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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CITYLIFE COMMUNITY PROJECTS 

To provide and maintain facilities for the benefit of the community of Reading and the surrounding areas and in such other local communities in the United Kingdom and the world which facilities may without limitation include the provision of child care services and meetings, lectures and classes and other forms of education,
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/12/22£41£29£12n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/21£25£28£-3n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/20£25£22£3n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19£29£30£-1n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/18£24£25£0£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£28£26£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16*£28£26£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£28£27£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£27£28£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£26£33£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£30£23£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£42£41£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£42£41£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£48£47£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£59£54£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.citylifecp.org.uk

admin@citylifecp.org.uk

01189839080

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Reading,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/12/2006, number: 1117112
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/07/2006, number: 05881513
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR09: 233 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR07: 22 days late,
Main office

THE PAVILION
143-145 OXFORD ROAD
READING
RG1 7UY

Objectives

A) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND IN SUCH OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD WHICH FACILITIES MAY WITHOUT LIMITATION INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED THROUGH DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE OR OTHERWISE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING IN LIFE SKILLS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE;B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR SICKNESS AND WHO MAY BE AGED AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF READING, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT..

Defined Area of Benefit:

READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND IN SUCH OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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