Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

4CT LIMITED

4CT provides a range of services through its two centres, Sporting Edge and the Grange. This includes playschemes, dance, sports and youth activities and luncheon club. 4CT also supports other organisations offering capacity building support, project management and support services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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£940£994£-53£203£168£1521.85420
31/03/22£955£884£71£176£221£2172.94838
31/03/21£993£960£34£391£150£1301.65620
31/03/20£1,057£1,124£-67£378£116£1091.27318
31/03/19£822£880£-58£177£183£14428310
31/03/18£871£783£87£109£241£1802.8690
31/03/17£758£766£-7£95£154£871.41180
31/03/16£799£725£74£76£161£1081.81320
31/03/15£693£715£-22£2£87£781.3470
31/03/14£729£711£18£8£109£1131.9470
31/03/13£639£660£-21£11£92£891.6420
31/03/12*£802£785£17£9£113£911.4500
31/03/11£700£711£-11£4£96£711.2250
31/03/10£740£732£8£3£107£681.1200
31/03/09£588£625£-37£5£99£681.3150
31/03/08£641£655£-14£2£136£601.1120

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 54%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years
(21 years as a company)

www.4ct.org.uk

into@4ct.org.uk

01612301420

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£75,710
Manchester City Council£26,180
Sport England£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£1,475
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Space +
£7,980 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to deliver additional activities including sport and outdoor activities for young people aged 11-25 and who have special educational needs and disabilities. The project aims to provide positive activities for young people ....more
Manchester City Council - Covid Impact Fund 2021 grant to 4CT
£15,000 01/04/2021
to fund three strands of activity including: 1) social calendar of events initially online and then in person 2) digital - support older people in the use of tech and loan out donated tech to encourage older people to get online 3) create a ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to 4CT Limited
£1,180 10/07/2020
Grant for funding Mental Health event
National Lottery Community Fund - BAGS and BUBBLES
£67,730 11/06/2020
2
The organisation offers a range of services targeting young people in disadvantaged areas. The services range from play-schemes to dance sports and youth activities. Funding for the organisation will enable them to run open access play schemes for ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£5,000 19/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to 4CT Limited
£1,475 06/05/2020
COVID19 : construction of safe working area for a charity that works with older people in Greater Manchester
Manchester City Council - Grant to 4CT Limited
£10,000 01/04/2020
Work Club Funding 2020 2021
Manchester City Council - Grant to 4CT Limited
£2,500 16/12/2018
Grant towards deliver of youth activity programme
Manchester City Council - Grant to 4CT Limited
£20,000 01/05/2018
Grant to deliver a range of support to unemployed adults in Manchester
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Ready To Work
£353,461 01/12/2014
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to 4CT Limited
£19,600 28/08/2013
the BME Project Worker will enable Migrants, Refugees & Asylum Seekers, through the support of a trained volunteer, to access opportunities and aid better integration in to the wider community
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Experienced
£341,476 11/05/2011
36
This project will provide a wide range of accredited training placements for volunteers aged 18 to 67, such as gardening, warehouse work, event volunteering, and sports coaching. It will also offer work experience through administrative and creative ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 62-72
  • DAVID STEWART IREDALE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • JANE CHADFIELD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None
  • LESLIE ALFRED CHADFIELD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: None
  • SUSAN BROOKES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Youth Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/08/2007, number: 1120417
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/05/2003, number: 04750811
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • 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
16 returns made; AR12: 9 days late,
Main office

GRANGE COMMUNITY CENTRE
PILGRIM DRIVE
MANCHESTER
M11 3TQ

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MANCHESTER (HERINAFTER CALLED THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT' BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, OTHER AGENCIES AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS, AND(B) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS OBJECT, THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AS FOLLOWS:CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES;VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE OR SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MANCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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