Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 13

ORE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST

The primary aim of Ore CLT is to acquire land in Speckled Wood, in the Ore Valley, Hastings to create a community woodland and work with other organisations and recruit volunteers to enhance and manage the woodland and to develop projects such as footpaths, a greenway and a village green. Ore CLT is also keen to help to improve other green spaces in the Hastings area for recreation and leisure.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/10/23	£9	£6	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/10/22?	£8	£9	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/21	£7	£16	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/20	£19	£10	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/19	£8	£5	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/18	£6	£4	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.orecommunitylandtrust.org.uk

info@oreclt.org

07811288865

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

East Sussex,

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

Co-Operative Group	£5,454
National Lottery Community Fund	£3,620
Sussex Community Foundation	£3,417

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Parent and Child Forest School
£3,620	18/11/2022	The funding will be used to run a weekly Forest School parent and child group in the community garden space. This project aims to provide enrichment activities based in nature as well as offering socialisation opportunities for parents and children ....more The funding will be used to run a weekly Forest School parent and child group in the community garden space. This project aims to provide enrichment activities based in nature as well as offering socialisation opportunities for parents and children who have been isolated.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ore Community Land Trust
£2,806	22/10/2022	We would like to encourage the community to make the most of the woodland. We will host courses and guided tours, and aim to recruit more volunteers.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ore Community Land Trust
£2,648	23/10/2021	We would like to enhance the woodland for residents by creating community gardens, open green spaces, allotments, leaflets describing the flora and fauna, and footpaths signs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Ore Community Land Trust
£3,417	24/03/2020 7	Funding was provided towards the costs of developing a new 'community garden' in Speckled Wood for the community to enjoy.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANTHONY POLAIN Appointed: 2016

DENISE WARE Appointed: 2023

IAN SIER Appointed: 2019

JOANNE SARAH WALKER Appointed: 2021

PETER CHOWNEY (Chair) Appointed: 2022

REBECCA POLAIN Appointed: 2016

RICHARD STREET Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/02/2017, number: 1171507

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o The Ore Centre
455 Old London Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN35 5BH

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HASTINGS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL 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 IN GREEN SPACES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HASTINGS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

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