Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 2
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -11 ?

BLACKHALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

We are an extremely functional Community Centre and open seven days a week offering a range of opportunities to promote health and well being, educational, recreational and environmental issues. With its main purpose of providing activities and services for the benefit of the Parish of Monk Hesleden and particular the village of Blackhall Colliery
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/23£0£0£0n/a
31/12/22*£0£0£0n/a
31/12/21*£0£0£0n/a
31/12/20*£0£0£0n/a
?31/12/19£0£0£0n/a
31/12/18*£0£0£0n/a
31/12/17*£0£0£0n/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

reception.blackhallcommunity@gmail.com

01915867396

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Durham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - LTW - Blackhall Community Association
£8,000 04/07/2023
360G-ptc-gr-17495LTW - Blackhall Community Association

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CAROLE SCOTT Appointed: 2017
  • JEN LINFORD JEN LINFORD Appointed: 2021
  • JUNE APPLETON Appointed: 2016
  • KIERON JOHNSON Appointed: 2016
  • MARGARET KELLY Appointed: 2018
  • ROBERT WAITE Appointed: 2017
  • VAL OWENS VAL OWENS Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/06/2017, number: 1173465
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR22: 34 days late, AR21: 7 days late, AR20: 138 days late, AR18: 94 days late, AR17: 446 days late,
Main office

Blackhall Community Centre
Hesleden Road
Blackhall Colliery
HARTLEPOOL
TS27 4LG

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BLACKHALL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, 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 WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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