Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

PAC –POSITIVE ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY

, Please see attached annual report & accounts document for details of activities specific to this financial year.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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£1,634£1,696£-62£5£728£6534.6620
31/03/22£1,398£1,407£-9£0£790£7156.1600
31/03/21£1,225£1,293£-68£0£799£7386.9570
31/03/20£1,231£1,284£-53£0£867£8027.5540
31/03/19£1,046£1,013£33£0£920£87310.3450
31/03/18£1,082£894£187£0£887£79210.6440
31/03/17£987£969£18£0£700£5777.1450
31/03/16£892£801£91£0£682£5398.1360
31/03/15?£1,154£1,015£139£7£591£4765.6320
31/10/13£785£618£166£6£452£2504.8200
31/10/12£678£527£151£5£286£2134.8230
31/10/11£341£333£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/10£268£262£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/09£256£269£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/08£296£303£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/07£338£294£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/06£295£285£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/05?£339£348£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£302£261£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 9.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.p-a-c.org.uk

claire.bennett@p-a-c.org.uk

07809503761

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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
BBC Children in Need£93,653
DCMS£48,101
Garfield Weston Foundation£11,500
Lloyds Bank Foundation£8,360
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to PAC - Positive Action in the Community
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 29/10/2021
Weston Charity Award Winner 2020/21 Bonus Award
BBC Children in Need - Grant to PAC - Positive Action in the Community
£20,250 30/07/2021
This project will provide tailored support to children and young people who have illustrated harming behaviours towards their family and wider community in Pendle, Lancashire, helping to improve their emotional health, self-awareness and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to PAC - Positive Action in the Community
£72,903 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This grant will fund awareness raising support for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse in Pendle, Lancashire, during Covid-19 lockdown measures, improving their safety, understanding of healthy behaviours and sense of ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£23,800 05/08/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to PAC Positive Action in the Community
£8,360 23/07/2020
Grant to PAC Positive Action in the Community meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Positive Action in the Community
£5,000 03/07/2020
COVID19 : Purchase of an industrial washer/dryer for a charity that works towards the prevention and the relief of poverty. in Lancashire
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£24,301 01/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 12/06/2020
Weston Charity Award Winner 2020/21
National Lottery Community Fund - Domestic Abuse Parenting Project
£421,610 01/08/2018
60
This project will work with victims of domestic abuse in Pendle who are a parent of a child under 18 years of age. It will provide specialist parenting support to help them overcome the impacts of abuse and the affect it has had on their parenting. ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to PAC - Positive Action in the Community
£29,708 10/08/2017
36
This project will provide tailored support to children and young people who have illustrated harming behaviours towards their family and wider community to improve their emotional health and improve positive relationships.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to PAC Positive Action in the Community
£74,348 28/03/2017
36
they deliver a range of service to support the most vulnerable across Pendle. Funding will allow the charity to recruit an Emotional Health & Wellbeing worker specifically to support the young people living in their SafeSpace supported ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to PAC - Positive Action in the Community
£108,496 11/10/2016
36
This three year grant will deliver 'The Lookout', offering one to one and group work sessions and advocacy for 0 to 18 year olds affected by domestic violence or sexual abuse leading to increased resilience, empowerment and protection from future ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-72
  • ANDREW DEWHURST Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Managing Director
  • KAREN BROADHURST Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Co-Director Centre For Child And Justice Research
  • NICOLA CLAIRE BARROW Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Solicitor
  • NEAL STONE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/09/2001, number: 1088536
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/02/2001, number: 04167948
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hills House
Leeds Road
Nelson
BB9 8EL

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:- TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND LOCAL INHABITANTS IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (I) THE PREVENTION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. (II) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR SUPPORT SCHEMES WHERE SUCH PERSONS MAY ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS WHICH WILL ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS THEIR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. (III) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. (IV) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE UPON QUESTIONS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, DOMESTIC ABUSE, SAFEGUARDING AND SOCIAL WELFARE AND RELATED TOPICS (V) TO ASSIST PERSONS OF LIMITED MEANS IN CASES OF SOCIAL HARDSHIP OR ECONOMIC MISFORTUNE UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS WHETHER OR NOT MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY TO FIND APPROPRIATE LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND WHILST SO DOING TO PROVIDE WHERE POSSIBLE TEMPORARY SHELTER IN PROPERTIES MANAGED BY THE CHARITY FROM TIME TO TIME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PENDLE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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