Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

HAPPY HILL ESSEX CIO

To advance in life and relieve the needs of young people through:(a) the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life;(b) providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

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
31/03/24£196£147£50n/a
31/03/23£125£84£41n/a
31/03/22£141£70£71n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

happyhillessex.com

happyhillessex@outlook.com

07731304669

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Essex Community Foundation£39,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,975
DCMS£6,261
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Happy Hill Essex CIO
£10,000 21/03/2024
towards the salary costs of an operations manager of a charity that supports children and young adults with additional needs in Braintree
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Happy Hill Essex CIO
£5,000 15/09/2022
to help meet the cost of purchasing a new minibus for children with special education needs and disability in Braintree
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Happy Hill Essex CIO
£4,000 14/04/2022
to purchase medical assistance equipment at an organisation supporting children and young people with SEND in Braintree
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Happy Hill Essex CIO
£20,000 10/02/2022
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to support children with acute and complex additional needs at a special needs provision providing play and holiday clubs in Braintree over two years
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Children with SEND in our Saturday and Holiday Clubs
£9,975 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to fund key workers supporting children aged 1-25 years living with acute disabilities providing Saturday and holiday club activities. The project aims to reduce isolation improve communication social and life skills.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 16/07/2021
Core Costs to support Specialist Key Workers during the Covid 19 pandemic, to be able to support children with acute additional needs on a one-to-one basis that have been affected by the pandemic.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£6,261 24/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW DENNY Appointed: 2021
  • HEATHER HILL (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • JACQUELINE WAITE Appointed: 2021
  • KIM ALLISTON Appointed: 2021
  • KIM LEGGETT Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2021, number: 1193856
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Great Notley Country Park
Great Notley
BRAINTREE
Essex
CM77 7FS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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