Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

ORB COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE

To promote mental health amongst vulnerable people in Yorkshire who through their social circumstances are in need and in particular to promote and support schemes where such people may receive training and develop skills for employment
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£337£345£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£296£278£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£344£246£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£229£200£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£173£199£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£182£181£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£164£163£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£136£125£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£126£114£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£94£109£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£110£99£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£94£94£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£107£105£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£78£84£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£46£61£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08?*£52£46£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£62£57£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of York, Leeds City, North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

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
National Lottery Community Fund£224,032
Henry Smith Charity£93,900
DCMS£65,000
The Baring Foundation£12,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation£9,440
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Community Catalysts
£214,236 31/03/2023
This funding will be used to deliver a creative programme of events exhibitions and performance celebrating what makes people unique and what they have in common. The project aims to improve the quality of life for people experiencing mental ill ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - OrbIT
£9,796 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to purchase new IT equipment and software for use in music production and other creative sessions. The project aims to support young people experiencing mental ill health.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£2,000 21/07/2022
Supporting the charity's objects in knaresborough
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£93,900 17/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing additional support for people with complex mental health needs, who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - A Gift
£9,440 28/03/2022
Funding for artists, materials, overheads and publicity for a project for people experiencing poor mental health to create artworks around the theme of a gift for the jubilee.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£12,000 14/09/2020
Creative activities led by professional artists to explore people's sense of place and belonging and their impact on mental health and wellbeing
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£65,000 09/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£149,800 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' project costs of a social prescribing programme for people with moderate mental ill health in Harrogate District, North Yorkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Orb Community Arts - A Creative Wellbeing Community
£117,113 21/03/2019
36
The funding is for a creative project for people who experience or are vulnerable to mental health issues. Singing, music, and arts and crafts workshops will be provided and cooking, gardening, writing, and poetry sessions will also be on offer. The ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Season Well
£2,927 25/07/2018
Funding to support a cooking group project at Orb, who are a community group based in Harrogate supporting people with mental health issues.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£60,000 11/11/2015
36
Towards the core costs of Orb Community Enterprise, which provides creative, learning and volunteering opportunities for people with mental health problems from its base in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£38,900 29/06/2011
the salaries and NI costs of the Volunteer/Learning Manager (2 years) and the Studio Manager (1 year)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-72
  • ERNIE WOOD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Composer/Producer/Film Maker
  • JONATHAN MICHAEL AXON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: It Consultant
  • LOUISE COLLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Occupational Therapist
  • MATT OLDFIELD Appointed: 2015, Occupation: I T Consultant
  • RICHARD ANTHONY PATTINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Financial Infrastructure Consultant
  • RICK ALLAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • SUSAN LYNN VASEY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Self-Employed Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/2005, number: 1112425
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/11/2004, number: 05297597
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
  • 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
17 returns made; AR09: 18 days late, AR08: 55 days late, AR06: 400 days late,
Main office

Orb Community Enterprise
Elephant & Castle
Off High Street
KNARESBOROUGH
North Yorkshire
HG5 0EQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AMONGST VULNERABLEPEOPLE IN YORKSHIRE WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND IN PARTICULARTO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SCHEMES WHERE SUCH PEOPLE MAY RECEIVE TRAINING AND DEVELOP SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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