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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE ALCONBURY RECREATION FIELD

The Charity's activities involve the provision, maintenance and delivery of recreational facilities for the local community in the Alconburys and surrounding villages.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£55£86£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£66£57£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£71£74£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£43£39£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£45£50£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£51£49£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£46£50£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£48£47£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£44£54£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£40£52£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£27£34£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£28£35£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£35£34£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£34£39£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£35£35£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£274£26£248n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£42£17£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£12£15£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£36£22£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£12£21£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 45 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Sports & recreational facilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Goalpost Replacement
£2,900 29/11/2023
to fund a set of new wheeled full-sized, moveable goalposts, so that multiple teams can play on the same pitch - benefitting 300 people
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grounds Improvement Project
£3,475 16/05/2023
11
to carry out ground improvement measures on the recreation field including new netting framework, grass mesh reinforcement to overflow parking areas, and mesh fencing to stop balls
National Lottery Community Fund - Outdoor Gym Equipment-Child and Adult
£10,000 21/06/2018
12
The organisation will create a new outdoor gym for people aged 11 upwards, to encourage more members of the community to exercise, as well as provide more exercise opportunities for people who already use the recreation group facilities. It will ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BRUCE STAINES Appointed: 2022
  • CHRISTIAN LEE BODLEY Appointed: 2022
  • ELIZABETH ANNE ADAMS Appointed: 2014
  • MICHAEL ALAN GUNNEY Appointed: 2014
  • PAUL WATSON Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/05/1980, number: 279991
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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 7 days late,
Main office

ALCONBURY RECREATION FIELD
ALCONBURY SPORTS & SOCIAL
GREAT NORTH ROAD
ALCONBURY
HUNTINGDON
PE28 4EX

Objectives

FOR THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RECREATION GROUND AND, IF THE COMMITTEE THINK FIT, OF A PAVILION OR SIMILAR BUILDING FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH RECREATION GROUND FOR USE, IN PARTICULAR FOR MEETINGS LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF ALCONBURY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ALCONBURY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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