Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE SOUTH STANLEY PARTNERSHIP

At St. Stephens we provide a very wide range of activities including groups for people with special needs, various levels of fitness programmes from seated exercise to aerobics, craft groups, war gaming plus many more. We have a community cafe with meal delivery service available. We have a community food bank for people experiencing financial hardship and we offer suspended meals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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*£129£62£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£85£84£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£113£61£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/20£45£49£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£109£82£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£31£31£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.ststephenscommunitycentre.com

southstanleypartnership1954@gmail.com

01207299951

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£30,000
County Durham Community Foundation£26,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Grant to South Stanley Partnership
£1,000 22/03/2023
To provide a warm space.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Inclusion Project
£9,000 22/07/2022
The funding will be used to fund the upgrade to the community café equipment to help people from the disadvantaged community with the cost-of-living crisis and provide a warm friendly place to socialise eat and take part in activities. The project ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - SSP Revive
£10,000 05/07/2022
To support the SSP Revive project.
County Durham Community Foundation - SSP Revive
£10,000 10/05/2021
To support the SSP Revive project.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 03/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Feeding the children
£5,000 20/04/2020
To support feeding the children.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kitchen refurbishment
£9,750 09/05/2019
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The funding will provide valuable refurbishments to the Community Café which will ensure a safer, more comfortable and quality environment for people to access affordable cooked meals, lunch groups for socially isolated adults and children's ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£35,000 05/10/2018
Community centre extension and essential improvements to building and gardens.
County Durham Community Foundation - Elderly winter watch
£2,751 23/01/2018
To support the elderly winter watch project.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTINE COTTER Appointed: 2024
  • EMMA ROSE THOMAS Appointed: 2018
  • HARVEY HAGEN Appointed: 2024
  • JOSIE JEFFERSON Appointed: 2023
  • MARA TONOTHY Appointed: 2024
  • MARSHALL ROBERTS Appointed: 2018
  • MARY MCMAHON Appointed: 2023
  • PAMELA PEARSON Appointed: 2018
  • SANDRA KEERS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/07/2017, number: 1173940
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
6 returns made; AR23: 57 days late, AR18: 56 days late,
Main office

South Stanley Partnership
St. Stephens Church
Hollyhill Gardens East
STANLEY
DH9 6PG

Objectives

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO ARE:TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH STANLEY 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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