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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

BLETCHINGLEY SKILLS CENTRE

We offer lifelong learning skills to adults with disabilities including registered blind and partially sighted. These skills are aimed at increasing independence whilst encouraging social interaction and self-confidence in a friendly and informal environment. We offer courses in Computing, Cookery, Literacy, Arts & Crafts, Drama, Music Therapy and seated Yoga.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£52£56£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£62£58£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£23£33£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£49£55£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£50£60£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£59£52£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£58£53£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£57£50£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£52£50£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£47£50£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£48£51£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£48£49£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£50£49£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£52£50£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£45£45£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£45£44£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£46£44£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£43£44£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£41£44£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£45£46£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 34 years

www.bletchingleyskillscentre.org

bletchingley.sc@gmail.com

01883 743772

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Blind people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£5,000 08/10/2020
Funding toward the essential running costs of a centre, that offers life skills to adults with disabilities, during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Bletchingley Skills Centre renumeration fund.
£6,500 15/11/2016
36
Wages for two-part time assistants working with people with physical, visual or hearing impairments.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bletchingley Skills Centre
£20,000 16/03/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a project in Surrey providing educational courses for disabled adults

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CAROLE ANNE EVANS Appointed: 2023
  • ROGER WILLMORE
  • TRYFANA MCMILLAN Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/1991, number: 1002273
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from EAST SURREY MENCAP on 20/07/2022
Main office

Stychens Lane
Bletchingley
Surrey
RH1 4LL

Objectives

TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED AND ABLE BODIED PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON AN EQUAL BASIS, DEVELOPING THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR AN ORDINARY AND VALUED LIFE; LEADING TO FURTHER EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT; TO OFFER RELIEF FROM ILLNESS, SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OF PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF TANDRIDGE; AND TO BRING SUCH PERSONS INTO CLOSER ASSOCIATION WITH ABLE BODIED PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

TANDRIDGE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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