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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

SHILDON ALIVE

Activities include: Food for all programme, nutritious take away, Credit Union, Advocacy Support, Job Search, Foodbank, Youthgroup, Pop up Ping Pong Parlour, Community Gardens, intergenerational learning, Dementia Cafe, Activities and free snacks for children and young people during school holidays, community gardening, partnership work with schools and other local groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/12/23£388£274£114n/a
31/12/22£252£217£34n/a
31/12/21£192£169£23n/a
31/12/20£319£224£95n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

shildonalive.org.uk

shildonalive@gmail.com

01388417600

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham,
Who it helps
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£185,058
County Durham Community Foundation£36,363
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 13/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
County Durham Community Foundation - Shildon Alive
£5,000 18/01/2023
Towards a driver salary.
County Durham Community Foundation - Shildon Alive Community Shop and Takeaway
£12,953 30/11/2022
To support the community shop and takeaway.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shildon Alive
£180,058 16/11/2022
This funding will be used to continue the provision of community and crisis support services for the local community in Shildon County Durham. The project will continue to offer a town centre hub providing a community shop and foodbank an advocacy ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 11/11/2022
Main Grants award
County Durham Community Foundation - Soup & Social
£1,500 26/10/2022
To provide a warm space in Shildon.
County Durham Community Foundation - We Can Help
£2,000 05/10/2022
To support the We Can Help project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Jubilee Community Picnic
£5,000 18/03/2022
The funding will be used to host a community picnic complete with children's entertainment and afternoon tea for elderly residents to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring people together to promote social and ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Feedbelliesnotbins
£4,914 11/02/2022
To collect food surplus from supermarkets and wholesalers to utilise in support parcels.
County Durham Community Foundation - Shildon Alive Crisis Support
£1,000 20/01/2022
To support families affected by Storm Arwen.
County Durham Community Foundation - Winter warmers
£1,000 09/12/2021
The Winter warmers project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Free food for kids
£3,000 27/11/2020
Towards the Free food for kids project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Shildon Alive Covid19 Support
£4,996 14/04/2020
Towards Shildon Alive's Covid19 Support.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW FARLOW Appointed: 2018
  • DOROTHY TRUBY Appointed: 2021
  • ELEANOR JANE CRAWFORD Appointed: 2018
  • KELLY MAYCHELL Appointed: 2018
  • OLGA BAINBRIDGE Appointed: 2018
  • REV CAROL HARRIS (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • REV FRANCES COOPER Appointed: 2023
  • SAMANTHA TOWNSEND Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2019, number: 1184489
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
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Shildon Alive
91-95 Church Street
SHILDON
DL4 1DT

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SHILDON 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.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING A FOOD BANK AND A RANGE OF IMPARTIAL MONEY ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE GREATER FINANCIAL RESILIENCE AND CAPABILITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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