Overall GiG Score: -2 ?
Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 4
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -5 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

THE RAY COLLINS CHARITABLE TRUST 

The objective and focus of the Trust is to provide a public benefit for the relief of poverty for the elderly, sick, disabled, injured and disadvantaged people of Wantage and surrounding villages. Relief is provided in a number of ways including provision of household appliances or furnishings and providing funds for the purchase of emergency, medical or necessary equipment or services.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 5 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 7 years

raycollinstrust.org

info@raycollinstrust.org

07964863947

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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
31/12/22*£58£66£-8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/21*£84£84£0n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/12/20*£119£98£21n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/12/19*£28£32£-4n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/18*£56£50£6£0£0£0n/a050
31/12/17£30£26£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,

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
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Ray Collins Charitable Trust (as part of the Wantage and Surrounding Area Coronavirus Support Group)
£2,000 06/10/2020
9
For supporting vulnerable families and individuals related to situations experiencing from Covid related problems.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,000 07/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2017, number: 1173358
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR22: 70 days late, AR21: 85 days late, AR20: 43 days late, AR19: 36 days late, AR18: 130 days late,
Main office

88 SPRINGFIELD ROAD
WANTAGE
OX12 8EZ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WANTAGE, OXFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS, TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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