Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

NORWICH OPEN CHRISTMAS LIMITED 

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 in to society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/23£8£14£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£9£7£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£7£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£20£18£3n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/19£15£13£3n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/18£11£13£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£11£12£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£14£10£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£29£5£23£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years
(12 years as a company)

www.norwichopenchristmas.org.uk

trustees@norwichopenchristmas.org.uk

01603713342

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-78
  • BILL ASHTON (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/01/2014, number: 1155547
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/10/2011, number: 07816604
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

27a The Street
Brundall
Norwich
NR13 5AA

Objectives

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 IN TO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OR SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL/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 REASSIGNMENT; 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 OR CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING IN TO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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