Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

TORRINGTON DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

The Association pro-actively work on behalf of the Torrington Drive Estate. Giving local residents a chance to voice all concerns/issues and work with partners to combat these concerns/issues that are effecting our community. over past years The Association has planned and organised: Community Fundays,Clean ups,Newsletters,Pensioners Parties,Meetings,Consultation and much more.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/23£463£335£128n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£381£305£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£248£242£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£248£189£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19*£173£121£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18*£166£188£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17*£77£50£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£20£37£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£26£40£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£21£24£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£36£19£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£31£13£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11*£14£11£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10*£5£7£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09?£28£5£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07?*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.tdcaonline.co.uk

gary.see@tdcaonline.co.uk

01514432168

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Knowsley,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 - TORRINGTON DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
£6,689 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - TORRINGTON DRIVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
£10,948 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.
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Halewood
£10,000 22/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide meals to local elderly residents. This project has been developed as a response to the needs of highly vulnerable residents at risk of isolation and food poverty due to the Coronavirus.
National Lottery Community Fund - Older & Bolder
£10,000 27/07/2016
12
The organisation will use the funding to set up a pilot programme to work with a group of older people in the local area who live in isolation. This will enable the organisation to create a series of services and activities to benefit the local ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALAN FLUTE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Care And Repair Officer
  • GARY CONNOR (Chair)
  • GEORGE MACKENZIE Appointed: 2021
  • IAIN HAMILTON Appointed: 2019
  • LEANNE CONNOR Appointed: 2018
  • MARILYN CONNOR
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2001, number: 1087418
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR19: 64 days late, AR18: 139 days late, AR17: 297 days late, AR11: 281 days late, AR10: 646 days late, AR07: 262 days late,
Main office

New Hutte Neighbourhood Centre
Lichfield Road
Halewood
LIVERPOOL
L26 1TT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE WHOLE OF HALEWOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WHOLE OF HALEWOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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