Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 5

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 7

BENTLEY BEGINNINGS

Children's Activities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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

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
30/04/23	£32	£24	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/22	£34	£32	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/04/21	£19	£17	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/04/20	£31	£32	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/19	£32	£31	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/18	£29	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17	£29	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16	£29	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15	£28	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14	£28	£30	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13	£29	£27	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12	£16	£21	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11	£21	£21	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10	£25	£21	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09	£15	£17	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08	£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/07	£8	£12	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/06	£12	£10	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/05	£26	£22	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/04	£21	£12	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 24 years

bentley_beginnings@yahoo.com

01922625842

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Walsall,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities for disadvantaged children
£10,000	17/09/2021	The funding will be used to provide a variety of indoor/outdoor activities and outings to disadvantaged children and young people. The project aims to give them experiences and raise the aspirations ....more The funding will be used to provide a variety of indoor/outdoor activities and outings to disadvantaged children and young people. The project aims to give them experiences and raise the aspirations of these vulnerable children by providing them with stimulating opportunities and activities at an early stage of their life to reduce feelings of social inequality.
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities for disadvantaged children
£10,000	22/02/2019 12	This funding will be used to provide a range of activities, workshops and outings for vulnerable children, young people and their families. The project aims to increase confidence, life skills, and ....more This funding will be used to provide a range of activities, workshops and outings for vulnerable children, young people and their families. The project aims to increase confidence, life skills, and improve relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities promoting the social development of children from a sociall
£10,000	16/08/2017 12	This group will use the funding to provide a range of activities, workshops and outings for vulnerable children, young people and their families. This will increase their confidence, life skills and ....more This group will use the funding to provide a range of activities, workshops and outings for vulnerable children, young people and their families. This will increase their confidence, life skills and improve relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities Promoting the social development of children from a sociall
£10,000	22/06/2016 12	The group will use the funding to provide activities, workshops and excursions for vulnerable children, young people and their families. This will enable beneficiaries to increase their confidence, ....more The group will use the funding to provide activities, workshops and excursions for vulnerable children, young people and their families. This will enable beneficiaries to increase their confidence, aspirations and improve relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities promoting the social development of children
£10,000	25/03/2015 12	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities promoting social dev of children from socially deprived communit
£10,000	11/04/2013 12	This is a project by a charity in Bentley, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to provide parenting classes, activity breaks and a variety of workshops including dance, music and media for ....more This is a project by a charity in Bentley, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to provide parenting classes, activity breaks and a variety of workshops including dance, music and media for families from disadvantaged backgrounds. This will enable beneficiaries to improve their family relationships and will reduce feelings of isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANITA NICKLESS Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: COUNTY BRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED,

JAMIE ERIC CLAY Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: COUNTY BRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,

PHILIP BRIAN JAMES POWELL (Chair), Other trusteeships: COUNTY BRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, THE VINE TRUST WALSALL, THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED, HARVESTERS MINISTRIES,

ROSALYN ANN HINTON Appointed: 2012, Other trusteeships: COUNTY BRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED, THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/07/2000, number: 1081484

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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; all on time

Main office

44 WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD WEST
WALSALL
WS2 0BS

Objectives

TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENTLEY, INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH WILL DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE INHABITANTS OF BENTLEY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

BENTLEY

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