Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 1
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CALICO ENTERPRISE LIMITED 

To relieve the charitable need of people with disabilities, ill health or in necessitous circumstances by the provision of support services to enable them to live in the community. The advancement of education, training and the relief of unemployment of people who are unemployed, low paid, low skilled or have no skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £213,000

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£7,317£7,151£166£0£978£9781.618117
31/03/22£6,382£5,941£441£0£851£8511.716245
31/03/21£5,382£5,078£303£0£185£1850.414981
31/03/20£4,791£4,571£220£0£178£1780.514568
31/03/19£3,856£4,210£-354£0£-259£0n/a13472
31/03/18£3,223£3,535£-312£0£465£4651.61290
31/03/17£4,470£4,689£-219£0£778£77821570
31/03/16£4,371£4,704£-333£0£997£9972.51660
31/03/15£4,247£3,874£373£5£1,360£1,3604.2690
31/03/14£2,974£2,904£70£5£797£7973.3790
31/03/13£2,991£2,971£20£6£727£7272.9930
31/03/12*£3,247£3,140£107£5£707£7072.71150
31/03/11£3,723£3,599£124£5£600£60021410
31/03/10£2,584£2,493£91£5£476£4762.3820
31/03/09£1,867£1,626£241£5£385£3852.8550

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 48%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

www.syncora.org.uk

contact@calico.org.uk

08001692407

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackpool, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 181 employees
  • 17 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
Crisis UK - Grant to Gateway (Calico Enterprise)
£3,000 27/04/2020
Refurbishment of property for self isolaton
Sport England - Assure Active
£9,975 10/04/2017
22
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Assure Active. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Sport England - Girls Up & Active
£164,220 25/08/2015
36
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Girls Up & Active'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-84
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/08/2008, number: 1125312
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/07/2007, number: 06329047
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR12: 1 days late,
Main office

Calico Homes Ltd
Centenary Court
Croft Street
Burnley
BB11 2ED

Objectives

A TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEED OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ILL HEALTH OR IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITYB THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, LOW PAID, LOW SKILLED OR HAVE NO SKILLS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LANCASHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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