Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION 

To provide a community hall for the benefits of all Finchampstead residents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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
31/07/23£27£24£2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/07/22£27£17£10n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/07/21£28£36£-8n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/07/20£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/07/19£30£30£0n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/07/18£22£19£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£26£26£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£25£31£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£32£24£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£31£38£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£23£17£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£24£26£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£26£31£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£30£20£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£18£19£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£22£20£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07*£18£17£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£19£17£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£16£11£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£16£12£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.ratepayers.co.uk

secretary@ratepayers.co.uk

01189733553

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Wokingham,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/01/2002, number: 1090087
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 257 days late,
Main office

175 Nine Mile Ride
Finchampstead
Wokingham
RG40 4JD

Objectives

THE PROPERTY HEREBY DEMISED TOGETHER WITH SUCH OTHER PROPERTY AS MAY BE ACQUIRED BY THE TRUSTEES SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF FINCHAMPSTEAD IN THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FINCHAMPSTEAD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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