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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE GROWING SPACE (WINCANTON) LIMITED

Physical Wellbeing Activities through therapeutic gardening helping people with learning difficulties, mental health problems and children.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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*£43£40£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£47£37£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£35£35£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£35£35£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£43£43£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£43£43£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£59£62£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£59£62£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£43£55£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£51£52£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£56£59£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£51£50£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£51£50£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£52£46£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£43£43£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£50£48£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£44£49£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£47£50£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£49£49£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£56£61£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.thegrowingspace.org.uk

info@thegrowingspace.org.uk

0196331842

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric)
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
Somerset Community Foundation - Supporting adults with mental health problems to grow fresh produce for Wincanton's food bank
£4,500 10/10/2022
Grant to Growing Space
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Growing Space (Wincanton) Ltd
£16,000 25/10/2013
The charity works with the disabled, older isolated people and children with special needs. It seeks funding for staff and related costs. The work helps to reduce isolation, build skills and confidence and develop their training needs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-73
  • ANDREW CHILTON Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Transport Charity
  • DR MARC FELLOWS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Doctor
  • JAMES DONALDSON STEPHEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • MICHAEL MELVIN ROWLANDS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Operations Manager
  • MICHAEL FRANCIS BAINBRIDGE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Health Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2002, number: 1090917
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/10/2001, number: 04297947
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 91 days late, AR19: 346 days late, AR17: 29 days late, AR08: 36 days late,
Main office

The Growing Space (Wincanton) Ltd
The Balsam Centre
Balsam Park
WINCANTON
Somerset
BA9 9HB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR:1. PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2. THE PUBLIC AT LARGE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE. SOMERSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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