Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

FORTALICE LIMITED 

PROVIDES EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION AND A RANGE OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST WOMEN, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE, OR ARE, EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC ABUSE. TO RAISE PERSONAL AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly female
Established: 16 years

www.fortalice.org.uk

info@fortalice.co.uk

01204365677

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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£1,849£1,645£204£23£1,801£1,62611.96251
31/03/22£1,428£1,437£-9£25£1,621£1,50412.65747
31/03/21£1,642£1,268£374£31£1,609£1,378135045
31/03/20£1,145£1,102£44£1£1,166£1,104124858
31/03/19£1,027£1,030£-4£0£1,143£1,11012.94655
31/03/18£1,029£1,019£10£4£1,135£1,11013.1410
31/03/17£950£1,032£-81£0£1,125£1,04712.2430
31/03/16£1,010£921£89£0£1,206£1,05113.7410
31/03/15£928£775£153£38£1,117£1,02815.9350
31/03/14£800£733£67£38£964£92215.1230
31/03/13£803£650£154£38£897£87116.1230
31/03/12£781£680£101£40£744£74413.1300
31/03/11£880£748£133£33£642£64210.3350
31/03/10£828£728£100£34£510£5108.4320
31/03/09£931£521£410£25£410£4109.4320

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 11.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 62 employees
  • 51 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£200,224
Garfield Weston Foundation£70,000
Masonic Trust£59,919
DCMS£42,683
Bolton CVS£39,354
BBC Children in Need£30,046
Charles Hayward Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Fortalice Ltd
£20,000 22/12/2022
Support services for children and young people affected by domestic abuse and violence
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Fortalice
£2,478 22/10/2022
We aim to deliver our domestic abuse recovery programme to bring women together in a safe space. This will reduce isolation, increase confidence, set goals for the future and help them move forward.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 04/04/2022
Safe from Harm
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Fortalice Ltd
£30,046 31/01/2022
This project will deliver DOVE, a support programme for children living in refuge accommodation to teach them how to stay safe, reduce isolation and build their resilience.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keeping it Together
£9,978 28/10/2021
The funding will be used to continue a refuge based service for women who have experienced domestic abuse and have poor mental health. This will include individual support sessions and group ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£59,919 26/05/2021
A grant to support children and young people who are moving on from refuge accommodation after experiencing domestic abuse.
Bolton CVS - Grant to Fortalice Limited
£24,612 16/02/2021
ME. A new community-based service in Bolton for 40 young people aged 12-19 who are experiencing negative effects from their exposure to domestic violence.
Bolton CVS - Grant to Fort Alice
£14,742 10/01/2021
Helping Hands - to support approximately 30 women who have experienced domestic violence/abuse and also struggle with poor mental health and/or substance misuse.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 30/10/2020
Safe from Harm
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£42,683 19/08/2020
"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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£100,112 05/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£100,112 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 15/07/2019
Safe from Harm
Bolton CVS - Grant to Fortalice Ltd
£3,674 11/01/2019
Provision of food parcels for those in need.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Fortalice Ltd
£4,743 19/11/2018
We want to run group work sessions for women so they can develop new skills and gain knowledge of how to rebuild their lives.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Fortalice Ltd
£75,000 26/03/2018
36
This will fund a project worker to deliver activities for people affected by domestic abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - Animals and Adventure Club
£10,000 06/08/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - The Freedom Programme
£125,999 12/01/2010
60
This development of an existing project will offer training and support to women who have been or are currently in abusive relationships. The project aims to help them improve their self-confidence, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-76
  • REV IAN HEPBURN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hulme Lecturer And Associate Priest
  • LUCY LEE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Teaching Assistant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/05/2008, number: 1124031
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/02/2008, number: 06517841
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • 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
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

43 BRADFORD STREET
BOLTON
BL2 1HT

Objectives

The objects for which the Charity is established (“the Objects”) are (a) The relief and protection of those who have been gravely or persistently maltreated by the partner with whom they are or have been living or any member of their immediate or extended family and of the children of such people(b) Providing refuge accommodation in Lewis House for women who have been gravely or persistently maltreated by the partner with whom they are or have been living or any member of their immediate or extended family and of the children of such women(c) Providing programmes, including early intervention, to raise awareness of domestic abuse and related issues(d) To facilitate and assist programmes in partnership with those dealing with perpetrators

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOLTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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