Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

SUNNISIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Providing facilities and organising events and activities for the residents of Sunniside.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly 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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£53£45£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£47£37£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£52£30£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£35£42£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£27£18£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£35£20£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£2£3£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£2£3£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£7£6£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£9£10£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£13£9£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£12£14£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£15£13£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£12£13£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£13£13£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£14£15£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years

sunnisidecommunity@yahoo.co.uk

07931798041

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
County Durham Community Foundation - Baking classes and Teaching
£2,040 07/12/2022
To support Baking classes and Teaching.
County Durham Community Foundation - Project Lead Salary core costs
£12,953 16/11/2022
Towards the salary of a Project Leader.
County Durham Community Foundation - Sunniside Food collections mileage fund
£2,000 16/11/2022
To support the Sunniside Food collections mileage fund.
County Durham Community Foundation - Sunniside Warm Space
£1,000 26/10/2022
To provide a warm space.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sunniside Community Association
£1,710 23/10/2021
Exercise doesn’t need to be a chore. It should be a fun and inspiring activity. We would like to create an outdoor gym, so members of the community can be healthy and happy in mind and body.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sunniside Play area
£5,000 19/07/2018
11
The funding will be used towards installing a play area within the village. This will improve the play facilities of the rural area, help aid the development of children and provide a social network for families.
County Durham Community Foundation - To fund creating a childrens play area.
£3,000 13/06/2018
To fund creating a childrens play area.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANNETTE DOWSON Appointed: 2023
  • CAROLE JACQUES Appointed: 2021
  • DENISE JACQUES Appointed: 2015
  • ELIZABETH MATLER Appointed: 2015
  • JOHN JOHNSON (Chair)
  • JULIE HAIL Appointed: 2013
  • ROSE MARY CARR
  • SUZANNE BLENKINSOPP Appointed: 2013
  • TANIA CALLARD Appointed: 2022
  • WENDY WHITE Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/09/1992, number: 1014189
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 13 days late,
Main office

Sunniside Community Centre
25 Flag Terrace
Sunniside
BISHOP AUCKLAND
DL13 4LR

Objectives

A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUNNISIDE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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