Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

GROWING TOGETHER NORTHAMPTON 

To promote the benefit of inhabitants of Blackthorn and the surrounding area.To support and assist the development of residents living in the neighbourhood and, as a resource for the whole community,to address some of the social problems on the estate through volunteering and local action.To establish and maintain two facilities at Blackthorn and to promote the facility as a hub for community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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 but spending has been maintained

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£489£527£-38n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22*£464£520£-56n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£699£610£89£0£464£2655.22211
31/03/20£686£499£186£0£375£2044.92810
31/03/19£566£561£5£0£189£1533.32810
31/03/18£549£544£5£0£184£1272.8190
31/03/17£559£542£17£0£179£1172.6160
31/03/16£641£646£-5£0£162£581.1120
31/03/15£559£633£-74£5£168£490.970
31/03/14£639£617£22£36£242£831.6120
31/03/13*£569£613£-44£34£220£561.1170
31/03/12£362£276£86£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£362£276£86£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£292£174£118£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£246£115£131£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£59£65£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£25£28£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£57£36£21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.growingtogether.org.uk

kathryn@growingtogether.org.uk

01604 411166

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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
National Lottery Community Fund£202,790
Tudor Trust£75,000
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£35,778
The Clothworkers Foundation£20,000
Power to Change£12,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£10,000
DCMS£9,684
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Growing Together Northampton
£2,173 20/03/2024
12
To continue supporting their work within the community
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - nursery nurse at Blackthorn nursery
£5,000 03/01/2023
to fund the role of a nursery nurse
National Lottery Community Fund - Community work programme
£202,790 28/07/2022
The funding will be used to continue and expand community work within seven estates in East Northampton supporting families isolated and marginalised community members through a plethora of ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - nursery nurse at Blackthorn nursery
£5,000 01/07/2022
to fund the role of a nursery nurse
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - nursery nurse at Blackthorn nursery
£5,000 01/04/2022
to fund the role of a nursery nurse
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - on going community work
£15,605 18/03/2022
new and ongoing work by Growing Together in the following deprived estates of East Northampton – Blackthorn, Goldings, Lings, Lumbertubs, Overstone Lodge and Thorplands.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - summer holiday play scheme
£3,000 25/08/2021
summer holiday play scheme
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,684 08/09/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Growing Together Northampton.
£2,048 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This project provides additional staffing to support vulnerable children to transition back into daycare safely during Covid-19. Children will learn how to keep themselves safe and increase ....more
Power to Change - C-19 Response - Growing Together Northampton
£12,000 10/06/2020
Grant to C-19 Response - Growing Together Northampton
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0514-CF826 - Billing Brook Lakes Improvement Project
£10,000 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Growing Together Northampton
£20,000 07/11/2019
extension of a community centre for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Northampton
Tudor Trust - Grant to Growing Together Northampton
£75,000 07/08/2019
36
over three years towards salaries and running costs at a community hub serving the Lings and Lumbertubs estates in Northampton
Power to Change - Growing Together Northampton
£256,947 23/05/2019
36
Grant to Growing Together Northampton
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Growing Together Northampton.
£29,854 21/05/2019
36
This project is an early year’s support project providing 121 and group work for children who are not school ready. The project aims to improve communication skills, improve family relationships ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Billing Brook Improvement Project 19/20
£25,000 01/04/2019
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting community
£10,000 23/08/2018
12
This funding will be used to increase the organisation's capacity for the delivery of a variety of community activities and one to one support. The project aims to reduce the isolation of vulnerable ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Billing Brook Improvement Project 18/19
£24,910 01/04/2018
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Billing Brook Improvement Project
£20,000 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
National Lottery Community Fund - BLT/GPI Lumbertubs. Lings and Blackthorn Estates
£10,000 25/02/2011
12
The money will support a range of community involvement activities to better prepare this Big Local Trust neighbourhood for when the Trust becomes operational.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 57-73
  • HAZEL LEWIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Driving Instructor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2004, number: 1107071
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/11/2009, number: 07087848
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
18 returns made; AR22: 3 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR10: 15 days late, AR06: 14 days late,
Main office

Growing Together Northampton
BLACKTHORN COMMUNITY CENTRE
LONGMEAD COURT
NORTHAMPTON
NN3 8QD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS, NORTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND WHERE APPROPRIATE THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

BLACKTHORN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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