Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE OTHONA COMMUNITY

Othona is an open and inclusive Community rooted in the Christian tradition, drawing on other inspiration. We welcome people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and beliefs to centres on the coasts of Essex and Dorset.Sharing in work, worship, study and play, we seek renewal and glimpses of the sacred,exploring the relationship between faith and life, learning to care for the world and its people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 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
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

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		£87	£100	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£66	£73	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£72	£71	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20		£151	£53	£98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£116	£119	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£65	£42	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£82	£55	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£150	£69	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£116	£75	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£345	£251	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£309	£335	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£258	£249	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£304	£211	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£656	£235	£420	£23	£3,114	£153	7.8	9	0
31/03/09		£286	£324	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08?	*	£295	£272	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06		£222	£175	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05	*	£222	£174	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04		£182	£164	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 45 years

www.othonawestdorset.org.uk

communitysecretary@othona.org

01308897130

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Othona Community
£2,000	05/01/2023	to help support an environmental weekend event in May 2023 to raise awareness of climate and associated issues
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Othona Community
£10,800	17/12/2020	towards the overhead costs to support work with young, elderly and disadvantaged people in the communities around Bradwell and the Dengie
Essex Community Foundation - Renovation of hut in old field, for educational and social use.
£10,000	29/11/2018 6	To refurbish an outbuilding into a multi purpose education centre at the Othona Coastal Park
Essex Community Foundation - Disabled people's parking and accessible pathways
£10,000	16/11/2017 2	To improve disabled access at the Othona Centre Bradwell

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLARE ELIZABETH GOUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2018

CHRISTINA WILSON Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: WEYMOUTH CIVIC SOCIETY, THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN JONES Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

DANIEL CHARLES DUTFIELD Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

FRANCIS MARK MACDONALD Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

JANE DAPHNE PEARSE Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

MARK ALEXANDER JAMES RINGROSE Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

MICHAEL DAVID HUNT Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

RACHEL MAY TOCKNELL Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

STEPHEN WILLIAM BARNES Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

WARREN MATHEW DOUGLAS Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE OTHONA COMMUNITY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/07/1979, number: 277843

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR08: 36 days late, AR05: 101 days late,

Main office

The Othona Community
Coast Road
Burton Bradstock
BRIDPORT
Dorset
DT6 4RN

Objectives

(I) THE TRAINING OF THEOLOGICAL AND OTHER STUDENTS AND LAYMEN AND WOMEN IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CENTRES WITH AN OECUMENICAL PURPOSE. (II) THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY CENTRES FOR LAYMEN AND WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOLUNTARY WORK STUDY WORSHIP AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO FURTHER SERVICE FOR THE WORLD WIDE CHURCH AND THE INTERGRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN VIEW WITH THE WHOLE LIFE OF MAN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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