Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -5
Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -8

NECA

We actively promote the prevention, recognition and treatment associated to use and misuse of substances including alcohol, drugs and gambling. We advance Education, promote Social Inclusion and Community Capacity and provide relief from disadvantage, preserving and protecting Health and Wellbeing.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £7,497,713 available, equivalent to 69 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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		£1,202	£1,298	£-95	£0	£7,600	£7,498	69.3	32	14
31/03/22		£1,148	£1,249	£-101	£0	£7,695	£7,618	73.2	32	7
31/03/21		£1,575	£1,622	£-47	£0	£6,184	£6,075	44.9	46	7
31/03/20		£2,450	£2,415	£35	£37	£6,231	£6,174	30.7	63	13
31/03/19		£2,786	£2,781	£5	£154	£6,195	£6,191	26.7	78	12
31/03/18		£4,534	£4,194	£340	£350	£6,190	£6,190	17.7	113	0
31/03/17		£4,833	£4,481	£352	£560	£5,851	£5,851	15.7	118	0
31/03/16		£5,326	£5,206	£120	£531	£5,498	£5,498	12.7	135	0
31/03/15		£8,582	£8,331	£251	£76	£5,379	£5,379	7.7	272	0
31/03/14		£9,235	£8,918	£317	£80	£5,127	£5,127	6.9	305	0
31/03/13		£10,197	£9,544	£653	£113	£4,811	£4,811	6	325	0
31/03/12		£799	£444	£355	£592	£4,157	£3,941	106.5	315	0
31/03/11		£950	£499	£451	£376	£3,802	£3,572	85.9	252	0
31/03/10		£713	£165	£548	£309	£3,351	£2,702	196.7	240	0
31/03/09		£622	£97	£526	£190	£2,803	£2,578	320.3	199	0
31/03/08		£625	£192	£433	£143	£2,278	£2,052	128.5	189	0
31/03/07		£700	£471	£229	£126	£1,844	£1,596	40.6	196	0
31/03/06		£663	£353	£310	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£919	£962	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,142	£913	£228	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 35%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 69.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 3.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 39 years

www.neca.co.uk

01914146446

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Durham, Gateshead, Leeds City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

32 employees
14 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 - NECA Community Garden
£117,252	29/03/2023	The funding will be used to develop a community garden in South Shields. The project will facilitate community cohesion through events groups and activities to improve health wellbeing inclusion and ....more The funding will be used to develop a community garden in South Shields. The project will facilitate community cohesion through events groups and activities to improve health wellbeing inclusion and to reduce isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Caterpillar Kitchen
£10,000	15/07/2022	The funding will be used to build a Caterpillar Kitchen. The project aims to deliver a family seed-to-table programme supporting learning in growing harvesting preparing and cooking grown food ....more The funding will be used to build a Caterpillar Kitchen. The project aims to deliver a family seed-to-table programme supporting learning in growing harvesting preparing and cooking grown food understanding nutrition and healthy eating.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Garden
£97,925	17/12/2019 36	The funding will provide a series of activities and events for people and their families to come together and enjoy at their community garden, such as open day, barbecues and markets. The aim is to ....more The funding will provide a series of activities and events for people and their families to come together and enjoy at their community garden, such as open day, barbecues and markets. The aim is to promote community cohesion and improve wellbeing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 72-77

BARRY NEIL SPEKER OBE DL, Other trusteeships: Cultura Trust, THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION LIMITED, NORTH EAST JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES, TYNE THEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST,

DR PETER BRIAN MOORE, Occupation: Psychiatrist

NORMAN RICHARDSON (Chair) Appointed: 1992, Occupation: Self Employed

RONALD IAN WATSON Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/06/1985, number: 516516
Registered at Companies House on 27/06/1984, number: 01828287

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

NECA HEADQUARTERS
DERWENT POINT
CLASPER WAY
SWALWELL
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE16 3BE

Objectives

3. The objects for which the company is established is;(i) to promote the prevention, recognition and treatment of problems related to, in particular but not exclusively, the use of alcohol, drugs, related substances, and gambling. (ii) to advance Education, promote Social Inclusion and Community Capacity, and provide relief from disadvantage, preserving and protecting Health and Wellbeing by providing free accessible services across the North of England.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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