Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Future income +5
No PartB

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

COMMUNITY ADVICE SERVICE

Community Advice Service (CAS) Provides activities including Advice Information & Guidance; Health, Sports, & Physical Training; Skills & Employability Advice and Support; Climate Change & Energy Advice; Interactive ESOL Language Classes; Community Capacity Building; Community Cultural Events and Community Media Shows.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

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
31/03/23		£28	£24	£4	n/a
31/03/22		£50	£47	£3	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.communityadviceservice.com

info@communityadviceservice.com

01215531820

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
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

National Lottery Community Fund	£19,792
Sport England	£6,881
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Well Women's Club
£6,881	24/10/2023 7	This project will improve the physical and mental wellbeing of up to 50 migrant women by providing free sports sessions. Inactive migrant women will improve their physical wellbeing, have fun and socialise together whilst increasing their sense of ....more This project will improve the physical and mental wellbeing of up to 50 migrant women by providing free sports sessions. Inactive migrant women will improve their physical wellbeing, have fun and socialise together whilst increasing their sense of community involvement. The project will focus on women from low-income families and Muslim women who face cultural barriers to participating in sport and do not feel comfortable exercising in a public or mixed environment. Sessions will take place 4 times a week for 30 weeks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Future Leaders
£9,920	06/04/2023	This funding will help to bring together a diverse group of young people to develop their skills attitude and knowledge to become Community Champions. The project aims to support young people to reach their potential.
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund B
£5,000	14/02/2023	Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
National Lottery Community Fund - Well Women’s Club
£9,872	30/09/2021	The funding will be used to deliver interactive exercise and time to mingle sessions for socially isolated migrant women. The project aims to boost their confidence to encourage them to be more independent and give them a sense of achievement.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

ANAMUR CHOUDHURY Appointed: 2022

MAZHAR HUSSAIN (Chair) Appointed: 2021

SUNARA BIBI Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2021, number: 1195934

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

LODGE ROAD YOUTH CENTRE
LODGE ROAD
WEST BROMWICH
B70 8PJ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE BLACK COUNTRY (SANDWELL, WALSALL, DUDLEY AND WOLVERHAMPTON), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY.

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