Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CHAPELTOWN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

Chapeltown CAB has a central role in tackling injustice, reducing poverty and social exclusion, and enabling people to realise their full potential. Our advice services provide the impetus for local people to understand and realise their rights. By pressing for change in social policy we help many more.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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:

  • Income has been volatile recently

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£614£572£42£0£459£3998.41432
31/03/22£860£799£61£0£417£39861525
31/03/21£847£772£75£0£357£3535.51820
31/03/20£792£753£40£0£282£2724.32340
31/03/19£503£481£23£0£242£1734.31643
31/03/18£453£463£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£464£474£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£488£503£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£542£518£24£9£254£1934.5140
31/03/14*£511£446£65£8£230£1764.7140
31/03/13£466£478£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£479£497£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£520£522£-2£6£196£1964.5150
31/03/10£496£522£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£539£520£20£6£224£2205.1150
31/03/08*£496£386£110£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 29.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 17 years

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/local/chape

info@chapeltowncab.org.uk

01132622281

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Advice organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 14 employees
  • 32 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
Leeds Community Foundation - #moneyhacks
£20,000 26/10/2018
14
#moneyhacks: a financial literacy study programme that equips young people with knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their money better.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-75
  • ISMAILA JATTA (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Cyber Security Specialist
  • PAT KERSHAW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Office Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/03/2007, number: 1118513
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/01/2006, number: 05674349
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR14: 29 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR08: 1 days late,
Main office

CHAPELTOWN CAB
NEW ROSCOE BUILDINGS
CROSS FRANCIS STREET
LEEDS
LS7 4BZ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN CHAPELTOWN, HAREHILLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE CITY OF LEEDS AND THE CITY OF BRADFORD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHAPELTOWN, HAREHILLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE CITY OF LEEDS AND THE CITY OF BRADFORD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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