Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

CROSSTOWN COMMUNITY ORCHARD

Creating and maintaining a Community Orchard in the Crosstown area of Knutsford.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/12/22		£4,803	£4,720	£83	30
31/12/21		£23,478	£15,765	£7,713	50

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.crosstowncommunityorchard.org.uk

adam@crosstowncommunityorchard.org.uk

07584057228

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Cheshire East,

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£151,670
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,575
Co-Operative Group	£1,401

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Crosstown Community Orchard
£1,401	22/10/2022	We plan to run a range of community workshops at the orchard to teach new skills and engage people in orcharding, horticulture, cooking and wildlife.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Manufacturing and Advanced Simulation of Continuous Tow Shearing (MASCoTS)
£23,595	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=52622
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Next Wing
£128,075	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10002372
National Lottery Community Fund - Creation of the Crosstown Community Orchard
£8,575	05/02/2021 8	The funding will be used as a contribution to develop a community orchard recreation community park and wildlife trail in Knutsford. The project aims to provide outdoor space to enable the local ....more The funding will be used as a contribution to develop a community orchard recreation community park and wildlife trail in Knutsford. The project aims to provide outdoor space to enable the local community to exercise during the pandemic and beyond promoting well-being and fitness.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ADAM JAMES KEPPEL-GREEN (Chair) Appointed: 2020

KEVIN FFOULKES GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2020

LAURA CHANDLER Appointed: 2020

LYNDSEY ANNE KEPPEL-GREEN Appointed: 2020

MALCOLM VAUGHAN THOMAS Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: FRIENDS OF COLLEGE WOOD,

JOANNA PATRICIA MOONAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Operations Director, Other trusteeship: WJEC CBAC LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2020, number: 1191549

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

Squirrel Brook
68 Manor Park South
KNUTSFORD
Cheshire
WA16 8AN

Objectives

1. TO ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND EXPANSION OF A COMMUNITY ORCHARD IN KNUTSFORD AND THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR GENETIC BIODIVERSITY, LANDSCAPE AND HERITAGE VALUE.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HORTICULTURE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ORCHARD MANAGEMENT SKILLS.

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