Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

SWANSEA COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS

Swansea Community Workshops is a collection of fully equipped workshops in central Swansea which provide the opportunity for men and women to do practical projects (wood, metal, plastic,etc), and, at the same time, to acquire skills from other members. The practical projects may be for personal benefit, or making products for sale, or tasks commissioned by outside parties.
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
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 ?
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
31/03/24£38£38£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£11£23£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£35£25£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£44£14£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£7£10£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£18£4£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

sccw.org.uk

info@sccw.org.uk

01792642868

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Swansea,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Community Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£8,260 29/09/2023
Funding helped expand Swansea Community Workshops' pottery workshop and install a new larger kiln to support their activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 - Digital Creatives
£9,900 22/03/2021
12
Swansea Community Workshops will use the grant to create a safe online space for community music-making amongst children and young people with funding of £9900. Bydd Swansea Community Workshops yn defnyddio'r grant i greu gofod ar-lein diogel ar ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Swansea Community Workshops
£4,502 15/08/2017
12
Project Summary : Swansea Community Workshops will use the grant to set up a facility (Shed) where people can engage in creative, enjoyable activities to meet and chat with others. What Money is for : This grant for £4,502 will fund Health and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALUN CARTER Appointed: 2020
  • BARRY JONES Appointed: 2019
  • BRADLEY EWERS (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • JEFFREY FUSSELL Appointed: 2019
  • JOHN O'BRIEN Appointed: 2017
  • PAUL MUNN Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2017, number: 1172508
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

208 High Street
SWANSEA
SA1 1PE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE {PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEN AGED 18 OR OVER/OLDER MEN/OLDER MEN AND WOMEN}, WITHIN SWANSEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN WHICH THEY CAN MEET JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUALLY TO UNDERTAKE CREATIVE, PHYSICAL OR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, LEARN OR PASS ON SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER SOCIALLY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL). FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE /MEN IN SWANSEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE RETIRED, UNEMPLOYED OR HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR HOBBIES, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION INCLUDING PRACTICAL INTERESTS, SKILLS SHARING, THE LEARNING OF NEW SKILLS, AND HELPING WITH COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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