Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

HIGHGATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT LIMITED 

Highgate Community Support Limited promotes health, good nourishment, and healthy recreational services to people in Highgate, Birmingham who (i) are hungry and/or in need of nourishment and exercise (ii) children and young people (iii) those in the community who are lonely or not able to fully look after themselves. All events and services are open to anyone and are free of charge.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

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
05/04/23£32,212£33,160£-9480
05/04/22£39,115£22,238£16,8770
05/04/21£22,917£11,637£11,2804
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

headoffice_hcsl@yahoo.com

07535741781

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Greggs Foundation - Community Hub Programme
£15,000 19/05/2021
12
The Community Hubs programme aims to help build stronger, healthier communities by supporting local community organisations in the vicinity of a Greggs outlet to make a real difference in their ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/2019, number: 1185938
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/11/2018, number: 11673612
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

STANHOPE HALL
KETLEY CROFT
HIGHGATE
BIRMINGHAM
B12 0XG

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM:A)THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE AND WHICH ARE DIRECTED TO PROMOTING HEALTH, GOOD NOURISHMENT AND HEALTHY RECREATION FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THEM;B)THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION 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); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; 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; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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