Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

GORSE COVERT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

The community centre offers a varity of activities to all age groups including, Playgroups, Toddler Groups, Quilting, Dance, Aerobics, Tai Chi, Drawing and Painting, Craft classes, Adult Learning, hire facilities for Training Events and much more.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	£174	£186	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22	£102	£139	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21	£173	£125	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20	£130	£180	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19	£129	£153	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18	£125	£142	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£127	£137	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£169	£121	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£121	£111	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£112	£101	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£108	£130	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£203	£200	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£172	£153	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£184	£135	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£136	£147	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£136	£122	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£134	£117	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£116	£105	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

gorsecovertcommunitycentre.co.uk

contact@gorsecovertcommunitycentre.co.uk

01509843752

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social clubs and similar

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Leicestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£70,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,100
Co-Operative Group	£1,429

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Gorse Covert Community Association
£1,429	21/10/2023	Our project is to support and enable the community by providing mental health awareness training and workshops to staff, volunteers and the wider community.
National Lottery Community Fund - From Centre to Community Hub
£9,100	13/01/2023	The funding will be used to extend the opening time of a community centre and its coffee bar hours to make it more of a hub for the community and provide low-cost healthy food and additional clubs.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£70,000	17/07/2020	"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 - Furnish It!
£10,000	08/01/2010 12	A project by this charity in Loughborough, Leicestershire to provide new and replacement furnishings for the Gorse Covert Community Centre. The project will improve facilities at the centre and ....more A project by this charity in Loughborough, Leicestershire to provide new and replacement furnishings for the Gorse Covert Community Centre. The project will improve facilities at the centre and encourage greater use by the wider community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-71

CRAIG BROWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Events Manager

DARRYL GOUGH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: FEARON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED,

JOE ROUGHTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Youth And Community Development Worker

THOMAS MARSHALL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Web Processor

VALERY LOUISA WATTS (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Targeted Learning Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2005, number: 1108732
Registered at Companies House on 08/07/2004, number: 05174095

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
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

Main office

GORSE COVERT COMMUNITY CENTRE
MAXWELL DRIVE
LOUGHBOROUGH
LE11 4RZ

Objectives

(1) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE AND RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH LOUGHBOROUGH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF(2) FOR SUCH PURPOSES TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE GORSE COVERT COMMUNITY CENTRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH LOUGHBOROUGH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF.

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