Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 9

TRENT COMPASSION TRUST

The Trust provides practical provision & support for people in need helping through the provision of furniture, household items & clothing. We run money & employability advice alongside helping people with seeking housing, these mentoring & support programmes aim to help people to reach their full potential. As well as running various community groups, offering support, encouragement & friendship.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
Over half the Board have joined recently

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
30/06/23	£385	£407	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
30/06/22	£424	£409	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
30/06/21	£304	£305	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
30/06/20	£166	£174	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
30/06/19?	£305	£320	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	260
31/03/18	£284	£250	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£247	£222	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£268	£254	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£232	£240	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£287	£268	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£174	£149	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£123	£107	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£102	£104	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£16	£14	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£14	£13	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£19	£11	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£8	£10	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£13	£13	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£15	£7	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£19	£22	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

www.thearchesnottingham.org

info@trentcompassion.org

01159887060

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Nottingham City,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
300 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	11/03/2022	Employability Programme - Step Forward
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	15/10/2019	Practical Provision, Community & Transformation Change
National Lottery Community Fund - Employability & Inspiring Change
£7,640	15/03/2019 12	This funding will be used to deliver IT and CV skills workshops, which will equip people with training to improve their employability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	05/05/2017	Core Costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-63

ALEXIS ROBINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Workshop Engineer

CATHERINE GRETTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Manager

RICHARD ERIC HAZLEDINE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Independent Evaluator (Social Action Programmes)

JESSICA JOYCE WOODLIFFE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Barrister, Other trusteeship: TRENT VINEYARD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/05/2002, number: 1091918
Registered at Companies House on 13/12/2001, number: 04339357

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Trent Vineyard
Unit 1
Easter Park
Lenton Lane
NOTTINGHAM
NG7 2PX

Objectives

1) THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PUBLIC EDUCATION2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH3) THE RELIEF OF THE POOR4) THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND ELDERLY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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