Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DUNSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD

To offer a wide range of sporting, leisure and learning opportunities to benefit the physical and mental well-being of people living in the Dunston community, as well as the wider Gateshead community, regardless of age, sex, religion, political persuasion or physical and mental abilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/12/23£27£25£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£23£19£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£28£34£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£26£20£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£37£31£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£24£22£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£28£26£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£35£20£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£37£39£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£46£32£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.ourgateshead.org/dunstoncommunity-centre

dunstoncc1@yahoo.co.uk

01914604270

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Gateshead,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£9,210
National Lottery Community Fund£5,683
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
DCMS£4,520
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Everyday Heritage: Staiths and Me
£4,520 04/10/2022
Everyday Heritage: Staiths and Me. The project aims to engage with local young people aged 15 - 20, and particularly with those at risk of school exclusion, those who drifted away from school during the pandemic and those not in education, work or ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Music and Mess
£5,683 17/06/2022
The funding will be used to deliver three blocks of 10-week courses of messy play and music activities for babies and toddlers. They will also provide brass instrument music tuition for older children. The project aims to use creative activities to ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 20/08/2021
Young Connections
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Dunston Community Centre
£7,800 17/06/2021
Running costs to provide 4 x 3 hour youth worker sessions per week
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Dunston Community Centre
£1,410 10/06/2021
The 'Wear Your Vest with Pride' project, encouraging litter picking and purchasing fruit trees and summer bulbs to create a greener Dunston
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Dunston Community Centre
£6,322 15/11/2019
We want local people to come together, clean up Dunston and improve its appearance with plants and by refurbishing old village signs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALLISON THOMPSON Appointed: 2018
  • BRIAN LOWERY (CHAIR) Appointed: 2014
  • BRENDA CLELLAND Appointed: 2013
  • DOREEN WILSON Appointed: 2014
  • DAVID STEPHENSON Appointed: 2022
  • DOROTHY BURNETT Appointed: 2018
  • GARY ROBERT HALEY Appointed: 2014
  • JOHN KEITH LEE Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2014, number: 1155927
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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR18: 20 days late,
Main office

Collingwood Terrace
DUNSTON
GATESHEAD
TYNE AND WEAR
NE11 9DU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF DUNSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN DUNSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF, DUNSTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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