Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 4
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

SECTOR 3 STOCKPORT

Sector3 champions vibrant, inclusive communities, by supporting our voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, with advice, funding opportunities, and collaboration; fostering resilience and shared prosperity. Our goal is to create a thriving space for organisations to succeed, so they can continue to help individuals face challenges and improve their quality of life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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*£320£332£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£438£458£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£581£508£72£1£425£3778.980
31/03/20*£270£249£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£219£229£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£361£240£121n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£274£246£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£317£241£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£244£220£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£341£305£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£266£303£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£397£311£86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£285£230£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years

https://www.sector3sk.org

info@sector3sk.org

0161 474 1042

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Stockport,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Forever Manchester - Sector3 Covid Support Programme
£19,500 02/10/2020
Strategic and capacity building support
National Lottery Community Fund - Sector3 CV-19
£32,250 25/06/2020
6
The project will use the funding ti provide a wide range of general and specialist services for people of all ages and backgrounds who are at risk of Covid 19.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sector3 - Synergy in Stockport
£10,000 28/02/2020
0
The funding will be used to bring the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors together. The project aims to raise the sectors profile with resource sharing and collaborative working to benefit the local community and its growing number ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-74
  • ANNA BERNADETTE LAMBERT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Manager
  • DR PAUL CHARLES JARVIS (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Business Development
  • KRISTAN JANE GRANT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Controller
  • MARGARET JEAN BRADE Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Director
  • MARIE LOUISE FISHER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Ceo
  • MARY EDWARDS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Project Co-Oridinator
  • SANDRA RUTH MARSHALL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Ceo
  • TANYA LOUISE DISDEL O'TOOLE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2010, number: 1135557
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/02/2009, number: 06814531
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
13 returns made; AR23: 51 days late, AR22: 2 days late, AR21: 3 days late, AR20: 12 days late,
Main office

Sector 3 Stockport
Merseyway Innovation Centre
21-23 Merseyway
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK1 1PN

Objectives

The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit to:2.1 advance or promote all or any purposes which are exclusively charitable and for the public benefit in accordance with the laws of England and Wales; and2.2 to promote and organise co-operation in the furtherance of such purposes.

Defined Area of Benefit:

STOCKPORT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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