Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

HOUR COMMUNITY

Hour Community provides community transport, a dementia friendly lunch club, a drop in mental health cafe, and a befriending service
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 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

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
30/06/24£231£202£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/23£227£175£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£130£122£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£120£119£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20?£187£93£94n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£65£48£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£35£23£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.hourcommunity.co.uk

nickcorke57@gmail.com

07860673700

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Transport and storage activities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Suffolk Community Foundation£32,458
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Henry Smith Charity£18,600
The Royal Countryside Fund£13,500
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£7,000
CAF£5,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Hour Community
£1,500 28/03/2024
to support the operational costs of an organisation providing community transport, a dementia friendly lunch club, a drop in mental health cafe, and a befriending service, based in Framlingham
The Royal Countryside Fund - Community Transport
£13,500 24/07/2023
This project will ensure Hour Community are able to meet the demand locally for community transport for elderly and vulnerable people to medical appointments.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Hour Community
£7,000 31/03/2023
Help at Home service for older people
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/03/2023
Core Costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 05/11/2021
Supporting vulnerable and elderly residents
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hour Community
£10,000 23/09/2021
12
towards one year's running costs of the 'Worry Tree Cafe' for people with mental health issues in Framlingham, Suffolk.
National Lottery Community Fund - Framlingham Men's Shed and Furniture Project
£10,000 19/03/2021
11
The funding will used to set up a Men's Shed developing a small existing furniture project encouraging retired men to get together to repair and restore furniture. The project aims to reduce isolation build relationships and increase wellbeing.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R3 (Adults)
£680 08/03/2021
Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R3 (Adults)
Suffolk Community Foundation - Forget Me Not Lunch Club
£5,000 18/02/2021
7
Forget Me Not Lunch Club
Suffolk Community Foundation - Shopping for the elderly or vulnerable during the pandemic
£4,928 22/01/2021
3
Towards providing a shopping service for those whom are vulnerable during the Covid lockdown period.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund
£3,250 08/01/2021
2
Suffolk's Hardship Fund.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£5,000 29/05/2020
Hour Community
CAF - Grant to Hour Community
£5,000 30/04/2020
3
Grant to Hour Community to support the organisation through COVID19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hour Community Covid 19 project
£5,000 31/03/2020
4
Hour Community Coronavirus project, supporting vulnerable people in the community with shopping and meals on wheels. Covid19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Salary costs for Worry Tree Cafe
£8,600 27/03/2020
12
We are seeking funding for our Worry Tree Cafe.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hour Community Covid 19 project
£5,000 26/03/2020
4
Hour Community Coronavirus project, supporting vulnerable people in the community with shopping and meals on wheels. Covid19
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hour Community
£8,600 19/03/2020
12
towards one year's running costs and salary of a Mental Wellbeing Worker at a 'Worry Tree Cafe' for people with mental health issues in Framlingham, Suffolk
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 04/02/2020
towards the Worry Tree Cafe activities for one year from April 2020
Suffolk Community Foundation - Leiston Worry Tree Cafe
£2,570 31/01/2019
5
To support the Leiston Worry Tree cafe.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Worry Tree Cafe
£4,000 19/10/2018
12
Towards one year's running costs of a Worry Tree Cafe for people with mental health issues in Framlingham.
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£44,000 05/10/2018
New Minibus to replace our ageing one
Suffolk Community Foundation - Worry Tree Cafe
£6,000 26/09/2018
12
Towards one year's running costs of a Worry Tree Cafe for people with mental health issues in Framlingham
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hour Community
£6,000 12/09/2018
12
towards one year's running costs of a 'Worry Tree Café' project in Suffolk for people with mental health issues
National Lottery Community Fund - Worry Tree Cafe
£10,000 21/06/2018
12
The project will support people with mental health issues by running drop-in café sessions.
Suffolk Community Foundation - To increase provision and support for those affected by Dementia in the Framlingham area
£5,000 14/12/2017
5
To promote and expand the current services which offer support to those affected by dementia and their carers.
Power to Change - Hour Community
£10,000 01/04/2017
36
Grant to Hour Community
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • JACK EDWARD FAIRWEATHER Appointed: 2024
  • JAMES RICHARD TANNER (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • MICHAEL SALMON Appointed: 2020
  • RACHEL JAYNE CHESMAN Appointed: 2021
  • REBECCA TERESA MARY EGLINTON Appointed: 2017
  • RICHARD PETER MAYS Appointed: 2019
  • SHARON ELIZABETH NORMAN Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2016, number: 1167837
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 risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • 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; all on time
Main office

27 College Road
Framlingham
WOODBRIDGE
IP13 9EJ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL- HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BEFRIENDING OR COMMUNITY TRANSPORT AS SHALL BE THOUGHT FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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