Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

HAVENS COMMUNITY CARS

Havens Community Cars CIO provides an effective, volunteer-led, community transport voluntary car scheme (VCS) for individuals from vulnerable groups including, but not limited to, older people, those with disabilities, people in rural or isolated communities or those unable to access conventional bus services or other local transport.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
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
The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£88,335	£84,897	£3,438	35
31/03/22		£105,919	£110,190	£-4,271	25
31/03/21		£24,985	£10,935	£14,050	22
31/03/20		£10,268	£6,605	£3,663	8

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.havenscommunityhub.co.uk

havenscommcar@gmail.com

01273918226

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Transportation and storage activities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£12,478
Sussex Community Foundation	£10,000
Crowdfunder	£4,893
Co-Operative Group	£1,630

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Havens Community Cars CIO
£1,630	22/10/2022	We would like to give volunteer driver transport support to people unable to use public transport so they can carry on living independently.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£4,893	27/06/2022	Covid response
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Driver Scheme
£2,478	29/09/2021	The funding has provided two wheelchair accessible and electric vehicles which will provide additional transport options for wheelchair users to access vital services reducing the risk of exclusion.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Havens Community Cars CIO
£5,000	12/03/2021 5	Funding was provided to support a part-time scheme co-ordinator.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Havens Community Cars CIO
£5,000	15/06/2020	Havens Community Cars are a newly established CIO, to provide transport facilities in East Sussex for vulnerable residents in need, including those living in isolated areas with inadequate public ....more Havens Community Cars are a newly established CIO, to provide transport facilities in East Sussex for vulnerable residents in need, including those living in isolated areas with inadequate public transport facilities. Covid 19 stopped the group from being able to launch their programme, therefore this grant is for the relaunch of their original transport service, including volunteer and fuel expenses and for IT equipment to train volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Havens Community Cars
£10,000	18/10/2019 12	Havens Community Cars

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MARILYN WINIFRED NOLAN B.E.M. Appointed: 2019

MICHAELA JANE TWAITS Appointed: 2019

PAULA BRIDGET WOOLVEN (Chair) Appointed: 2019

STEPHANIE BYRNE Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/08/2019, number: 1184955

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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

4 returns made; AR23: 5 days late,

Main office

2A Thompson Road
NEWHAVEN
East Sussex
BN9 0RS

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITIES IN EAST SUSSEX FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY, POOR OR DISABLED, PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR THOSE LIVING IN ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES

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