Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

CLIFFE WOODS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Community centrehires hall to local groups & clubs Organises events for local people
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 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
Established: 9 years

cliffewoodsca.com

cliffewoodshall@hotmail.co.uk

01474824367

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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*£41£43£-2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£36£36£0n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/21£11£27£-17n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£239£32£206n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£41£31£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£40£33£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£38£28£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2015, number: 1161737
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR23: 27 days late, AR16: 183 days late,
Main office

Parkside
Cliffe Woods
Rochester
ME3 8HX

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CLIFFE WOODS AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY 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 OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(2) TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS.(3) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS MADE FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECRETARIAL IN RELIGION.THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE THE CLIFFE WOODS WARD OF THE CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS COUNCIL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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