Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

PEER SUPPORT PLUS

Provision of:Peer to Peer support.Educational workshops and courses on managing mental health illness and rehabilitation.Advice and guidance on living with mental health illness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£2£1£1
31/03/22£5£1£4
31/03/21£0£0£0
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

peersupportplus.org

enquire@peersupportplus.org

07434614829

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Expanding the number of trained volunteer facilitators
£1,500 07/09/2022
Activity: Recruit, train and induct four additional volunteer support group facilitators. Where will it happen: Mainly at Lovell Park Mental Health Hub and online by Zoom. Faciltators may attend ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DAVID GLENN DONALDSON Appointed: 2020
  • GILLIAN LUNDGREN Appointed: 2023
  • JAMIE TYSON Appointed: 2021
  • JIAYU LUO Appointed: 2023
  • LISA BAMFORD (Chair) Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/08/2020, number: 1190818
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 Elmete Close
LEEDS
LS8 2LD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE HEALTH OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AND SUPPORT AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, IN THE LEEDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, BY THE PROVISION OF; • PEER TO PEER SUPPORT. • EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND COURSES ON MANAGING MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AND REHABILITATION. • ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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