Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

PORCHFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Computer Training, Crafts, Gardening Group, Advanced and Basic Card Making, Reading Group, Crochet Circle, Coffee Mornings, Line Dancing, Dance School, Internet Caf+®, Bingo, Tai Chi, Ballroom Dancing, Healthy Cooking, Computer Card Making Classes, Social, Heath and Community Events. We also provide the provision of Generic Counselling, Credit Union and the Expert Patients Programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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£92£93£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£47£83£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£106£69£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£75£61£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£73£67£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£47£56£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£61£71£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£67£66£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£72£73£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£75£75£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£83£72£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£60£65£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£59£76£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£52£43£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

porchfield3@aol.co.uk

01515474455

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • 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
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Liverpool City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity£150,300
DCMS£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£24,827
Sport England£8,940
Masonic Trust£8,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Building a healthier community through physical exercise
£5,340 14/12/2023
11
This project will deliver Zumba, Tai Chi, Pilates and Dance Classes, each for one day a week for 20 weeks.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Activities to assist with the most vulnerable hard to reach older people of our community
£500 18/10/2023
11
To develop a programme that will address the educational, social and health needs of older people, achieving long-term benefits and real impact. Group hopes to deliver a 10 week Digital Training Class and a 10 week Calligraphy Class.
National Lottery Community Fund - Assisting with the 'Cost of Living Crisis' for our local community.
£10,000 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide food vouchers to service users. The project aims to improve individual's income and mental-health.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Supporting the older people of the community through inclusion and wellbeing
£2,000 22/08/2022
The funding will be used to deliver Script Writing Classes, Digital Training, Local History Course, and Sketch and painting classes.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Porchfield Community Association
£100,300 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of an organisation providing a range of activities, aimed at boosting mental and physical wellbeing, for older people in Croxteth, Merseyside.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Developing the physical health of older people
£3,600 12/04/2022
The project will develop a programme of activity that will address the educational, social and health needs of older people, achieving long-term benefits and real impact. Four activities will be delivered which are Yoga, Line Dancing, Light Zumba ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Surviving after Covid:19
£10,000 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of activities and services for older people who are vulnerable and lonely. The project aims to increase their aspirations provide volunteering opportunities develop confidence and life-skills and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Porchfield Community Association
£50,000 23/10/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing a range of activities, aimed at boosting mental and physical wellbeing, for older people impacted by COVID-19 pandemic in Croxteth, Liverpool.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£25,000 23/10/2020
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
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£8,000 14/10/2020
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Assisting our vulnerable users during this current climate.
£4,827 22/05/2020
12
The funding will be used as a contribution to deliver food/care packages and offer a befriending service to include general advice and guidance and access to online fitness sessions to older members of the community. The project will be delivered ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - porchfield strengthening its community
£10,000 21/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to run a programme of activities for older people, including IT, craft, history, healthy cooking, Tai Chi, yoga, line dancing and social activities. The project aims to reduce social isolation and help older people to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Porchfield Community Association
£87,300 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a range of activities, aimed at boosting mental and physical wellbeing, for older people in a deprived area of Liverpool
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Porchfield Community Centre
£10,000 01/07/2017
Towards the salary of the Centre Manager
Tudor Trust - Grant to Porchfield Community Association
£24,000 26/05/2015
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the centre manager's salary at a community centre working with older people in Croxteth, Liverpool
National Lottery Community Fund - Shelter in the Porch
£109,091 17/10/2012
36
This is a continuation and development project delivered to older people, living within the deprived area of Croxteth and surrounding areas of Liverpool, which aims to reduce social isolation and increase participation in a range of activities to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANN MARIE EARWAKER
  • ANTHONY LAVELLE COUNSILLOR Appointed: 2018
  • CARL O'SHEA Appointed: 2013
  • JAYNE HUXLEY Appointed: 2018
  • JOAN DAVIDSON Appointed: 2023
  • PAULINE O'SHEA Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2009, number: 1128331
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR16: 3 days late, AR15: 3 days late, AR13: 21 days late, AR12: 16 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late,
Main office

PORCHFIELD CLOSE
LIVERPOOL
L11 9DT

Objectives

A PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LIVERPOOL HOUSING TRUST PROPERTIES AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED AS THE HEYS ESTATE, CROXTETH, LIVERPOOL 11 AND OTHER NEIGHBOURING AREAS, KNOWN AS CROXTETH, GILMOSS AND NORRIS GREEN,(HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.B TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE PORCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CENTRE') AND THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH LIVERPOOL HOUSING TRUST OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.C TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE HEYS ESTATE, CROXTETH, LIVERPOOL 11 AND OTHER NEIGHBOURING AREAS, KNOWN AS CROXTETH, GILMOSS AND NORRIS GREEN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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