Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Return overdue: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

VULTURE CLUB

Vulture Club exists to provide contextual support primarily but not exclusively for individuals seeking to make permanent their personal recovery goal of remaining abstinent from the use of addictive substances and to re develop lifestyles away from being dependent on or centred around the use of substances either recreationally or contextually as part of their broader lifestyle choices.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Latest return is overdue

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 ?

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
30/09/22£89£83£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£57£44£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£32£37£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19*£45£36£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£28£20£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£9£15£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£15£11£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£15£16£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.vultureclub.co.uk

info@vultureclub.co.uk

01946748687

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • 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
Cumbria Community Foundation£21,744
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£1,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000 10/07/2023
towards core costs over the next 12 months
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Vulture Club
£5,000 07/06/2023
The funding is for a contribution to core utility costs to enable the organisation to provide support and activities for those recovering from addiction.
Cumbria Community Foundation - Cost of Living Project
£3,644 03/03/2023
1
Cost of Living Project
Cumbria Community Foundation - HS Award 2023 - Donor Advised
£500 05/01/2023
11
HS Award 2023 - Donor Advised
National Lottery Community Fund - Vulture Club Health and Wellbeing Project 2023-2024
£10,000 16/12/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a health and wellbeing project for their service users who are living with the struggles of addiction the project will include peer and one to one counselling ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Admin Salaries 2022 - 2023
£8,000 29/06/2022
11
Admin Salaries 2022 - 2023
National Lottery Community Fund - Vulture Club Health and Wellbeing Project 2022-2023
£10,000 10/12/2021
The project will use the funding to deliver a health and wellbeing project for participants affected by addiction. It'll provide peer and one to one counselling support meditation yoga and group ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Vulture Club
£1,500 19/10/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - New Building - Rent Project 2021-2022
£9,600 01/07/2021
New Building - Rent Project 2021-2022
National Lottery Community Fund - Walking Project
£5,586 24/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to run a walking project for people with drug and alcohol addictions. The project aims to use a combination of distraction techniques and outdoor challenges to improve mental ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Walking Project
£2,800 03/08/2018
12
The organisation will deliver walking sessions in the Lake District for people experiencing mental ill health, drug and alcohol addiction and social isolation. This will improve health and wellbeing.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • COLIN ALVAR HEMMING Appointed: 2023
  • COLIN BROWNE (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID JUDD Appointed: 2018
  • JACKIE WILLMAN Appointed: 2016
  • KEITH LAKES Appointed: 2024
  • KELLY SHIELS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/07/2014, number: 1157909
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR19: 1 days late,
Main office

Vulture Club Health and Wellbeing Centre
Unit 7-8 Tangier Buildings
Gregg's Lane
WHITEHAVEN
Cumbria
CA28 7UH

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF ADULTS SUFFERING WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN CUMBRIA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO SUFFERERS OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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