Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS NORTH WEST LTD 

CSNW provides One to one support, Community groups, Telephone befriending, Counselling,Therapeutic Interventions, Training courses,One to one coaching / mentoring and Signposting to specialist services
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 5 years
(13 years as a company)

www.csnw.co.uk

info@csnw.co.uk

01254460080

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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
31/03/23£745£737£8£28£652£330.525144
31/03/22£724£684£41£26£645£61910.92479
31/03/21£571£561£10£6£602£58512.52393
31/03/20£412£405£7n/an/an/an/an/a104
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 5%
Reserves/Spending: 0.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire, Manchester City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 144 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£783,396
Henry Smith Charity£342,500
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£95,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£39,900
Rank Foundation£39,615
DCMS£24,898
The Pilgrim Trust£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rank Foundation - Col Core Community Solutions North West 2023 part
£14,615 27/04/2023
Community Solutions North West received a Cost of Living Core Grant to cover overhead costs including to help purchase a new till and laptop.
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grant Community Solutions North West Ltd 2023
£5,000 27/04/2023
Community Solutions North West Ltd received a Cost of Living Small Grant to help cover the cost of utilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Achieving People's Potential
£367,373 17/03/2023
The funding will allow Community Solutions North West to support over 1200 disadvantaged and excluded Hyndburn residents with one-to-one mentoring group training volunteer placements as well as ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Elmfield Stable Community Refurbishment
£10,000 13/05/2022
The funding will be used to refurbish part of the historic building used by the organisation. The project aims to create a dedicate area for support services where service users and volunteers can ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Community Solutions North West
£10,000 06/05/2022
Jubilee Grant Restricted Project Funding
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Community Solutions North West
£96,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for people from disadvantaged communities, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Hyndburn, East Lancashire.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Community Solutions North West
£3,051 24/10/2020
Our project would enable vulnerable people to access weekly social groups and provide transport for those with mobility or access issues.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Community Solutions North West
£82,600 23/10/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of the 'Support NOW' project providing a range of services for disadvantaged communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Hyndburn, Lancashire.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£24,898 22/09/2020
"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
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Community Solutions North West Ltd
£4,960 19/06/2020
COVID19 : Purchase of IT equipment for a charity that works as a community hub supporting vulnerable people from all backgrounds in Lancashire
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund CSNW 2020
£20,000 17/04/2020
To help in the delivery of new programmes
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Community Solutions North West Ltd
£80,000 09/03/2020
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Community Solutions North West Ltd
£5,000 09/03/2020
12
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Community Solutions North West Ltd
£39,900 26/02/2020
Gatty's Gift: A Centenary of Colour and Community
National Lottery Community Fund - Life Solutions
£406,023 12/12/2019
35
The aim of the organisation is to empower local people through activities that promote independence and confidence. Funding will enable expanding services such as the befriending service to other ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Community Solutions North West
£163,900 10/12/2019
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support to disadvantaged people in Hyndburn, East Lancashire
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Community Solutions North West
£4,500 10/12/2019
To renovate part of Elmfield Hall to bring it into community use.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 29/11/2019
Core Costs / Unrestricted
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Community Solutions North West
£20,000 26/11/2019
23
Women in the Lead; A personal development programme for women to reach their full potential
National Lottery Community Fund - Help and Advice NOW!
£9,953 07/03/2019
12
The charity will build upon a pilot to offer a weekly advice drop in session for people experiencing housing/finance and debt issues. The project aims to see more people helped through crisis times ....more
Sport England - Outdoor Gym for Adults
£24,039 21/02/2018
30
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Outdoor Gym for Adults. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
DCMS - ALB-Outdoor Gym for Adults
£24,039 21/02/2018
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National Lottery Community Fund - Growing our Groups
£10,000 14/02/2018
12
The group will employ a coordinator to work closely with volunteers who develop activity programmes supporting people who are socially isolated or coping with a physical or mental health issues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Transitions Solutions
£493,123 30/11/2016
36
The project aims to prevent crisis for around 400 adults in Burnley and Hyndburn during periods of significant transition, change or loss in their life. A wide range of activities will build ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Solutions Safe Step and Next Step Training Programmes
£10,000 26/02/2014
12
_x000B_This is a project by a company limited by guarantee in Accrington, Lancashire. The organisation will use the funding to run two new training initiatives aimed at training their current ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/11/2018, number: 1180530
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/02/2011, number: 07516227
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

ELMFIELD HALL
HYNDBURN ROAD
CHURCH
ACCRINGTON
BB5 4AA

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN.2. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE ISOLATED AS A RESULT OF AGE, DISABILITY OR POOR HEALTH BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE A PROVEN BENEFIT TO HEALTH, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL.THE ABOVE OBJECTS ARE DELIVERED WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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