Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE PROJECT, BRITAIN

By the provision of experiential workshops and a distance learning programme. AVP aims to relieve those afflicted by violence or abuse in their own lives, whether they are aggressors or victims or both. The workshops develop people's abilities to resolve conflicts without resorting to violence.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	*	£110	£112	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£72	£85	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21		£109	£91	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£85	£103	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£127	£113	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/18		£109	£116	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£135	£136	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£74	£102	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£122	£118	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£154	£148	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£176	£157	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£152	£127	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£94	£106	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£118	£120	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£102	£122	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£107	£122	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£124	£123	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£105	£77	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£93	£70	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£66	£71	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.avpbritain.org.uk

info@avpbritain.org.uk

02073244755

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£16,829
DCMS	£9,950
Allen Lane Foundation	£6,786
The Foyle Foundation	£6,000
Haberdashers' Company	£3,600
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£1,250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000	30/11/2023 24	Facing Up to Conflict distance learning programme
Haberdashers' Company - Uplift grant
£600	10/05/2023	Contribution to core costs in Cost of Living crisis
Haberdashers' Company - Facing up to Conflict distance-learning course for offenders in prison
£3,000	19/04/2023	Programme teaches participants the necessary skills to handle conflict non-violently and to build healthier relationships
National Lottery Community Fund - Facing Up To Conflict workshops for men who want to build better relationships
£7,700	11/10/2022	Alternatives to Violence Project Britain will run four weekend-long workshops for men who find handling conflict in relationships difficult. The workshops will help them manage their behaviour. ....more Alternatives to Violence Project Britain will run four weekend-long workshops for men who find handling conflict in relationships difficult. The workshops will help them manage their behaviour. £7700 will fund facilitators’ expenses refreshments and workshop materials. Bydd Alternatives to Violence Project Britain yn cynnal pedwar gweithdy penwythnos i ddynion sy’n cael trafferth delio â gwrthdaro mewn perthnasoedd. Bydd y gweithdai’n eu helpu i reoli eu hymddygiad. Bydd £7700 yn talu am dreuliau’r hwyluswyr lluniaeth a deunyddiau gweithdy.
National Lottery Community Fund - Conflict Management Community Workshops
£9,129	07/10/2022	The funding will be used to run workshops and distance learning courses. The project aims to promote ways of resolving conflict without resorting to violence.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	04/02/2022	Facing Up to Conflict distance learning course
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Alternatives to Violence Project Britain - 28/07/21
£1,250	10/08/2021	Facing Up to Conflict distance learning programme
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000	28/04/2021	towards core costs of the charity (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Alternatives to Violence Project, Britain
£6,786	11/03/2021	£6,786 single grant for this national organisation to contribute towards its' Facing up to Conflict' distance learning programme for prisoners.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,950	03/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Alternatives to Violence Project - Britain
£14,800	21/02/2018 12	Funding for a part-time Development Officer will help this charity to develop its presence in Wales and achieve a series of organisational development goals.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Alternatives to Violence Project Britain
£50,000	24/05/2013 24	over two years towards core salaries and the delivery of courses in prisons at this national conflict resolution training charity
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Alternatives to Violence Project
£28,450	08/11/2011	Towards core costs to expand the alternatives to violence workshops.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-77

ARTHUR GERALD CHARLTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

ALEXANDRA DZHURAS-DOTTA (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Director

CATHERINE LUCY EVES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: A

MICHAEL DELLAPINA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Human Resources, Other trusteeship: TIME AND TALENTS ASSOCIATION,

YUCHAO GU Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Credit Management Specialist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2001, number: 1085709
Registered at Companies House on 18/12/2000, number: 04127409

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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: 125 days late, AR06: 17 days late, AR05: 10 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

A V P Britain
Brick Yard
28 Charles Square
LONDON
N1 6HT

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF ALL THOSE AFFLICTED BY VIOLENCE OR ABUSE IN THEIR OWN LIVES WHETHER THEY ARE AGGRESSORS OR VICTIMS OR BOTH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS WHICH DEVELOP PEOPLE'S ABILITIES TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS WITHOUT RESORTING TO VIOLENCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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