Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
2 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

SUNDERLAND CONNECT NETWORK

We are bringing Christians, Churches and communities together by building an active network that encourages conversation to bring about transformation of the City of Sunderland, Washington and the Coalfields.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Why are there only 2 trustees?

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
31/03/23	£91	£63	£28	n/a
31/03/22	£39	£28	£11	n/a
31/03/21	£30	£24	£6	n/a
31/03/20	£42	£41	£1	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.connectnetwork.uk

info@connectnetwork.uk

07588471808

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Sunderland,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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

Henry Smith Charity	£23,900
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust	£7,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Sunderland Connect Network
£5,000	19/07/2023	The funding is for additional hours for staff to produce a business plan which will enable to organisation to purchase their premises and continue to deliver services to the community which focus on health and wellbeing, poverty alleviation and ....more The funding is for additional hours for staff to produce a business plan which will enable to organisation to purchase their premises and continue to deliver services to the community which focus on health and wellbeing, poverty alleviation and children and young people.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Sunderland Connect Network
£2,000	27/07/2022	The funding is for providing those struggling with financial hardship with a food hamper
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Sunderland Connect Network
£23,900	21/10/2021 24	towards two years' running costs of the new ‘Caring for Clergy’ project that aims to promote and foster the mental health and general wellbeing of Anglican clergy and lay leaders in the Sunderland area and beyond.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Mental Health in Sunderland
£10,000	20/11/2020 6	The funding will be used to provide a mental health support and signposting service to young people offering mental health first aid and mindfulness training. This aims to improve wellbeing and support people during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW WATSON (Chair) Appointed: 2023

LOUISE ELIZABETH NICHOLSON Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2018, number: 1180558

Gift Aid

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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

3 BROOMSHIELDS CLOSE
SUNDERLAND
SR5 1SJ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO BUILD CAPACITY THROUGH PROVISION OF A RESOURCE BASE FOR THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR AND PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES THAT ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY SUPPORTING LOCAL CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

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