Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

FOREST PULSE

The charity supports children and young people with disabilities and their families/carers who live in the Forest of Dean area. Support, guidance, information and sign posting are provided for parents/carers. A wide range of out of school social, leisure, sport and recreational activities are provided for children and young people with disabilities, whenever possible in an intergrated setting.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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*£223£214£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£151£149£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£186£170£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£165£206£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£150£204£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£213£193£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£283£200£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£215£203£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£151£156£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£121£163£-42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£179£148£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£152£152£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£126£147£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£154£124£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£150£104£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£63£78£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£73£73£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£75£70£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£67£83£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£88£73£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 36 years

www.forestpulse.co.uk

admin@forestpulse.co.uk

01594826357

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
National Lottery Community Fund£200,084
Barnwood Trust£46,863
DCMS£35,135
Masonic Trust£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,000 15/01/2024
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Barnwood Trust - Strategic Partnerships
£30,000 12/10/2021
Support children with disabilities and their families
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£1,500 13/07/2021
Summer activity club
National Lottery Community Fund - Forest Pulse Continuation Funding
£200,084 26/03/2021
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The organisation will use the funding over five years to support their ongoing work with disabled children and young people aged 4 - 25 and their families/carers.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 12/01/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 02/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,135 23/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£15,363 22/07/2020
Activities for disabled children
National Lottery Community Fund - Forest Pulse
£256,941 26/08/2015
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This project supports disabled children and young people up to the age of 26, and their families, through a youth club offering a range of activities and trips to help build confidence and transferable skills. Young people decide their own programme ....more
True Colours Trust - Afterschool and weekend activities for disabled children.
£5,000 16/12/2014
Afterschool and weekend activities for disabled children.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Forest Pulse
£20,000 12/06/2014
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towards two years' salary of the Activity Manager at a project providing activities, support and information for disabled children and their families in the Forest of Dean
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Forest Pulse
£16,000 28/03/2014
Forest Pulse supports disabled children and young people and their families. The Activity Manager co-ordinates the weekly activities such as swimming, youth clubs, dance and boccia so that disabled young people can choose what they want to do.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a four week summer playscheme
£1,000 12/06/2008
Towards a four week summer playscheme for children and young people with disabilities and their siblings in Gloucestershire.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • HELEN THERESA BAKER
  • LORRAINE STYLES Appointed: 2021
  • PAMELA JONES Appointed: 2023
  • SIMON BROWN Appointed: 2023
  • VICTORIA WALTERS (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • VIKKI FELLOWS Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/01/1989, number: 900216
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
20 returns made; AR23: 76 days late, AR10: 2 days late,
Main office

4th Floor
Carlson Suite
Vantage Point Business Village
Mitcheldean
Gloucestershire
GL17 0DD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, WELFARE AND BENEFIT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES IN RELATION THERETO.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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