Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

THE TRUST FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES

We are a charity tackling inequality in Brighton and Hove through community-led solutions.We deliver community development work, youth work, research and training.Community-led solutions produce longer lasting and more meaningful change. When we connect people, organisations and communities this maximises our resources and improves our well-being.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£2,064£1,948£116£31£501£4622.85434
31/03/22£1,727£1,636£91£24£384£3782.84535
31/03/21£1,355£1,319£36£15£293£2802.54030
31/03/20£1,035£1,048£-13£15£258£2472.83420
31/03/19£787£810£-23£15£270£27041420
31/03/18£653£652£1£13£294£2554.7300
31/03/17£658£590£67£4£293£2204.5290
31/03/16£559£530£29£12£226£2255.1140
31/03/15£531£515£16£18£197£1964.6120
31/03/14£442£517£-75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£461£479£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£625£616£9£7£274£2234.3130
31/03/11£593£557£36£8£265£2124.6200
31/03/10£488£497£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£460£407£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£423£337£86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£244£246£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£244£217£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years
(24 years as a company)

www.trustdevcom.org.uk

info@trustdevcom.org.uk

01273262220

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Masonic Trust£60,000
Sussex Community Foundation£25,270
The Blagrave Trust£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£60,000 20/03/2024
New View - one to one youth coaching for young people at risk of harm from or participation in violence or crime.
The Blagrave Trust - Cost of living support in disadvantaged areas
£10,000 01/11/2022
Youth work delivery in disadvantaged areas of Brighton
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Trust for Developing Communities
£10,000 21/09/2020
The Trust for Developing Communities deliver community-led solutions to tackling inequality in Brighton and Hove. They support excluded communities, people from deprived neighbourhoods and young ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Trust for Developing Communities
£5,000 21/09/2020
Funding will support a particular case worker post in running Brighton's Migrant and ESOL support hub. This provides refugees and asylum seekers living in Brighton with a central point of information ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Trust for Developing Communities
£5,000 18/05/2020
The Trust for Developing Communities deliver community-led solutions to tackling inequality in Brighton and Hove. They support excluded communities, people from deprived neighbourhoods and young ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Trust for Developing Communities
£4,770 21/04/2020
TDC deliver community-led solutions to tackling inequality in Brighton and Hove. They support excluded communities, people from deprived neighbourhoods and young people to build on their strengths, ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Community Art Project
£500 26/02/2020
Funding was provided to improve access and signage to the Hub and make the area outside Wellsborurne Health Centre more welcoming with seats and a play area with access to gardening.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Trust for Developing Communities
£2,500 15/03/2019
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Funding was provided to support a 9-month Youth Engagement Project in Moulsecoomb & Bevendean and East Brighton to increase participation in youth activities.
Co-Op Foundation - Co-design offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Testing a partnership approach with a tech-focused organisation to facilitate young inventor activity and develop creative approaches.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Supporting young people to audit community spaces and work with community centres to make them more accessible for young people
Sussex Community Foundation - Moulsecoomb/Bevendean Sports and Health Festival
£500 22/02/2018
The Trust for Developing Communities are responsible for Community development, training and consultation across Brighton and Hove. Developing capacity and skills of members of communities so they ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to TDC (The Trust for Developing Communities)
£50,829 09/02/2017
36
This project will offer support to young people living in disadvantaged areas and who may not be in education or training. The project will offer outreach work and activity-based clubs. They will ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Trust for Developing Communities
£38,700 29/03/2011
the part time Community Worker's salary costs, overheads, group training expenses for work in Peacehaven with elderly people
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to The Trust for Developing Communities
£4,900 24/01/2011
Expenses for P/t community worker and volunteers who provide access advice to services for older people
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-79
  • DENIS BYRNE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • GEOFFREY HEATH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • MICHAEL PATTINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • ROBERT BROWN MBE, Occupation: Clerical Officer
  • ROWAN HILLIER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Develpoment Manager
  • SARAH MCCONNELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Manager
  • SHAUN MICHAEL KENNEDY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Diversity And Inclusion, Peabody Trust
  • TANIA SKAE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Grants Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2004, number: 1106623
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/03/2000, number: 03939332
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
  • 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
18 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from EXTRATIME on 12/09/2024
Main office

COMMUNITY BASE
113 QUEENS ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ('THE OBJECTS') ARE TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY OR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH EAST ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:3.1 DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY AND SKILLS AND ADVANCING EDUCATION IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;3.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOREGOING, THE PROVISION OF TRAINING;3.3 PROVIDING, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, SEX, RACE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND3.4 PROMOTING THE ELIMINATION OF UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, SEX OR DISABILITY AND ENCOURAGING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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