Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

MAES Y PANT/HOLLOWFIELD ACTION GROUP LIMITED 

Providing and managing an area of woodland at Maes y Pant , Pant Lane, Gresford, Wrexham for public benefit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 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
  • 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
30/04/23£25£10£15n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/04/22£28£9£19n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/04/21£2£9£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/20£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/19£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/18£9£7£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£29£7£22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years
(17 years as a company)

www.maes-y-pant.com

mypag.gresford@icloud.com

07803048035

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Wrexham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Maes Y Pant Forest Adventure Trail
£9,738 26/08/2021
Maes y Pant/ Hollowfield Action Group Limited in Wrexham will use £9738 to create a Forest Adventure Trail to attract more families to the site to connect with nature.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Maes y Pant Action Group (MyPAG)
£3,685 19/11/2018
We want to purchase a native broadleaf tree for every child in the village up to the age of 11 to plant, or have planted in their name.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-85
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2016, number: 1169422
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/04/2007, number: 06221374
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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

MD Coxey & Co Ltd
25 Grosvenor Road
WREXHAM
Clwyd
LL11 1BT

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE THE AREA KNOWN AS MAES Y PANT/HOLLOWFIELD IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE AREA KNOWN AS MAES Y PANT/HOLLOWFIELD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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