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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BENTILEE VOLUNTEERS CIO

FOR OVER 30 YEARS OUR OBJECTIVES HAVE REMAINED THE SAME - TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF BENTILEE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY BEING IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.WE ARE PROUD TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT OF MANY COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST THE IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR DEDICATED STAFF IN HELPING US RUN OUR PROJECTS EFFECTIVELY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND TO RAISE ESSENTIAL FUNDS
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Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
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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
31/08/23£176£167£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£157£157£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£67£131£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£140£183£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£528£301£227£42£227£1405.615100
31/08/18*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 7 years

www.bentileevolunteers.org.uk

info@bentileevolunteers.org.uk

01782863192

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£3,000
Co-Operative Group£2,826
Tudor Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers CIO
£2,826 21/10/2023
We would like help funding our support worker, who shares skills and supports project members and volunteers in upcycling pieces of furniture. All focusing on improving mental wellbeing.
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Bentilee Volunteers
£5,000 15/03/2023
to support funding a 14-seat Minibus Driver 12 hours/week for the Neighbourlink Project, a social and lunch club for older people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 17/02/2023
Bentilee Volunteers Community Projects
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£10,000 19/01/2023
20% of the salary and running costs for a lunch club for residents in Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent to reduce isolation and improve nutrition.
National Lottery Community Fund - Neighbourlink - Social lunch club
£10,000 20/05/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a social lunch club for older residents of the local community. The project aims to counteract social isolation build confidence and reduce anxiety.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£3,000 19/10/2021
12
Small Grant unrestricted core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 15/10/2021
Bentilee Volunteers
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£2,000 02/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/05/2020
Bentilee Volunteers
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£75,000 17/06/2019
36
over three years towards core salary costs at a community organisation in Stoke-on-Trent
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£10,000 29/03/2019
refurbishment of a community centre for a charity which works with disabled people in Staffordshire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHERYL OWEN Appointed: 2020
  • IRENE CARDALL Appointed: 2017
  • JANET MARY MASON (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • JOHN STEELE Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2017, number: 1175754
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 189 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BENTILEE VOLUNTEERS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION on 22/12/2020
Main office

19 Brackenfield Avenue
Bentilee
Stoke-on-Trent
ST2 0DH

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BENTILEE 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 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 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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