Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 7
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

BIRTLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

The Centre provides various activites and services in response to identified need within the local community which has been classed as in the top 10% of neighbourhoods suffering deprivation in Employment ,Health Educational standards With other areas of Birtley classed as within top 20% . Activites directed at Nursery provision, Young People and work with family groups. Work with Adults
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 2 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23*£87£93£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22*£45£106£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£102£66£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£86£64£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£106£87£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£84£79£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£49£60£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£63£63£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£35£48£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£90£94£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£32£30£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£32£31£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£33£28£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£41£35£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£45£45£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£49£47£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£32£35£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£30£34£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£37£37£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£40£51£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 58 years

www.birtleycommunitycentre.co.uk/

AdminManager@BirtleyCommnunityCentre.co.uk

01914102343

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£138,600
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£33,500
National Lottery Community Fund£15,050
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£14,000
DCMS£8,304
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Birtley Community Association
£138,600 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing a range of services advancing education and providing facilities for recreation and leisure in Birtley, Tyne and Wear.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Birtley Community Association
£10,000 12/05/2022
Installing led lighting to community venue in gateshead
National Lottery Community Fund - Reopening Post Covid
£7,500 12/11/2021
The project will use the funding to promote the reopening its centre since the pandemic started while also creating a community garden and coordinating joint community initiatives with local schools. This aims to bring the local community together ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Birtley Community Association
£23,500 13/05/2021
Supporting the charity's core costs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Providing food parcels and meal packs to vulnerable older people and families during the Covid-19 pandemic
£7,000 27/11/2020
Providing food parcels and meal packs to vulnerable older people and families during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing food parcels and meal packs to vulnerable older people and families during the Covid-19 pandemic
£7,000 27/11/2020
providing food parcels and meal packs to vulnerable older people and families during the Covid-19 pandemic
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,304 25/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Lets Keep Safe
£7,550 15/05/2020
7
The funding will be used to support vulnerable families and older people on low incomes to deal with stress and fear around COVID-19. The organisation will provide food parcels activity packs for children and older people online resources a ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Birtley Community Association
£4,191 15/11/2019
We need to install a wheelchair lift to remove any obstacles for the disabled and elderly who come to our community activities and events.
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Steps
£8,992 27/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver twice weekly social afternoons for older people at their Community Centre. They will also provide a young people's group to help improve their training and employment opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Disabled access/Birtley Community Ass.
£8,800 17/05/2018
12
The group will install a wheelchair accessible lift within the café of their community centre. This will enable older people and people with physical disabilities to access the social and recreational activities at the venue, to improve wellbeing ....more
Power to Change - Scarborough & Ryedale Community Cycling CIC
£10,000 18/01/2018
Grant to Scarborough & Ryedale Community Cycling CIC
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Development of social enterprises
£9,100 20/11/2017
Development of social enterprises
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Musical Youth sessions
£4,400 27/09/2016
Towards Musical Youth sessions
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Junior Youth Work sessions
£4,768 01/07/2016
Towards Junior Youth Work sessions
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

  • BRENDA PRICE (Chair) Appointed: 2014
  • CHRISTINE BRADLEY
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/11/1966, number: 520727
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR23: 14 days late, AR22: 161 days late,
Main office

Birtley Community Association
Birtley Community Centre
Ravensworth Road
Chester Le Street
Co Durham
DH3 1EN

Objectives

COMMUNITY CENTRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

BIRTLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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