Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Income diversified: +3
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    CRAWLEY COMMUNITY ACTION 

    Charity's Aims..........General Charitable Purposes.Education/TrainingDisabilityRelief of PovertyCharity Helps.........People with disability/Special needsOther CharitiesHow the Charity Operates........Provides human resource (eg staff/volunteers)Provides buildings/facilities/open spaceProvides advocacy/advice/informationActs as an umbrella or resource body
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has a robust balance sheet
    • Income generation is well diversified
    • 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 is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

    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
    31/03/23£648£492£157£0£456£3388.3110
    31/03/22£551£499£53£0£298£2385.7100
    31/03/21*£446£454£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20£508£557£-49£0£236£2104.5136
    31/03/19£470£478£-7n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/18£368£408£-40£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£478£384£94£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£358£390£-31£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£406£343£63£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£350£327£23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£431£408£23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£355£465£-109£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£612£656£-44£4£292£971.890
    31/03/10£847£815£32£6£336£721.1200
    31/03/09£927£704£223£4£331£971.7180
    31/03/08£721£648£73£2£293£1051.9140
    31/03/07*£527£501£26£2£220£531.3120
    31/03/06£450£400£50£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£381£357£24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£377£322£55£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 2%
    Liabilities/Income: 2%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
    Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
    Quick Ratio: 38
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 22 years

    https://www.crawleycommunityaction.org/

    info@crawleycommunityaction.org

    01293657000

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Services for people with disabilities
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • West Sussex,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • 11 employees

    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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£178,639
    Sussex Community Foundation£45,155
    Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Crawley Community Action
    £5,375 17/11/2023
    Funding was provided towards staff costs aimed at supporting diverse and marginalized communities.
    Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Crawley Community Action
    £14,780 24/04/2023
    Funding was provided to enable CCA to provide dedicated group development advice and guidance to existing and emerging local Chagossian and Mauritian groups and projects.
    Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Crawley Community Action
    £5,000 21/07/2022
    Funding was provided towards staff costs and overheads.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Crawley Volunteers
    £178,639 22/04/2022
    The project is using funding to develop Crawley Volunteers a programme to give all Crawley residents regardless of background or circumstance access to engaging inclusive and accessible volunteering ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £25,000 11/03/2022
    Crawley Community Action - Core Costs
    Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Crawley Community Action
    £20,000 21/09/2020
    Crawley Community Action exits to promote, represent and enable the local V&CS and to identify and develop responses to the needs of the community, especially of the people who are at most ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (9)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees:
    • SUE BLOOM (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Manager
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/11/2002, number: 1094699
    • Registered at Companies House on 17/07/2002, number: 04488714
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • 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
    20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR07: 38 days late,
    Main office

    THE ORCHARD
    1-2 GLENEAGLES COURT
    BRIGHTON ROAD
    CRAWLEY
    WEST SUSSEX
    RH10 6AD

    Objectives

    4. THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE: 4(1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CRAWLEY AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. 4(2) TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    CRAWLEY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS AND THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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