Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

ACTIVATE RAWMARSH

To advance life and relieve the needs of children and young people their families and people with their caring responsibilities in Rawmarsh and the surrounding areas by: Provision of recreational and leisure time activities and Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/08/23£49£83£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£116£86£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£74£76£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£112£86£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£45£43£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£43£47£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£52£37£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£39£39£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£30£27£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£13£16£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£25£14£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

activaterawmarsh.org

activate@hscrawmarsh.org

01709719478

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Rotherham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

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
Power to Change£59,267
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£24,480
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Masonic Trust£14,997
BBC Children in Need£14,917
DCMS£14,800
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£2,454
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Activate Rawmarsh
£14,917 28/11/2023
This grant will support children and young people from Rotherham who have additional needs through a weekly afterschool club that will improve their sense of belonging.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£14,997 17/11/2023
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Activate Rawmarsh
£2,454 21/10/2023
We'd like to put on trips for local children, young people and families to bring people together, create opportunities for young people and boost mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Play; Learn & Grow
£10,000 18/08/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a weekly support group for parents and their children to attend with the aim of bringing participants together to build stronger relationships make new friends reduce loneliness and isolation and improve ....more
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Let's Help Project
£24,480 27/05/2022
Enable a weekly program of activities for local families to help improve the mental wellbeing of children, young people and parents/carers.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 08/02/2022
towards core costs over the next twelve months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Families
£10,000 21/05/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a support service for parents and carers in the community where service users will be provided with advice information and signposting as a group or one to one where additional support is required. The aim is to ....more
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - The High Street Centre Ltd
£36,620 14/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - The High Street Centre Ltd
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 23/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - The High Street Centre
£22,647 01/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - The High Street Centre
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,800 30/06/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Activate Rawmarsh
£91,949 28/02/2019
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The Funzone project will deliver after school and holiday fun activities for young people from a disadvantaged area of Rotherham who are also disabled or have additional needs. Friendships and confidence will increase as a result.
National Lottery Community Fund - From Tots to Teens Project
£9,905 20/12/2017
12
The group will run activities for young people and their families, bringing together people from different backgrounds.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Activate Rawmarsh
£5,785 29/11/2017
We need to pay for staff time, venue costs, resources and transport to provide positive activities for children and their families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Activate Rawmarsh
£3,054 04/08/2017
Low-cost activities will give more children in the community the opportunity to try new things, learn new skills and make new friends.
National Lottery Community Fund - Holiday Fun
£10,000 25/03/2015
12
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-65
  • DIANE BROWNETT Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Customer Adviser
  • DR JOANNA BAKER-ROGERS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Environmental Consultant
  • PIETERNELLA POSTILL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2012, number: 1150274
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/08/2012, number: 08175947
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE HIGH STREET CENTRE
METHODIST CHURCH
HIGH STREET
RAWMARSH
ROTHERHAM
S62 6LN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEIR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WITH THEIR CARING RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN RAWMARSH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN POSITIVE ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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