Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

TROWBRIDGE COMMUNITY AREA FUTURE

To develop the capacities of residents of the disadvantaged communities. Providing safe places for young people to gain advice, make friends and engage in activities that will empower and encourage brighter aspirations. Engage with neighbourhoods to help identity their needs and mobilise to help themselves, as to safeguard the future of their communities working towards a more prosperous future
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 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
31/03/23£224£223£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£179£169£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£150£155£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£91£73£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£48£54£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£44£57£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£50£23£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.trowbridgefuture.org.uk

meg@trowbridgefuture.org.uk

07765371051

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£346,431
Wiltshire Community Foundation£78,037
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,000
Co-Operative Group£2,499
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£1,017 21/10/2023
We will support young people to engage in positive acts of kindness in their communities, such as litter sweeps.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Park Pop Ups
£1,433 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to run six Pop Up Park events for up to 25 young people in each session. These events will take place in Trowbridge Park; a known local hot spot for anti-social behaviour. The sessions will be targeted at young people ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£1,000 22/02/2023
Trowbridge Future supports communities in the more deprived parts Trowbridge, including providing youth activities. Funding will contribute to staff costs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£15,000 14/12/2022
Trowbridge Future supports communities in the more deprived parts Trowbridge, including providing youth activities. Funding will contribute to staff costs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£3,000 18/11/2022
Employ a community worker to coordinate the running of the community fridges and food collections, to enable further community connection and peer support, with an Arab speaker to reach new audiences.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£1,482 22/10/2022
Community Fridge: providing leftover food from supermarkets to those most in need.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£4,850 08/09/2022
Trowbridge Future supports vulnerable people in the community of Trowbridge, with a particular focus on the neighbourhoods of Longfield, Seymour and Studley Green. Funding is towards the refurbishment of their kitchen to provide cooking sessions for ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£1,126 10/03/2022
Trowbridge Community Area Future supports communities in the more deprived parts Trowbridge. Funding will pay for a pilot 3-month informal English language group.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Trowbridge Neighbourhood Connector
£30,000 08/12/2021
Trowbridge Future supports vulnerable people in the community of Trowbridge, with a particular focus on the neighbourhoods of Longfield, Seymour and Studley Green. Funding will help pay for a Neighbourhood Connector post.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£10,000 08/10/2021
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Studley Green Youth and Commujnity Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Trowbridge Future Apprentice
£9,140 08/10/2021
The organisation will employ and train a young person to become a support worker who will ultimately provide a youth led initiative for 200 young people through the development of creative and issue based activities within disadvantaged communities.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Seymour Community Fridge
£1,975 20/01/2021
To run a second Community Fridge at the newly acquired Hub on the Seymour estate, to address food poverty and also reduce the carbon footprint of supermarket food waste.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Spaces
£299,198 27/11/2020
This project will develop the capacity and skills of local residents to enable them to better identify and help meet their needs. They want to build on their current areas of work: a programme of informal youth activities a lunchtime drop-in session ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£14,054 08/09/2020
5
To help meet the costs of providing a community hub supporting vulnerable people and of a youth worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Trowbridge Future Covid-19 response
£36,660 26/05/2020
5
The funding will be used to provide services in response to Covid-19 including youth support homeless outreach and regular phone support for those who are experiencing loneliness. The project is a small independent charity based in Trowbridge ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - AOK (Act of Kindness) Project
£4,952 29/04/2020
Trowbridge Future (formally Trowbridge Community Area Future) works with local residents and young people to raise participation, particularly for those from the more disadvantaged communities. Funding is towards setting up an ‘Acts of Kindness ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Trowbridge Future
£2,080 08/04/2020
Trowbridge Future (formally Trowbridge Community Area Future) works with local residents and young people to raise participation, particularly for those from the more disadvantaged communities. Grant will help support vulnerable people in Trowbridge ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Trowbridge Community Area Future
£9,000 03/04/2020
To buy Portacabins to locate on Studley Green and Longfield to provide permanent venues for the youth cafes. The current venue on Studley Green has been sold and the community centre on Longfield is largely unavailable.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - BE YOU-tiful
£3,403 18/11/2019
Trowbridge Community Area Future (TCAF) supports local residents, particularly those who are most isolated or disadvantaged, to build their personal capacity and create or contribute to positive change in the area. Funding will be towards setting up ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Hub at BA14
£9,791 03/10/2019
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Community Hub at BA14
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Brighter Futures
£15,000 20/05/2019
Trowbridge Community Area Future supports communities in the more deprived parts Trowbridge, including providing youth activities where none exist. Funding will contribute to staff costs.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - TCAF Outreach
£2,929 10/04/2019
Trowbridge Community Area Future supports communities in the more deprived parts Trowbridge, including providing youth activities where none exist. Funding will contribute to the cost of youth provision for teenagers in the town centre.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Brighter Aspirations Longield
£2,743 19/09/2018
Trowbridge Community Area Future supports communities in the more deprived parts Trowbridge, including providing youth activities where none exist. Funding will contribute to the cost of youth provision for teenagers on the Longfield estate, an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Brighter Aspirations
£8,580 22/06/2018
12
The project will deliver youth club activities for young people. The project aims to improve levels of self - esteem and build confidence.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Neighbourhood Youth Support
£2,594 27/04/2018
Trowbridge Community Area Future supports communities in the more deprived parts Trowbridge, including providing youth activities where none exist. Funding will contribute to the cost of youth provision for teenagers on the Longfield estate, an ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ALISON JONES Appointed: 2019
  • ALISON PENNY Appointed: 2024
  • ANNALI BAMBER-JONES Appointed: 2023
  • BELINDA WESTWOOD Appointed: 2024
  • DAVID WHEWELL Appointed: 2021
  • JOANNE TRIGG (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • PAT BAKER Appointed: 2020
  • ROBERT EDWARD JAMES Appointed: 2022
  • STEWART PALMEN Appointed: 2017
  • VERENA BUCHANAN Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2016, number: 1165254
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR17: 27 days late,
Main office

80 Charles Street
Trowbridge
BA14 8ND

Objectives

TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF TROWBRIDGE AND ITS ENVIRONS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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