Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

CRE8 MACCLESFIELD LIMITED 

Cre8 is based on the Moss Estate in Macclesfield. Cre8 works with children, young people, adults and their families. We run a range of projects and activities such as an Alternative Education project, Music project, Bike Workshops, Youth Clubs, community events, community garden and have a social enterprise which offers work experience to young adults.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/08/22£280£328£-48n/an/an/an/an/a79
31/08/21£365£335£30n/an/an/an/an/a79
31/08/20£299£297£2n/an/an/an/an/a37
31/08/19*£248£244£4n/an/an/an/an/a33
31/08/18£187£248£-62£0£0£0n/a022
31/08/17£241£216£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£194£222£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£234£218£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£174£213£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£278£211£68£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.cre8macclesfield.org

info@cre8macclesfield.org

01625503740

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for families & carers
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 79 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Youth Music£97,432
Cheshire Community Foundation£71,078
Rank Foundation£20,000
Co-Operative Group£6,648
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cre8 Macclesfield Ltd
£3,950 19/05/2023
Grant to Cre8 Macclesfield Ltd
Rank Foundation - Col Core Cre8 Macclesfield 2023 Part
£15,000 27/04/2023
Cre8 Macclesfield received a Cost of Living Grant to help cover core costs such as Heating, lighting and fuel. They will also use the grant to provide training and essential building repairs.
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grants Cre8 Macclesfield Limited 2023
£5,000 27/04/2023
Cre8 Macclesfield received a Cost of Living Small Grant to help cover the cost of Additional Fuel, Transport , Utilities and Training/development for staff, Volunteers and trustees
Cheshire Community Foundation - ReCre8
£14,825 15/11/2022
ReCre8
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cre8 Macclesfield Ltd
£500 25/10/2022
Grant to Cre8 Macclesfield Ltd
Cheshire Community Foundation - Camas Residential
£2,500 08/08/2022
Camas Residential
Cheshire Community Foundation - Jubilee Musical Dance extravaganza
£4,457 04/04/2022
Jubilee Musical Dance extravaganza
Youth Music - Cre8 Music
£29,839 04/03/2022
Cre8 Music
Cheshire Community Foundation - Cre8 Music Project
£2,000 10/02/2022
Cre8 Music Project
Cheshire Community Foundation - Cre8 Cheshire Minds Matter
£14,483 26/11/2020
Cre8 Macclesfield is a Macclesfield based Charity that delivers a comprehensive programme of community and youth work projects using an asset based model of engagement. This project delivers the ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Cre8ing Hope
£4,931 25/11/2020
Cre8 will work with the Hope Centre, and build on their combined experiences since the outbreak of COVID-19. The two organisations will work to enhance the skills of young people in order to enable ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cre8 Youth & Community Programme
£6,648 15/11/2019
We want to develop the allotment and community garden in the area behind St Barnabas Church, as a shared space for everyone to enjoy.
Youth Music - Cre8 Music
£67,593 15/11/2019
Cre8 Music
Cheshire Community Foundation - Cre8 Workm8
£23,433 12/11/2019
The project will develop Cre8's social enterprise business capability over the next 12 months. Young people from the local community are experiencing difficulty in finding ongoing employment ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Cre8 Project Grow
£263,587 25/03/2019
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Funding will go towards a variety of activities, educational programmes, trips and outreach events. The project aims to empower people in the community to seek change and make it happen for ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Cre8 Jobs
£10,000 23/11/2018
Cre8 have been awarded funding towards the employment costs of Youth Workers who will work on the Cre8 Jobs project, they will organise young people to do practical tasks in the community including ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Cre8 Jobs
£14,791 13/03/2017
Cre8 is an independent Macclesfield charity, which empowers disadvantaged, hard-to-reach, vulnerable and at-risk young people and young adults in the local community to 'Make Change Happen' for ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Cre8 Jobs
£4,912 13/03/2017
Cre8 aims to empower young people and adults in the local community to make change happen for themselves and also for their local neighbourhood. The Cre8 Jobs project will reduce unemployment, ....more
Youth Music - Cre8 Music
£99,973 28/10/2016
Cre8 Music
Cheshire Community Foundation - Restoration of Mayfield Wildlife Pond
£3,805 28/01/2016
Cre8 has been established since 2005 as a local community group delivering a wide range of activities for young people. This project will work with young people to rejuvenate the Mayfield Wildlife ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Salary of support workers
£13,800 15/01/2016
Cre8 are an independent charity based on the Moss Rose Estate in Macclesfield. They provide projects and activities for young people and their families. Their work is aimed towards empowering young ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-60
  • JENNI HARDY (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • ADAM SMALL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Social Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/05/2012, number: 1147150
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/08/2011, number: 07737871
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR19: 92 days late,
Main office

11 Belgrave Road
MACCLESFIELD
SK11 7TW

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.2. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP LIVING IN MACCLESFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA [AREA OF BENEFIT] BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. 3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. “FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).” 4. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

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