Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

HOOLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Further the residents of Hoole and surrounding neighbourhoods, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race, age or of political, religious or other opinions in a common effort to advance education and to provide facitities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 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

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
29/02/24£189£190£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/23£163£179£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/22£161£134£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/21£156£141£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/20?£182£161£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/18£156£155£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/17£142£141£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/16£144£144£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/15£117£115£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.hoolecommunitycentre.org.uk

admin@hoolecommunitycentre.org.uk

01244341936

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Sports & recreational facilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire West & Chester,
Who it helps
  • 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
Power to Change£22,700
DCMS£10,000
Co-Operative Group£8,457
National Lottery Community Fund£2,590
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Friday Table Tennis Club
£2,439 21/10/2023
We would like to offer community table tennis at Hoole Community Centre. We have the tables but they require some maintenance. We would also offer refreshments.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hoole Community Centre
£2,635 23/10/2021
We want to buy PPE, as well as appropriate hygiene and cleaning equipment, to continue to support the community, particularly our 55 & Over club and Hoole Young Chefs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hoole Community Centre
£3,383 24/10/2020
We would like to continue to provide services that help ease social isolation within the community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 22/09/2020
"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 - Hoole Community Centre
£22,700 16/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - Hoole Community Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Hoole Young Chefs
£2,590 31/01/2020
1
The project aims to run cooking sessions during the summer for children and young people to learn about food and cooking skills. Funding will go towards food and consumables.
Power to Change - Hoole Community Centre
£10,000 19/01/2018
Grant to Hoole Community Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing Social Isolation in the community of Hoole, Chester
£9,600 11/01/2017
12
The funding will be used to purchase catering equipment and upgrade storage facilities at a community centre in Cheshire. The project aims to strengthen the community by helping the organisation to expand its catering support and services to groups ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hoole Community Hub
£49,500 27/11/2014
12
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-84
  • ALEXANDER BLACK Appointed: 2013, Occupation: None
  • ANNA LEWIS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Business Partner
  • MICHAEL BUTLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Police Officer
  • NOEL FRITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • PATRICIA HIGGINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • RODERICK HEATHER (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • ROGER DAVEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2014, number: 1157709
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/02/2012, number: 07950960
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
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Westminster Road
Hoole
Chester
Cheshire
CH2 3AP

Objectives

1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HOOLE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, AGE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS 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 OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.2. 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

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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