Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

PENDOWER GOOD NEIGHBOUR HOUSE PROJECT

The project has 4 main areas of work: Supporting residents to get improvements to the housing, environment, amenities and services for the estate. Capacity Building through: informal I.T., healthy living initiatives, garden loan equipment scheme, credit union, community events & monthly community newsletter. Providing development activities for children & young people through after school activiti
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
  • 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
31/03/23£78£85£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£63£71£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£100£77£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£71£75£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£106£90£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£83£93£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£106£98£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£98£101£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£71£101£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£114£110£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£157£160£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£119£118£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£121£104£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£87£109£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£123£108£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£105£122£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£96£108£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£126£106£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£71£76£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£92£64£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.pendowergnp.org.uk

patpen@blueyonder.co.uk

01914229018

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£31,289
DCMS£20,136
National Lottery Community Fund£19,890
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£4,750
Co-Operative Group£2,803
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£1,500 23/03/2023
The Tyne and Wear High Sheriff district award towards projects for young people
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£750 12/01/2023
Project costs for young peoples activities in west end of newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£2,995 15/12/2022
Sessional staffing costs to run children & young people's clubs in the west end of newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£4,594 10/11/2022
Project costs for activity sessions for women living in the west end of newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£10,000 11/08/2022
Core salary costs
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£3,900 31/03/2022
Staffing costs for running the food giveaway and food pantry in the west end of Newcastle
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Celebrations
£10,000 28/01/2022
The project will use the funding to provide a range of seasonal celebration events and activities to bring the community together after the impact of COVID-19. With the aim to engage families with children and older people this will reduce isolation ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£750 20/01/2022
Equipment and materials for the outdoor bushcraft activities with young people from Newcastle
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour Project
£2,803 23/10/2021
We would like to host events for people to come together and partake in activities like gardening, outdoor cookery and sharing food. Our aim is to help people reconnect with others.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£3,000 29/07/2021
Salary costs for a Children and Young People's Support Worker
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Pendower Good Neighbour House Project
£3,050 17/06/2021
Providing food during holiday activities, cooking sessions for a women's group, and to establish a community pantry
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - installing shelters, lighting and heating in the community garden for activities with young people
£750 28/01/2021
installing shelters, lighting and heating in the community garden for activities with young people
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,136 05/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Weekly craft and cookery sessions for women from a West End of Newcastle.
£4,750 12/03/2020
Weekly craft and cookery sessions for women from a West End of Newcastle.
National Lottery Community Fund - Families Together
£9,890 13/12/2019
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The funding will be used to continue to run after school and school holiday family fun sessions. The aim is to provide a support network for families and to help address issues of holiday hunger.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Pendower Boys' Group
£4,870 19/02/2019
Pendower Boys' Group
Joseph Rank Trust - Pendower Good Neighbour Project
£30,000 23/07/2018
To fund the running costs of the charity
Joseph Rank Trust - Pendower Good Neighbour Project
£30,000 23/07/2018
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To fund the running costs of the charity
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Support for individuals in need or crisis
£2,983 18/06/2018
Support for individuals in need or crisis
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Positive Pendower Young Volunteers
£2,937 31/05/2018
Positive Pendower Young Volunteers
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Keeping Pendower older people actively invloved in estate life Year 2
£18,857 01/04/2017
Keeping Pendower older people actively invloved in estate life Year 2
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Activities and support for older residents
£3,914 01/06/2016
Towards Activities and support for older residents
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Keeping Pendower older people actively invloved in estate life Year 1
£18,713 26/05/2016
Towards Keeping Pendower older people actively invloved in estate life Year 1
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour Project
£9,763 26/03/2015
towards one year's salary of the Project Worker and associated running costs of a project providing support and training to disadvantaged people in a deprived area of Newcastle upon Tyne
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour Project
£17,000 29/04/2014
Formed in 1998 to serve the needs of the socially and economically disadvantaged estate of Pendower in the west end of Newcastle, an area which had been omitted from two major regeneration programmes. They aim to work with the residents of Pendower ....more
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Pendower Good Neighbour Project
£5,000 26/07/2011
Salary costs for garden maintenance service to older people which will allow them to remain in their own homes
Woodward Charitable Trust - Summer playscheme for disadvantaged children
£1,000 24/06/2009
Towards a summer playscheme for disadvantaged children in Newcastle.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • CHRISTINA WILSON (Chair)
  • LEANNE TURNER Appointed: 2024
  • PAT YOUNG
  • RICHARD BLISS Appointed: 2017
  • REV CHRISTOPHER MINCHIN Appointed: 2021
  • SHIRLEY IRVING Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2001, number: 1088001
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

SUNNYBANK CENTRE
12-14 SUNNYBANK AVENUE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE15 6SD

Objectives

1) TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED AREA OF PENDOWER ESTATE, BENWELL INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND THE ELIMINATION OF UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR SEX AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE INHABITANTS OF PENDOWER ESTATE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.2) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PENDOWER ESTATE, BENWELL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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