Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST 

BWCT raises funds for projects, services, facilities & schemes which benefit the village and the community. We coordinate/run: Xmas Lights, Street & Craft Markets, Duck Race, Teas in the Park, Wharfedale Wombles Litter Picking, Burley Summer Festival, and maintain Scalebor Pavilion & Playing Fields, Cornmill Pond, Fountain of Life, Pudding Tree, and Jubilee Gardens.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • 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
30/09/22£84£37£47n/an/an/an/an/a40
30/09/21£47£65£-18n/an/an/an/an/a40
30/09/20£45£43£2n/an/an/an/an/a40
30/09/19£52£42£10n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/09/18£63£26£36£0£0£0n/a020
30/09/17£57£85£-28£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£78£47£31£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£26£27£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£27£34£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£17£19£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£8£18£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£13£12£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09*£13£16£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£13£9£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£11£12£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£22£4£18£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£14£4£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£17£10£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.burleycommunitytrust.org.uk

duncanault@gmail.com

01943862165

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Burley in Wharfedale Community Trust
£2,451 22/10/2022
The funding of Unique in Burley enables a group of trained volunteers to run a series of courses for young people to help the community care for their mental health and wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Burley in Wharfedale Community Trust
£2,856 23/10/2021
We want to improve accessibility for people with disabilities and parents with young children, by improving some well used paths in the village which have difficult surfaces and vegetation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Burley in Wharfedale Community Trust
£8,826 19/11/2018
We want to help the youth of Burley by providing outdoor exercise equipment and improving the current outdated skate park.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/14 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/08/2003, number: 1098871
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR09: 9 days late,
Main office

12 Old Mill Close
Burley in Wharfedale
ILKLEY
LS29 7RU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BURLEY-IN-WHARFEDALE AND BURLEY WOODHEAD BY ANY SUCH MEANS THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Defined Area of Benefit:

BURLEY-IN-WHARFEDALE AND BURLEY WOODHEAD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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