Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 14

SANDWELL COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION SERVICE LIMITED

SCIPS provides a range of support services, co-ordinates and facilitates consultation opportunities for community groups and the residents of Sandwell

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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
31/03/23		£491	£431	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22		£357	£422	£-65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£335	£303	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20	*	£327	£276	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/19		£320	£320	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£238	£230	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£259	£232	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£178	£211	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£200	£206	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£198	£205	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£226	£241	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£238	£228	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£259	£224	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£201	£201	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£226	£234	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£299	£321	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£575	£538	£37	£71	£136	£105	2.3	4	0
31/03/06	*	£374	£369	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£333	£306	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£338	£320	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years
(29 years as a company)

www.scips.org.uk

jan@scips.org.uk

01215441230

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Sandwell,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Digi-Comm Power Up Project
£362,250	27/01/2023	Funding will be used to empower digitally excluded communities in Sandwell to get online engage with local services and connect with the wider community including family and friends. The project uses ....more Funding will be used to empower digitally excluded communities in Sandwell to get online engage with local services and connect with the wider community including family and friends. The project uses group and one-to-one bitesize sessions as well as ongoing support to build confidence in technology and stay safe online.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£17,125	05/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Digi-Comm Reaching Communities
£326,741	20/03/2020 35	The funding will support vulnerable members of the community to develop their digital skills, supporting them to communicate with family and access online facilities, thus reducing social isolation ....more The funding will support vulnerable members of the community to develop their digital skills, supporting them to communicate with family and access online facilities, thus reducing social isolation and encouraging independence. The project will work closely with Sandwell Community Hub and several community centres will become digital hubs for local communities. The funding supports the delivery of 85 Click and Chat and Digi Diner courses and will support 320 participants through the process.
National Lottery Community Fund - Social Media in the Community
£9,600	22/11/2017 12	This charity will use a series of training programmes to educate its members and the wider community about social media and the internet, enabling participants to gain new skills, build confidence ....more This charity will use a series of training programmes to educate its members and the wider community about social media and the internet, enabling participants to gain new skills, build confidence and develop community networks.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Community Information and Participation Service
£40,000	28/02/2013	The grant will enable this charity to support volunteers to provide mentoring to local people in coping with welfare reform, modern communication, interpersonal skills and local initiatives. To build ....more The grant will enable this charity to support volunteers to provide mentoring to local people in coping with welfare reform, modern communication, interpersonal skills and local initiatives. To build their knowledge, confidence and develop further skills.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-81

ANN-MARIE DOCKER (Chair) Appointed: 2001, Occupation: None, Other trusteeship: ST ALBANS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,

ANTHONY DAVID AVERIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

EDNA EVELYN DUNN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

GLORIA FRANCIS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Exam Invigilator

HAWAR AMIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: None

JEAN GRANTHAM Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired

JACQUELINE ELIZABETH PURCELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: None

JOANNA HAYDON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo, Other trusteeship: Litter Watch,

KATHERINE CHUNG YING GORDON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Vcs Freelancer

LESLIE TURNER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

MICHAEL SPENCER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

MARILYN LIPTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN SMITH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: None

TREVOR PURCELL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/05/2003, number: 1097702
Registered at Companies House on 22/06/1995, number: 03071683

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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; AR20: 8 days late, AR15: 26 days late, AR14: 34 days late, AR10: 15 days late, AR06: 1 days late,

Main office

2nd Floor
The National Metalforming Centre
47 Birmingham Road
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B70 6PY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE BOROUGH OF SANDWELL IN THE WEST MIDLANDS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE SEX RACE POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ASSOCIATING THE RESIDENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROTECT HEALTH AND RELIEVE POVERTY OR SICKNESS AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF SANDWELL IN THE WEST MIDLANDS.

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