Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Future income +5

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 22

NORTHERN ROOTS (OLDHAM) LTD

To provide, maintain, protect, improve and equip the gardens, landscaped areas, woodlands, open spaces, playing fields and recreational amenity spaces within the Northern Roots site, advance health by promoting outdoor activities including Horticulture and Agriculture, land based activities and recreation and amateur sport. Provision of allotment facilities. Promotion of arts, history, culture.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
This charity has a robust balance sheet
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial Data ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£634	£463	£171	£0	£402	£237	6.2	6	30

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 59%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 14.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 2 years
(6 years as a company)

http://northern-roots.uk

info@northern-roots.uk

07988615633

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Land or water management

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Oldham,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

6 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Northern Roots (Oldham) Ltd
£191,630	08/02/2023	Beautiful Oldham - Why Not?
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Roots (Oldham)
£1,000,000	10/02/2022 48	Towards unrestricted core costs Northern Roots - creating the UK's largest urban farm and eco park in a post industrial northern town.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Roots (Oldham)
£20,000	11/12/2019 12	Towards Project costs Towards development costs of the Northern Roots initiative, to create the UK's largest urban farm and eco park on a disused strip of land in the heart of Oldham.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-73

GHAZALA KOOSAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

ANNE SELBY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ceo Of Evironmental Charity

ALLAN TYRER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director

COUNCILLOR BARBARA BROWNRIDGE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ELAINE TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trade Union Organiser

PAUL MORTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director

STUART LOCKWOOD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive

COUNCILLOR ABDUL JABBAR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeships: LOCAL INFORMATION UNIT LIMITED, OLDHAM EDUCATION TRUST,

JONATHAN BLAND Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: CHIPPING NORTON LIDO LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2021, number: 1196806
Registered at Companies House on 15/03/2018, number: 11258080

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

Northern Roots (Oldham) Ltd
Oldham Council
Alexandra Park Offices
Kings Road
Oldham
OL8 2BH

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND IN PARTICULAR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND OF VISITORS TO THE BOROUGH OF OLDHAM (OLDHAM) AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO:(A) PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF OLDHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION, MAINTAINANCE, PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPPING OF THE GARDENS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, WOODLANDS, OPEN SPACES, PLAYING FIELDS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITY SPACES WITHIN THE NORTHERN ROOTS SITE OR OPERATING UNDER THE NORTHERN ROOTS BRAND, AND BY THE PROVISION OF ALLOTMENT FACILITIES;(B) ADVANCE HEALTH BY PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE AND OTHER LAND BASED ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION AND AMATEUR SPORT;(C) PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE PUBLIC PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, AND(D) ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE OBJECTS, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR IN:(I) THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING THE FLORA AND FAUNA, WILDLIFE, BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HABITATS IN OLDHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS;(II) THE CONDUCT OF HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE AND OTHER LAND BASED BUSINESSES(III) THE HISTORY, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS OF THE NORTH WEST.

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