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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +0
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE TORCH ASSOCIATION 

The relief of illness and suffering of all disabled persons resident in a defined local area of Tynedale and beyond by providing, managing and maintaining a Centre for recreation or other leisure time occupation and in particular by providing facilities for competitive and non- competitive sports.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • 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
  • 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*£25£31£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£35£28£7n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£46£43£3n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20£25£27£-2n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/19£28£36£-8n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£39£31£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£26£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£26£30£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£36£37£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£25£20£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£23£23£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£16£24£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£18£32£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£27£34£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£43£47£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£23£27£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£37£43£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£34£42£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£42£43£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£42£40£2£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 40 years

www.hexhamtorch.org.uk

hexhamtorch@btconnect.com

01434606672

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Cumbria, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to TORCH Association
£4,812 19/11/2018
We want to refurbish our worn out kitchen serving area which is used by many disabled and other groups that meet at the TORCH Centre.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/09/1984, number: 515527
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 4 days late, AR11: 191 days late, AR10: 61 days late, AR07: 79 days late, AR06: 28 days late, AR04: 158 days late,
Main office

Torch Centre
Corbridge Road
Hexham
NE46 1QS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SICKNESS AND SUFFERING OF ALL DISABLED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF CLEVELAND, DURHAM, TYNE AND WEAR, NORTHUMBERLANDAND CUMBRIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF TYNEDALE BY BRINGING SUCH PERSONS INTO CLOSER ASSOCIATION WITH ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE BY PROVIDING, MANAGING AND MAINTAINING A CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CENTRE) FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE SPORTS TO ASSIST IN THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SEE OBJECT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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