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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE COMMON, SOUTHWOLD 

Provision and maintenance of a recreational area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • 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
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
miles

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*£14£25£-10n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£26£18£8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21*£13£20£-7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20*£12£23£-12n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£18£15£3n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/18*£31£19£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£22£17£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£27£26£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£13£14£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£17£17£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£13£14£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£14£24£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£14£14£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£17£15£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£14£32£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£16£11£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£16£16£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£25£14£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£15£11£4£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 53 years

townclerk@southwoldtowncouncil.com

01502722576

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Amusement and recreation services
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/01/1971, number: 304819
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR21: 21 days late, AR20: 19 days late, AR18: 7 days late, AR16: 326 days late, AR15: 31 days late, AR13: 70 days late, AR12: 150 days late, AR11: 516 days late, AR04: 43 days late,
Main office

Southwold Town Council
Town Hall
Market Place
SOUTHWOLD
Suffolk
IP18 6EF

Objectives

RECREATIONAL GROUND FOR GENERAL BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE TOWN OF SOUTHWOLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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