Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

ASHLEY GREEN AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

To provide facilities for social welfare, educational and recreational use.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£100£91£9n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£131£149£-19n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/21£78£30£48n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£44£38£6n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£40£69£-30n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£46£43£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£42£40£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£31£33£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£41£39£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£38£42£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£36£25£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£31£23£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£34£33£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£32£30£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09?£28£26£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£30£31£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07*£29£35£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06£26£22£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05*£35£31£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04£16£20£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 38 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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 Community Fund - Ashley Green Playground Wellbeing and Coffee Shop
£30,354 25/02/2022
The funding will be used to install up to date high quality double glazed windows on a well being centre and complete repairs and painting of the outside of the building. This is the final element of ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/1986, number: 292478
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR07: 64 days late, AR05: 6 days late,
Main office

OLD SCHOOL
CHESHAM ROAD
ASHLEY GREEN
CHESHAM
HP5 3PP

Objectives

A. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ASHLEY GREEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.B. TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN FURTHERANCE OF THE THESE OBJECTS. C. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ASHLEY GREEN AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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