Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

ILKLEY AND DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS

A neighbourhood group supporting members of the community (vulnerable/elderly). Supporting independent living. Activities include Over 90s Party, Distribution of Christmas Parcels to isolated people, Befriending scheme (Good Neighbours Befriending), Shopping scheme (ShopAssist), gardening & home maintenance (Home & Garden Assist), Social Events, Moving On (weekly meeting point for information)
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/24£104£113£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£77£107£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£94£100£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£121£101£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£48£49£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£87£34£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£39£22£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£50£21£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£21£22£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£24£18£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£21£17£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£17£18£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£19£16£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£20£24£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.goodneighboursilkley.org.uk

info@goodneighboursilkley.org.uk

01943 603348

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
Leeds Community Foundation£20,000
DCMS£19,985
Charles Hayward Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£3,731
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Ilkley and District Good Neighbours
£5,000 22/12/2023
Additional weekly ‘Moving On Friendship Group’ for older people
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Ilkley & District Good Neighbours
£10,000 20/12/2022
Grant to Ilkley & District Good Neighbours
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Moving On Group - Ilkley and District Good Neighbours
£3,731 23/10/2021
Many of our members felt isolated during lockdown due to lack of skills. We would like to buy some equipment so that we can teach them how to access the internet using FaceTime and Zoom.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,985 10/08/2020
"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
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Ilkley & District Good Neighbours
£10,000 04/08/2020
5
Grant to Ilkley & District Good Neighbours
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 04/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ilkley and District Good Neighbours
£5,587 19/11/2018
We would like to buy large screen tablets with sim cards to enable us to assist older people living independently to shop online.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£7,000 18/06/2018
24
ShopAssist Expansion and Development
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ilkley & District Good Neighbours
£2,848 29/11/2017
Help fund the Over 90s Party in Ilkley which brings people together from across the district for an afternoon of fun and entertainment.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-82
  • ANITA DUNFORD Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired Company Director
  • BERNARD CONLON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • EDWARD STUART DUGUID Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • GEORGE PALACIOS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: It Manager
  • IAN WILSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Engineer
  • JAMES RONALD MANSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Television Producer
  • JOHN EDWARD BRAY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • PENELOPE JEAN COULTHARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager
  • SHEILA MAHON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/10/2008, number: 1126267
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/01/2009, number: 06802173
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

Riddings Hall
Riddings Road
Ilkley

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN ILKLEY, ADDINGHAM, BURLEY-IN-WHARFEDALE AND MENSTON IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE COMMUNITY IN ILKLEY, ADDINGHAM, BURLEY-IN-WHARFEDALE AND MENSTON IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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