Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

FOUR ESTATES LIMITED

Working at grassroots level in deprived neighbourhoods to provide services and activities aimed at improving the quality of life for local people via the management of independent community centres. We work with entire communities with projects, services and activities that are responsive to local needs and cover a diverse range of subjects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£198£184£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£181£169£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£192£136£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£129£148£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£132£130£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£151£121£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£102£117£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£132£131£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£133£155£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£185£179£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£153£177£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£191£187£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£192£186£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£213£199£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£211£203£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£139£145£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£134£121£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£153£141£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£178£145£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£143£124£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years
(25 years as a company)

www.fourestates.co.uk

admin@fourestates.co.uk

01928568536

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Halton,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Youth Music£29,938
Co-Operative Group£18,653
National Lottery Community Fund£18,550
DCMS£9,150
CAF£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Summer Spectacular
£9,450 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to provide a programme of inclusive activities for young people living with disadvantage and their families during the summer holidays. The project aims to improve personal development bring people together and help signpost ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Halton Young Stars
£6,685 22/10/2022
We would like to provide a programme of activities to help children learn new skills and be more active, self-reliant, involved with their community and less dependent on the digital world.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Four Estates - "The 11"
£11,968 23/10/2021
We would like to expand our food distribution project to meet an increase in demand from people struggling to make ends meet and needing support so they and their children don't go hungry.
Youth Music - Positively Music!
£29,938 01/07/2021
Positively Music!
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,150 03/07/2020
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
CAF - Grant to Four Estates
£6,000 22/06/2020
3
Grant to Four Estates to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - This Is Community
£9,100 22/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to enable the group to meet demand from the vulnerable in their communities during Covid-19. People living in food poverty will continue to receive free supplies this number has significantly increased since lockdown and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - "The 11"
£9,942 12/04/2018
12
This organisation will build on their current activity of distributing surplus food from their community café by offering additional support and guidance to people living in poverty in their local area.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Four Estates
£8,949 29/11/2017
Help fund the creation of projects and activities that alleviate social isolation and loneliness amongst older people.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Four Estates Ltd
£119,935 14/06/2017
36
This grant will deliver two strands. Firstly, weekend and holiday activities for young people living in recently returned veterans' families. Secondly, it will deliver sessions educating young children about the risks of social media misuse.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Four Estates Ltd
£22,000 31/05/2013
A volunteer led, community owned charity which aims to improve the quality of live for people living in four deprived neighbourhoods in Runcorn. It does this via managing 2 community centres, ensuring that a wide range of needs led services are ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 62-83
  • MARGARET BOYCE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • NORA RIMMER MBE Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Retired
  • SALLY HENDRY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/02/2002, number: 1090795
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/02/1999, number: 03716352
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR06: 23 days late,
Main office

Hillcrest Centre
Leaside
Halton Brook
Runcorn
WA7 2DY

Objectives

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR THE ESTATES KNOWN AS HALTON BROOK, HALLWOOD PARK, MURDISHAW, PALACE FIELDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE4) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS5) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PARTICULAR THE ESTATES KNOWN AS HALTON BROOK, HALLWOOD PARK, MURDISHAW, PALACE FIELDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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