Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +5
    • Gov Income
    • Overall weighted support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    BRIDPORT HEALTH AND WELLBEING CHAMPIONS

    Working to provide environments to improve and support people's mental and physical well-being.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received Government grants

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    31/12/23£2£2£0
    31/12/22£4£3£1
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 3 years

    eilish.davoren@dorsetgp.nhs.uk

    01308421896

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Dorset,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • EILISH DAVOREN (Chair) Appointed: 2021
    • HELEN WRIGHT Appointed: 2021
    • MARGARET ROSEMARY RUSSELL Appointed: 2023
    • SUSAN STOCKER Appointed: 2021
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/12/2021, number: 1197060
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Risk management
    • 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
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    7 St. Swithins Place
    BRIDPORT
    Dorset
    DT6 5FD

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN BRIDPORT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GARDENING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales

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