Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -1

DRIVEN

Driven is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation providing transport facilities in the Borough of Wigan and the surrounding areas for persons who have need of such facilities by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial or other disadvantage or those living in isolated areas where there are no adequate or safe public transport facilities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
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
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£72,686	£99,699	£-27,013	5
31/03/22	£62,675	£106,539	£-43,864	7
31/03/21	£107,808	£67,912	£39,896	8
31/03/20	£177,771	£144,218	£33,553	25

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

wearedriven.co.uk

a.caddick@wearedriven.co.uk

01942409602

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Transportation and storage activities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Wigan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£69,000
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust	£6,998
Forever Manchester	£4,750

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Driven
£5,000	07/06/2023	The funding is for the provision of a community transport service for low cost days out, transport to day care, medical appointments, shopping trips and visits to friends and family for vulnerable ....more The funding is for the provision of a community transport service for low cost days out, transport to day care, medical appointments, shopping trips and visits to friends and family for vulnerable people
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheels to Wellbeing
£10,000	18/11/2022	The organisation will use the funding to partner with the local food bank consortium including the local council and 43 community based warm spaces and foodbanks to provide vehicles to transport food ....more The organisation will use the funding to partner with the local food bank consortium including the local council and 43 community based warm spaces and foodbanks to provide vehicles to transport food parcels and transport people to warm spaces addressing the issues linked to the cost of living crisis social isolation and loneliness.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Driven
£1,998	27/07/2022	The funding is for working in partnership with food banks to deliver food parcels and warm spaces to provide transport for those who are isolated or who need accessible transport. ....more The funding is for working in partnership with food banks to deliver food parcels and warm spaces to provide transport for those who are isolated or who need accessible transport.
National Lottery Community Fund - Driven - Coronavirus Response
£10,000	22/10/2021	The funding will be used to deliver community transport via a minibus in Wigan and surrounding areas. Clients are older people as well as vulnerable people. The service is on demand and is currently ....more The funding will be used to deliver community transport via a minibus in Wigan and surrounding areas. Clients are older people as well as vulnerable people. The service is on demand and is currently run by volunteers. The project aims to reduce isolation and loneliness and re-establish community links and interaction.
Forever Manchester - Driven Covid Response
£4,750	17/04/2020	Food pick-up and delivery service between food providers and local distribution groups as well as direct to individuals
National Lottery Community Fund - Driven (Development Grant)
£49,000	25/07/2019 12	The organisation aims to support vulnerable and isolated people in the local area through their transport scheme, connecting them to their families, day care provision, community events, medical ....more The organisation aims to support vulnerable and isolated people in the local area through their transport scheme, connecting them to their families, day care provision, community events, medical appointments, shopping trips and leisure activities. Funding will go towards staff and running costs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA CADDICK Appointed: 2023

GERARD HURST Appointed: 2022

HOWARD THORNE Appointed: 2023

PETER GARRY Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2018, number: 1180561

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

WIGAN INVESTMENT CENTRE
WATERSIDE DRIVE
WIGAN
WN3 5BA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN THE BOROUGH OF WIGAN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE OR THOSE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE OR SAFE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

Data Sources