Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

BLYTH RESOURCE & INITIATIVE CENTRE

To support those who are looking to secure long-term employment within South East Northumberland.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£165£123£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£138£130£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£150£142£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£116£97£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£105£117£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£217£181£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.bricblyth.org.uk

info@bricblyth.org.uk

01670542845

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£50,114
The Greggs Foundation£30,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£29,891
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£13,428
Sport England£9,580
National Lottery Community Fund£9,255
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£2,486
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 30/04/2024
towards the core running costs over 12 months of delivering support and learning to people affected by unemployment
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Blyth Resource & Initiative Centre
£3,428 19/07/2023
The funding is for providing a weekly job club for a year
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC)
£12,183 16/02/2023
Core costs
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC)
£3,000 10/02/2023
Towards running costs of the employability drop-in due to the cost of living crisis
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC)
£10,000 10/02/2023
Staff costs of digital skills tutors
County Durham Community Foundation - Improving Digital
£2,159 22/12/2022
To improve the IT provision in the Centre.
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£30,000 25/11/2022
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£30,000 over three years (£10,000 per year) towards the salary of their Centre Manager
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre
£2,486 22/10/2022
We wish to run a number of courses to raise awareness of mental health and provide some positive actions people can take to improve their mental wellbeing.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC)
£2,770 08/09/2022
Running costs of the twice weekly it/digital skills training courses in blyth
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC)
£2,520 26/05/2022
Continuing the functional math & english provision until june 2022 for unemployed people in blyth, northumberland
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Blyth Resource & Initiative Centre
£10,000 26/04/2022
The project is the provision of a Job Club (twice a week for 1 year).
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC)
£5,041 27/01/2022
The core cost of employing an Employability Tutor
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC)
£4,600 13/01/2022
IT training specifically for 16-24 year olds in partnership with Northern Directions
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC)
£10,000 10/11/2021
A contribution to salary costs for the Centre Manager, Employability / IT Tutor and rent
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs to enable the Maths and English courses to re start after Covid-19 in South East Northumberland
£7,843 14/01/2021
running costs to enable the Maths and English courses to re start after Covid-19 in South East Northumberland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs to enable the Maths and English courses to re start after Covid-19 in South East Northumberland
£7,843 14/01/2021
running costs to enable the Maths and English courses to re start after Covid-19 in South East Northumberland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - salary costs for a tutor to deliver benefits workshops and 1-1 support for people in Blyth, Northumberland
£2,565 01/10/2020
salary costs for a tutor to deliver benefits workshops and 1-1 support for people in Blyth, Northumberland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Running costs for IT courses following an increase of people becoming unemployed during the Covid-19 pandemic
£7,205 18/09/2020
Running costs for IT courses following an increase of people becoming unemployed during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs for IT courses following an increase of people becoming unemployed during the Covid-19 pandemic
£4,435 18/09/2020
running costs for IT courses following an increase of people becoming unemployed during the Covid-19 pandemic
Sport England - Employed into Sport
£9,580 24/03/2020
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Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Employed into Sport. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
National Lottery Community Fund - Educating Blyth
£9,255 03/01/2020
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The funding will be used to run skills-based courses for the community. The project aims to provide Basic English, CV writing, maths and IT support to enhance employability opportunities.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - For work to improve access to education, work and training amongst people over 50 in SE Northumberland
£5,000 12/03/2019
For work to improve access to education, work and training amongst people over 50 in SE Northumberland
National Lottery Community Fund - Think Well, Live Well
£8,481 13/09/2018
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The funding will be used to run literacy and wellbeing sessions for unemployed people in the community. The project will increase self-belief and help people to progress to formal qualifications, and equip beneficiaries with coping mechanisms in ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£24,623 01/04/2018
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Improving Employment chances
£3,000 13/03/2018
Improving Employment chances
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Improving Lives for Vulnerable Women
£3,000 28/06/2017
Improving Lives for Vulnerable Women
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Improving Lives for Vulnerable Women
£7,000 13/06/2017
Improving Lives for Vulnerable Women
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£52,628 01/04/2017
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Tall Ships Volunteering for Employability
£5,000 31/05/2016
Towards Tall Ships Volunteering for Employability
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW OLIVER Appointed: 2024
  • CARLA LOUISE THOMPSON Appointed: 2024
  • DEBORAH OLIVER Appointed: 2024
  • EMMA JAYNE AGAR Appointed: 2024
  • JONATHAN EATON Appointed: 2023
  • MATTHEW PHILLIP HALL Appointed: 2021
  • RAYMOND SNOWDON (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • STEPHEN DURRANT Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/01/2017, number: 1171347
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Blyth Community Enterprise Centre
Ridley Street
Blyth
Northumb

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE BLYTH VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO BUILD WORK EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS, PARTICULARLY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR LOW-WAGED.2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BLYTH VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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