Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

WIGMORE VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTRE

To provide affordable rooms for use by the local community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • 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
30/11/23£36£36£-1n/a
30/11/22£13£8£5n/a
30/11/21£11£9£2n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.wvcc.co.uk

admin@wvcc.co.uk

01568 770144

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
Herefordshire Community Foundation£13,750
National Lottery Community Fund£10,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - The Zone Youth Project
£10,000 30/10/2023
Grant to Wigmore Village Community Centre CIO
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 07/07/2023
Wigmore Village Community Centre
Herefordshire Community Foundation - The Zone
£3,750 16/11/2022
Grant to Wigmore Village Community Centre CIO
National Lottery Community Fund - Wigmore Community Project
£7,750 10/06/2022
The funding will be used to improve the provision of training and work experience available to young people. The project aims to improve skillset local facilities and job opportunities in a rural location.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wigmore Village Hall Core Costs
£2,500 23/04/2021
The group will use the funding to cover the core costs of a village hall which is actively used as a community centre. This will help an important community venue to continue serving local people and providing a place for positive social activities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BRYAN CASBOURNE Appointed: 2020
  • DAVID JAMES SWATTON (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • DAVINA AUDREY MARTIN Appointed: 2024
  • VICTORIA JILL IRELAND Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/06/2020, number: 1189883
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from VILLAGE HALL WIGMORE on 12/11/2021
Main office

Village Hall
Ford Street
Wigmore
Leominster
HR69UW

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF WIGMORE GROUP PARISH WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:A)MEETINGS, LECTURES, AND CLASSES, ANDB)OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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