Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

WOOLTON COMMUNITY LIFE 

BEFRIENDING SERVICE IN WOOLTON, LIVERPOOL
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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
  • 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
31/12/22£22£27£-4n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/12/21£1£3£-2n/an/an/an/an/a44
31/12/20£0£2£-1n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/19£5£3£2n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/12/18£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a035
31/12/17£3£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£11£2£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£10£3£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.wooltoncommunitylife.co.uk

wooltoncl@gmail.com

07490572344

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Liverpool City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 35 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/12/2014, number: 1159642
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

St. Mary's Presbytery
Church Road
Woolton
LIVERPOOL
L25 5JF

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED IN THE WOOLTON AREA OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING VICINITY WHO MAY BE SOCIALLY ISOLATED OR LONELY. IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR INDEPENDENT LIVING, RELIEVE THEIR SOCIAL ISOLATION, PROMOTE THEIR GOOD HEALTH AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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