Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

FEN EDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

The Fen Edge Community Association runs Social, Arts, Cultural and Sporting activities for the benefit of the communities in the Fen Edge villages of Cottenham, Landbeach, Rampton, Waterbeach and Willingham.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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

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
31/03/23£62£63£-1n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/22£20£22£-2n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/21£15£20£-5n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/20£59£50£9n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/19£20£22£-2n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/18£51£44£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£17£16£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£38£32£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£12£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£37£35£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£41£35£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£16£16£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£44£43£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£35£34£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£38£46£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£42£38£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£40£38£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£28£25£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£40£40£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 39 years

www.fenedge.co.uk

chair@fenedge.co.uk

07881 105771

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 80 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/11/1985, number: 293020
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 28 days late, AR04: 39 days late,
Main office

COMMUNITY OFFICE
Cottenham Village College
High Street
Cottenham
CAMBRIDGE
CB24 8UA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COTTENHAM, LANDBEACH, RAMPTON, WATERBEACH, WILLINGHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED ‘THE AREA OF BENEFIT’ ) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER, MARITAL STATUS, AGE, RACE, DISABILITY OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, CHARITIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SUPPORT 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CATCHMENT AREA OF COTTENHAM VILLAGE COLLEGE AND NEIGHBOURHOO

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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