Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE COMBERTON VILLAGE HELP SCHEME 

To relieve poverty,sickness and distress in the Village of Comberton and provide services for the charitable benefit of the Community. Organises Village Volunteer Car Scheme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely 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
Established: 28 years

janetmccabe@btinternet.com

07980940583

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£2£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Department for Work and Pensions - GAZI EYECARE TA EYES ON BROADWAY
£5,265 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/02/1996, number: 1053301
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 17 days late,
Main office

3 WESTCROFT
COMBERTON
CAMBRIDGE
CB23 7EJ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN THE VILLAGE OF COMBERTON, AND PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THE CHARITABLE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COMBERTON VILLAGE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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