Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

COMPAS

COMPAS Charity aims to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with people who are socially excluded on the grounds of their ethnic origin, religion, belief or creed by developing the capacity and skills of members of that community to assist them to integrate with and participate more fully in society.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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?
  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/24£209£227£-18n/a
31/03/23£305£284£21n/a
31/03/22£199£168£31n/a
31/03/21£114£83£31n/a
31/03/20£98£90£8n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.compas.org.uk

contact@compas.org.uk

01733706600

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Cape Verde, Cardiff, Czech Republic, Derbyshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Newport City, Slovakia,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
Tudor Trust£103,500
National Lottery Community Fund£19,165
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£3,000
Department for Work and Pensions£1,493
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Extended hand
£9,550 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to support marginalised groups to set up their own community groups. The project aims to equip people with essential information to improve the offering of social and culturally specific activities in their local areas.
Department for Work and Pensions - COMPAS CHARITY
£1,493 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Tudor Trust - Grant to COMPAS
£90,000 27/08/2021
36
over three years as core funding on a continuation basis for a Roma-led organisation running a centre for the whole community in Peterborough
National Lottery Community Fund - Here to help
£9,615 13/08/2021
The funding will be used to run an advice centre for people in need particularly supporting the Czech and Slovak Roma community as well as other Eastern European migrants. The project aims to provide a safe space for all people to get help grow and ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to COMPAS
£2,000 04/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to COMPAS (COVID19 Grant)
£10,000 24/07/2020
12
as additional funding towards activities to support the physical and mental health needs of vulnerable young people, primarly from the Roma community, affected by Coronavirus restrictions in Peterborough
Tudor Trust - Grant to COMPAS (COVID19 Grant)
£1,500 18/05/2020
as emergency funding to provide advice and resources to Roma parents trying to support their children with home learning in Peterborough
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Community Partnership Group (COMPAS)
£3,000 27/03/2020
2
to deliver food, hygiene products and advice to 300 members of the community who are older, disabled or living in particularly difficult situations (e.g. single parent without a car)
Tudor Trust - Grant to COMPAS
£2,500 09/08/2019
12
as a development grant towards mentoring and support for the newly-appointed co-ordinator of a Roma-led community organisation in Peterborough
Tudor Trust - Grant to COMPAS
£50,000 24/05/2019
24
over two years as continuation core funding for a Roma-led community organisation in Peterborough
National Lottery Community Fund - Happy Children
£7,400 06/02/2019
12
The charity will use funding to organise a multicultural event for the children of Peterborough, building on their experience of an event they have run for Czech and Slovak children in the city. The project aims to bring children of different ethnic ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to COMPAS
£20,000 22/03/2018
12
over one year towards rent and running costs for a Roma-led organisation providing activities and support for the Roma community and other migrant groups in Peterborough
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DR BEVERLEY CARPENTER Appointed: 2020
  • HELENA GROUND Appointed: 2022
  • RADIM LICENIK Appointed: 2022
  • ROMAN MASARYK Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2017, number: 1176025
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Gladstone Park Community Centre
927 Bourges Boulevard
Peterborough
PE1 2AN

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF COMPAS ARE: A) RELIEF IN NEED OF MEMBERS OF MIGRANT COMMUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION OR IN ANY OTHER WAY REQUIRED; AND BY ENGAGING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, PUBLIC BODIES, INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THOSE ENTITIES TO BETTER ADAPT THEIR SERVICES, POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES TO THE NEEDS OF THE MIGRANT COMMUNITIES. B) PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY) BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY TO ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE WITH AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY PROMOTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITHIN BRITISH SOCIETY; AND BY PROMOTING CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND VOLUNTEERING D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY PROMOTING THE LEARNING OF NATIVE LANGUAGES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CZECH AND SLOVAK); SUPPORTING PARENTS TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION; AND MENTORING AND COACHING YOUNG PEOPLE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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