Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

ELLINGHAM COMMUNITY TRUST 

To disburse community funds received from Wandylaw Wind Farm within Ellingham Parish, Northumberland. Funding is used improve communications through broadband and transport. These are both aspects to do with preventing isolation and rural poverty. The other areas of very high priority from a local survey were sustainability with renewable energies and improving the thermal comfort of homes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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
31/05/23£58£77£-19n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/05/22*£51£41£10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/21£48£41£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/20£44£54£-10n/an/an/an/an/a9
01/06/19£44£38£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
01/06/18£43£38£5£0£0£0n/a00
01/06/17£40£45£-6£0£0£0n/a00
01/06/16£39£22£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£57£35£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£42£59£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13*£37£3£34£0£0£0n/a00

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

http://www.ellinghamct.org.uk/

ellinghamcommunitytrust@gmail.com

07770255639

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-86
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2012, number: 1149186
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/05/2012, number: 08072008
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR13: 53 days late,
Main office

BROCKTHORPE CONSULTANCY
BROCKDAM FARM
ELLINGHAM
CHATHILL
NE67 5HN

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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