Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 7

WOODLANDS COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED

The Community Centre delivers recreational and educational activities for local people including children, young people, families and elderly residents activities include after school kids club, youth clubs, pensioners clubs, Bingo, , Community events & excursions, cookery classes and a wide range of educational activities & Courses to upskill, improve health & wellbeing and reduce isolation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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?

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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		£96	£103	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£130	£111	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£83	£94	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£65	£86	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£115	£66	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£73	£71	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£61	£72	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£78	£73	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£75	£78	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£80	£71	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13?		£56	£27	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/12		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/11		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/10	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years
(19 years as a company)

office@woodlandscc.org.uk

01514875298

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

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
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

Tudor Trust	£94,000
John Moores Foundation	£17,500
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,828
Garfield Weston Foundation	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Woodlands Community Centre
£17,500	18/04/2024	Towards a part-time Youth/Play Worker
Tudor Trust - Grant to Woodlands Community Centre Ltd
£2,000	15/02/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Woodlands Community Centre Ltd (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000	16/04/2020	as emergency funding towards food and essential items for vulnerable and self-isolating residents in Belle Vale, Liverpool, as a response to Coronavirus restrictions
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	07/02/2020	Our Place
Tudor Trust - Grant to Woodlands Community Centre Ltd
£90,000	23/01/2020 36	over three years as unrestricted funding for a community centre in Belle Vale, Liverpool
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Place
£9,828	17/01/2020 11	The organisation will extend their kids club activities in the local area, with the aim of reducing isolation and anti-social behaviour and increasing skills of young people.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Woodlands Community Centre ( ex Woodlands Residents Association)
£15,000	01/04/2019	Towards the salary of the Projects Co-ordinator
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Woodlands Community Centre ( ex Woodlands Residents Association)
£5,000	01/02/2018	Towards the salary of the Projects Co-ordinator
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 17-18
£12,280	01/12/2017	The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on the extent to which they provide value for money ....more The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on the extent to which they provide value for money and demonstrate, based on their understanding of knife crime in the local area, that they will achieve at least one of the following key aims:Â? Prevent young people from becoming involved in carrying a knifeÂ? Respond to knife crime in our communitiesÂ? Improve support for knife crime offenders and offer an effective exit strategyÂ? Increase reporting of knife carryingÂ? Help young people to deal with conflict without resorting to violenceÂ? Support the siblings of young people involved in or at risk of involvement in knife violenceÂ? Build our understanding of the drivers behind knife crimeÂ? Build our understanding of how to prevent young people from carrying knives

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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: 34-63

ELIZABETH STYLES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Unemployed

IAN ST JOHN JOHNSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Worker

RONA HERON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Community Officer

VIVIEN GRAHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Community Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/2009, number: 1130282
Registered at Companies House on 10/11/2005, number: 05618974

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR10: 40 days late,

Main office

30 WOODLANDS SQUARE
LIVERPOOL
L27 5RZ

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE WOODLANDS ESTATE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.2. TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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