Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH NETWORK

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the communities in the areas of Bromsgrove and Redditch LocalAuthority areas, in particular the advancement of education, protection of health, relief of proverty, distress and sickness.
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 and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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

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£377£301£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£323£180£143n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£176£110£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£120£112£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£123£118£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£103£89£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£104£102£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£149£166£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£53£76£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£94£105£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£60£64£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£48£61£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£101£71£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£51£42£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£54£42£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.barn.org.uk

office@barn.org.uk

0152760282

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
DCMS£100,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,522
Power to Change£11,258
Heart Of England Community Foundation£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteers – We need you!!
£9,544 05/05/2023
The funding will be used to start a Skills for Work project and recruit more volunteers to help across different sectors. The project aims to support the community and other organisations by running workshops and getting people involved in ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - BURT community minibus
£1,000 15/09/2021
Towards the annual running costs of the Bromsgrove and Urban Rural Transport minibus.
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Bromsgrove and Redditch Network
£11,258 15/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Bromsgrove and Redditch Network
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 23/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - UPLIFT
£9,978 23/03/2020
11
The funding will be used to support local voluntary community service groups. The project aims to engage, support and develop communities across Bromsgrove and Redditch.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Next Generation
£5,929 16/09/2019
11
Funding is requested for the Next Generation project which aims to encourage volunteering in young people under 25 years, particularly to develop employability skills. It will focus on Redditch which has some of the highest rates of deprivation in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills for Life
£10,000 29/11/2018
12
A volunteering programme will be funded for young and unemployed people to improve their life chances and confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Get involved!
£10,000 20/09/2017
12
This project will help more people become involved in volunteering for local organisations, which will increase skills and build strong communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Vital Volunteers
£10,000 03/12/2014
12
Not Available
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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: 33-79
  • ANDREW DAVID HOPKINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Foster Parent
  • DR BENJAMIN COSTELLO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Research Fellow
  • FIONA JOYCE MITCHELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Officer
  • JENNIFER MORRIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • JOHN COCHRANE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • KAREN JONES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Manager
  • YVONNE RENDELL (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/2008, number: 1122980
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/05/2006, number: 05814032
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
  • 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
15 returns made; AR10: 47 days late, AR09: 11 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from REDDITCH COMMON NEIGHBOURHOOD TRUST on 01/08/2024
Main office

COMMUNITY HOUSE
103 EASEMORE ROAD
REDDITCH
WORCESTERSHIRE
B98 8EY

Objectives

1 TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;2 TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH.THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR SHALL MEAN CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE 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 A 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 ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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