Overall GiG Score: -1 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5

NORTH WALES RECOVERY COMMUNITIES 

To provide therapeutic housing for individuals affected by substance misuse, offending & homelessness issues
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 9 years

www.nwrc.info

contactus@nwrc.info

01248352771

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
28/02/23*£987£1,165£-178£0£87£870.9306
28/02/22£950£945£5£0£265£2653.4146
28/02/21*£554£543£11£0£74£741.626
29/02/20*£455£434£21n/an/an/an/an/a6
28/02/19*£402£388£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/02/18*£389£379£10£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/17£325£297£29£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/16*£97£89£7£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 61%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 30 employees
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle Of Anglesey, Wrexham,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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
National Lottery Community Fund£19,840
Lloyds Bank Foundation£14,040
CAF£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Minibus
£10,000 29/07/2021
North Wales Recovery Communities in Gwynedd will use £10000 to support people with long term substance misuse issues to access their centre and run activities for people in recovery.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 MaesG food bank
£9,840 07/07/2020
11
North Wales Recovery Communities in Gwynedd will continue supporting those most vulnerable due to COVID-19 by providing ready-to-eat meals. £9840 will fund food and packaging part-time staff and ....more
CAF - Grant to North Wales Recovery Communities
£5,000 08/06/2020
3
Grant to North Wales Recovery Communities to support the organisation through COVID19
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North Wales Recovery Communities
£14,040 26/06/2019
12
To delivery a 12-month programme of organisational development support in order to strengthen this North Wales charity including seeking to deliver new services in Wrexham.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2015, number: 1160531
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations)
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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR23: 6 days late, AR21: 14 days late, AR20: 6 days late, AR19: 10 days late, AR18: 3 days late, AR16: 34 days late,
Main office

NWRC
Penrhyn House
Llandegai Road
Bangor
LL57 1PZ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND SUPPORT VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ALCOHOL AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCY, THOSE WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF OFFENDING, OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF OFFENDING, AND THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS BY: (A) PROVIDING SUPPORTED EMERGENCY LIVING ACCOMMODATION DESIGNED TO DEVELOP A STRONG AND VIBRANT RECOVERY COMMUNITY IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN AND WILL RECOVER FROM ISSUES WITH ADDICTION, OFFENDING, HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH.(B) PROVIDING PROGRAMMES OF THERAPEUTIC RECOVERY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN ABSTINENCE AND REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF RELAPSE.(C) PROVIDING PRACTICAL SUPPORT AND ADVICE AND ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SKILLS SO AS TO ASSIST PEOPLE TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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