Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE WREN BAKERY CIO

A Social Enterprise using baking and coffee as tools to give women who experience disadvantage, opportunities towards employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/23£40£39£1n/a
31/12/22£38£27£11n/a
31/12/21£101£48£53n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.thewrenbakery.com

contact@thewrenbakery.com

07941162158

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - The Wren Bakery
£11,950 11/10/2022
Grant to The Wren Bakery

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CASSANDRA COWIE WHITE Appointed: 2021
  • ESTHER MARY LIBERTY RICHES Appointed: 2019
  • JACQUELINE BARBER Appointed: 2021
  • JANE ANN DIXON Appointed: 2021
  • JONATHAN PAUL SIMPSON Appointed: 2019
  • SUSAN CAROL SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/10/2020, number: 1191722
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

MODEL FARM
FARM HILL SOUTH
LEEDS
LS7 2QB

Objectives

THE CHARITIES OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST WOMEN WHO HAVE OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:DOMESTIC OR OTHER FORMS OF ABUSE;SUFFERING FROM ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ADDICTION OTHER FORMS OF ADDICTION OR DEPENDENCE TO SUBSTANCES; ORRECEIVING A CRIMINAL RECORD (INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY AT ANY PENAL ESTABLISHMENT AS A PUNISHMENT IMPOSED BY A COURT OF LAW, RECEIVED A NON-CUSTODIAL SENTENCE, FINE OR ANY OTHER COURT OR OTHER RECORDED DISPOSAL, SUCH AS A POLICE CAUTION);IN PARTICULAR, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR FUNDS CONNECTED WITH TRAINING.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION PARTICULARLY:A. AMONGST SUCH WOMEN BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING AS SUCH THAT WILL FIT THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT; AND B. THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES OF DOMESTIC OR OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE AS SUCH THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO SUCH POVERTY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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