young people's access to therapy and counselling
£90,502 25/11/2015
36
PAC currently has a full waiting list for their therapy services and the young people who access services are presenting with more complex and serious mental health issues. The project will provide a ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to PAC Ltd
£20,000 28/08/2013
PAC provides creative therapeutic interventions to young people aged 13 to 19 years old who have emotional, interpersonal and mental health problems
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-54
  • ROBERT BURKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • SALLY REID Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Dance & Movement Psychotherapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/08/1986, number: 517818
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/11/1984, number: 01864139
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

P A C Ltd
14 Lowther Street
CARLISLE
CA3 8DA

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE CARE, EDUCATION TRAINING AND TREATMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE CONVICTED OF OFFENCES WHO WOULD OTHERWISE RECEIVE CUSTODIAL SENTENCES OR RESIDENTIAL CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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