Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WINSCOMBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Winscombe & Sandford and the neighbourhood.Associate with volunteer organisations, local authorities and inhabitants to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation.Manage and maintain a Community Centre for activities promoted by the Association and its constituent bodies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be 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

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
30/04/23£59£34£26n/an/an/an/an/a70
30/04/22*£42£37£5n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/04/21£61£60£1n/an/an/an/an/a100
30/04/20£40£38£2n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/04/19£46£32£14n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/04/18£41£33£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£37£24£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£34£24£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£39£24£15£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£39£34£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£40£30£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£38£36£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£42£37£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£39£38£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£43£34£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£27£30£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£27£24£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06£21£19£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05*£27£29£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04£33£34£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

www.winscombeca.org.uk

sec.wca@gmail.com

01934 844467

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • North Somerset, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 22/12/2023
WiNSpace
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Winscombe Community Association
£3,291 19/11/2018
We want to replace our old buildings with a purpose built community centre which will meet the needs of the village for many years to come.
National Lottery Community Fund - Replacement of old central heating boiler and old pipework and valves
£10,000 24/11/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Winscombe, Somerset. The group will use the funding to installheating an energy efficient system, making the building useable all year round.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/06/1980, number: 280231
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • 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
20 returns made; AR22: 17 days late, AR05: 12 days late,
Main office

Winscombe Community Centre
11 Sandford Road
WINSCOMBE
BS25 1JA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WINSCOMBE AND SANDFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO AVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WINSCOMBE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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