Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

GIVE US TIME

Give Us Time takes one-week holidays and short breaks donated by owners of holiday homes, hotels, resorts and timeshares, and matches them with military families in need of rest, rehabilitation and re-connection after long periods deployment or adverse family situations. The charity was launched in 2012 by Dr Liam Fox MP.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest 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:

  • 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
30/09/23£204£192£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£155£170£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£52£95£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£71£145£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£229£210£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£148£205£-57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£146£203£-57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£90£249£-159n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£645£160£485£4£490£49036.700
30/09/14£77£73£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.giveustime.org.uk

enquiries@giveustime.org.uk

07952435566

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Amusement and recreation services, incl holidays
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Austria, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Throughout England And Wales, Turkey,
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
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Give Us Time
£5,000 16/12/2021
Towards core costs to deliver free accommodation for new vets who may be living with an acquired disability.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,124 15/10/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Give Us Time Capability Enhancement
£10,000 24/05/2017
12
This project will use funding to improve the infrastructure of its website so it can better serve the people it's supports. This will build capacity for the organisation’s activities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-78
  • ANDREW PHILLIP WHITE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Project Manager
  • JACQUELINE MAUD ULRICH FORSSENNIUS Appointed: 2024
  • KATHERINE RACHEL KENNEDY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MATTHEW OLIVER ROGERS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Banker
  • PHILIP WATSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Managing Director
  • RICHARD LESLIE COOMBES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo
  • SEAN EDWARD TAYLOR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Wealth Director/Banker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2013, number: 1152978
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/06/2013, number: 08556057
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 10/13/2022, current status: Small charity
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Give Us Time
81 Great Titchfield Street
LONDON
W1W 6RD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:TO SUPPORT ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL,THEIR FAMILIES AND VETERANS THROUGH SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR:(A)TO SUPPORT THE MORALE OF ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL BY GIVING SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILY UNITS;(B)TO ASSIST SERVICE FAMILIES,ESPECIALLY,BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED LOSS OR INJURY;(C)TO HELP BOTH ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM MILITARY TO CIVILIAN LIFE;AND TO RELIEVE SERVING AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OR THEIR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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