Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

SCOPE IN COLCHESTER AND TENDRING 

The Charity exists to support and help people with cerebral palsy, or similar disability, and their carers. Its present main activity is the Castlegate Centre. The Centre also serves as a venue for other activities organised for the benefit of people with disability and their carers.
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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • 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
05/04/23£122£132£-10n/an/an/an/an/a4
05/04/22*£110£126£-16n/an/an/an/an/a10
05/04/21*£152£138£15n/an/an/an/an/a6
05/04/20*£98£132£-35n/an/an/an/an/a6
05/04/19*£99£127£-28n/an/an/an/an/a12
05/04/18*£142£129£13£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17*£118£135£-17£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16*£117£127£-10£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15*£118£125£-7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14*£126£130£-5£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£117£130£-14£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£113£119£-6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11*£109£115£-7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£94£113£-19£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£99£113£-14£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£103£117£-14£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07*£103£117£-14£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06£125£107£18£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£117£108£10£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£129£113£16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

01206764633

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-82
  • HAZEL BOHR Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Specialist Health Visitor Chil
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/01/1996, number: 1051946
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/03/1995, number: 03029312
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 51 days late, AR21: 39 days late, AR20: 123 days late, AR19: 159 days late, AR18: 525 days late, AR17: 890 days late, AR16: 1255 days late, AR15: 53 days late, AR14: 54 days late, AR11: 63 days late, AR07: 101 days late,
Main office

THE SECRETARY
CASTLEGATE CENTRE
GEORGE STREET
COLCHESTER
CO1 1TS

Objectives

(A) TO PROVIDE, CAUSE TO BE PROVIDED OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND WELFARE OF ANY PERSON SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY ; AND (B) TO MAKE GRANTS OR DONATIONS TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY PERSON SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY WHO IS IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES; AND (C) TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR THE PARENTS AND CARERS OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COLCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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