Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Latest return overdue -5

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 6

CLOSER COMMUNITIES

Closer Communities provides information, advice and guidance to families with a child with disabilities or complex medical health needs or SEND. We support the whole family through facilitating groups for parents/carers such as our Dads Behaving Madly Group and inclusive activities for our children and their siblings as well as whole family events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/22		£33	£17	£17	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

https://closer-communities.co.uk

closercommunities2020@gmail.com

07581220427

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

East Riding Of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Closer Communities Jubilee Celebration
£5,000	28/03/2022	Funding for staff, food, room hire and materials for children with disabilities and medically complex needs and their families to create costumes and and decorations so they can take part in a local community Jubilee Celebration.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA JAYNE SHORT (Chair) Appointed: 2023

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM BARBER Appointed: 2023

LOUISE BARON Appointed: 2024

LYNSEY WHITE Appointed: 2023

MICHAEL BARON Appointed: 2024

TERI WORRALL Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/10/2020, number: 1192059

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

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

Falsgrave Community Resource Centre - Office
Seamer Road
SCARBOROUGH
North Yorkshire
YO12 4DH

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THOSE SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES LIVING IN NORTH YORKSHIRE AND EAST RIDING, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF THEIR COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH ADVICE, INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE AND THROUGH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES. 2. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES LIVING IN NORTH YORKSHIRE AND EAST RIDING BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN THIS AREA OF THE COUNTRY.3. TO PROMOTE OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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