Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

ST ALBANS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Pre-School for 2 - 4 year oldsDaily Day Opportunities ServicesDementia Support ServiceCommunity Response TeamAdvocacy & Support ServicesWelfare Rights & Debt AdviceDigital SupportVolunteer PlacementsWorks ExperienceDay Care Service
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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£1,188£812£376£0£1,494£89213.22823
31/03/22£705£692£14£0£1,117£80714260
31/03/21£1,231£679£552£0£1,104£74013.12223
31/03/20£636£618£18£0£552£4679.12536
31/03/19£606£596£10£0£534£4358.82652
31/03/18£539£534£5£0£524£4069.1250
31/03/17£555£468£88£0£519£41110.5190
31/03/16£459£432£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£501£481£20£0£405£1132.8100
31/03/14£364£392£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£380£378£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£547£383£165£38£411£611.9140
31/03/11£399£344£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£359£388£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£449£407£42£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: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 13.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 16 months
Quick Ratio: 9.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

www.stalbans-cc.co.uk

info@stalbans-cc.co.uk

01215580018

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sandwell,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Power to Change£402,016
National Lottery Community Fund£331,727
Henry Smith Charity£103,000
Wolfson Foundation£60,000
DCMS£58,710
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Albans Community Association
£60,000 06/12/2023
Extension and renovation of community centre serving older people
National Lottery Community Fund - Reconfigure; renovation and extension of St Albans Community Centre.
£301,731 06/09/2023
This funding will be used to reconfigure renovate and extend their current building. The project aims to better meet existing and increased demand on their services for the community of Smethwick.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 07/08/2023
Reconfiguration, renovation and extension of St Albans Community Centre.
Power to Change - St Albans Community Association (PU)
£8,000 22/12/2022
Grant to St Albans Community Association (PU)
Power to Change - St Albans Community Association (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to St Albans Community Association (RCF)
National Lottery Community Fund - Elderberries
£10,000 30/08/2022
The funding will be used to contribute towards a driver of the community vehicle. The project aims to enable the group to extend its current service.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to St Albans Community Association
£103,000 25/08/2022
36
towards three years' salary and on costs of a Community Advice Worker at an organisation that provides support for people from disadvantaged communities in Sandwell, West Midlands.
National Lottery Community Fund - In it together
£10,000 29/04/2021
The funding will be used to recruit an outreach worker to enable the group to help in peoples homes particularly focusing on elderly people with dementia. The project aims to help vulnerable people ....more
Power to Change - Renewal - St Albans Community Association
£20,000 17/03/2021
Grant to Renewal - St Albans Community Association
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - St Albans Community Association
£63,266 15/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - St Albans Community Association
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£58,710 09/09/2020
"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
Power to Change - C-19 Response - St Albans Community Association
£30,000 16/06/2020
Grant to C-19 Response - St Albans Community Association
National Lottery Community Fund - All together
£9,996 09/03/2020
3
The funding will be used to purchase chairs and undertake training to enable their centre to become dementia-friendly. The project aims to create an improved facility and service appropriate for all.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 06/03/2020
Community Building Acquisition
Power to Change - St Albans Community Association
£270,750 16/10/2019
24
Grant to St Albans Community Association
National Lottery Community Fund - St Albans Cares
£10,000 07/12/2018
12
This organisation will use the funding to hire a care worker to help people with disabilities using the friendship service continue to receive support.
National Lottery Community Fund - St Albans Development Grant
£17,500 26/10/2018
12
This funding will help the organisation to become more sustainable. The group provides a wide range of services to the local community, including advice services, a lunch club and befriending ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - OASIS (Older Adults Service and Integrated Support)
£9,996 14/06/2017
12
A pilot scheme will be conducted about providing social care for isolated older people. This will help the group to better identify the needs of older people and improve their quality of life.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Albans Community Association
£15,000 17/05/2017
12
A pilot to build and evaluate a a framework for a programme that will deliver a holistic and person centred support system for older and vulnerable people in the Smethwick area of Sandwell who are at ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to St Albans Community Association
£20,000 28/04/2017
Minibus for a charity which works with older people in the West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Everyones a Winner
£10,000 05/12/2016
12
This project is a series of cultural celebration days. This will bring people together to celebrate different ethnicities within the community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring in a Crisis
£249,752 18/11/2015
71
A project in Sandwell to provide advocacy, information and advice to vulnerable residents with complex issues around employment, housing, homelessness, care packages, children’s education, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Albans Community Association
£15,000 06/05/2015
12
a pilot project to establish levels of demand, service delivery structure and referral links and to support adults with lower levels of mental ill health who are moving on from higher levels of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - 'The Secret Outdoor Garden'
£10,000 01/05/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Friend is Your Friend
£280,460 06/11/2013
60
The aim of this new project is to train volunteers to provide respite for carers and a befriending service for isolated elderly people including those suffering disabilities who are disengaged from ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - New training opportunities for disadvantaged community members
£10,000 04/08/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Smethwick, Sandwell. The group will use the funding to purchase kitchen equipment to provide new training opportunities for young and older people with learning ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Albans Community Association
£25,000 01/02/2011
the Centre Manager's salary
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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: 40-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2008, number: 1122405
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/08/2007, number: 06354930
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
  • 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
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SANDWELL COMMUNITY HUBS CIO on 08/12/2023
Main office

ST. ALBANS COMMUNITY CENTRE
ST. ALBANS ROAD
SMETHWICK
B67 7NL

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ST ALBANS AND ITS NEAR VICINITY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALL THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF, SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SANDWELL

Data Sources

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