Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CHIPPENHAM LINK 

Transport, mainly for senior citizens to doctors, dentist, optician & chiropodity surgery.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/23£55£62£-7n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/12/22£46£38£8n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/12/21£112£31£80n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/12/20£31£28£3n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/12/19£42£39£3n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/18£44£41£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£39£42£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£41£44£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£48£44£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£57£33£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13?*£36£34£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£53£50£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£55£51£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£48£47£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£45£45£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£42£41£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£45£43£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£38£39£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£27£27£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£23£23£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

https://chippenhamlink.org.uk/

Info@chippenhamlink.org.uk

01249 461881

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Transportation and storage activities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 39 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/01/1998, number: 1067820
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 41 days late,
Main office

9 Partridge Close
CHIPPENHAM
SN14 6XY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POOR, SICK, ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSONS IN CHIPPENHAM BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHIPPENHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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