Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE BLACKBURN ROTARY CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST 

Fund raising and assistance for local, national and international charities for exampleEast Lancs Hospice, Macmillan Nurses, Rotary Foundation, Andrew Finch Trust, Water Aid, Shelter Box and makes grants to individuals and organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
30/06/22£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/06/21£10£12£-1n/an/an/an/an/a17
30/06/20£9£6£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/19*£12£12£1n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/18£13£17£-4£0£0£0n/a034
30/06/17£15£15£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£15£12£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£8£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£6£8£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£11£14£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£11£14£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£17£18£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£13£10£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£14£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£18£18£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£12£12£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.asp

info@blackburnrotary.org

01200429596

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/02/1994, number: 1033788
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 37 days late,
Main office

15 Chatburn Avenue
CLITHEROE
Lancashire
BB7 2AU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS EITHER BY DIRECT PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OR BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPROVED CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS OR FUNDS ALREADY EXISTING FOR THIS PURPOSE AS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY CONTRIBUTION TO SUCH EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS OR FUNDS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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