Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 2

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE STEVENAGE COMMUNITY TRUST

To support charities, local groups and individuals in Stevenage and the immediate surrounding area with small grants. Money is raised from corporate membership subscription, fund raising and donations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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	*	£134	£154	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/22		£184	£209	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£162	£131	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£195	£193	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£144	£118	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£124	£103	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£132	£151	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£159	£155	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£107	£131	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£100	£132	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£81	£123	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£93	£119	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£81	£87	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£131	£118	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£92	£97	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£100	£106	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£117	£99	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£118	£98	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£114	£87	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£100	£72	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.stevenagecommunitytrust.org

enquiries@stevenagecommunitytrust.org

01438525390

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Warm homes grants
£5,000	09/11/2021	Grant to Stevenage Community Trust
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Warm homes grants
£4,950	01/02/2021	Grant to Stevenage Community Trust
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Stevenage Community Trust
£5,716	19/11/2018	We would like to bring a little happiness to disadvantaged children at Christmas time with presents and dinner.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-76

ALASTAIR BRUCE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

ALEXANDER BRADLEY CLARKSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Actor Theatrical Agent

CHARLOTTE LOUISE CARROLL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Counsellor

JOHN DAVID GREENALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

SIMON NEAL HOUSTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker

JEANNETTE THOMAS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE OVAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, DOUGLAS DRIVE SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION,

MR MIKE PHOENIX, Occupation: Surveyor

ROBERT JOHN CASE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Finance Manager

SHARON JOHNSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor

ROBERT JOHN STEWART Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Managing Director, Other trusteeship: UNIQUENESS LIMITED,

STEPHEN THOMAS EDWARD MCQUEEN MR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Bank Manager, Other trusteeship: STEVENAGE FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/11/1990, number: 1000762
Registered at Companies House on 08/10/1990, number: 02546501

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 36 days late, AR16: 162 days late,

Main office

Stevenage Community Trust
Stewart House
Primett Road
STEVENAGE
Hertfordshire
SG1 3EE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF STEVENAGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND DISABILITY OR SICKNESS TO PROVIDE OR HELP TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED SUCH FACILITIES BEING AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE

Defined Area of Benefit:

STEVENAGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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