Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

BS3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 

BS3 Community Development was founded in 1991 to improve the lives of people living in BS3 and the surrounding area. We run two community venues; the Southville Centre and the Chessel Centre.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 34 years

www.bs3community.org.uk

info@bs3community.org.uk

01179231039

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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£2,171£2,155£16£16£1,349£1,1816.69036
31/03/22£2,041£1,937£104£15£1,333£1,1166.96167
31/03/21£2,140£1,635£505£42£1,229£957786191
31/03/20£1,915£1,702£214£19£724£6514.65497
31/03/19£1,622£1,650£-28£16£511£4353.24718
31/03/18£1,434£1,665£-230£17£539£4983.6370
31/03/17£1,231£1,072£159£11£769£4895.5270
31/03/16*£1,079£985£93£0£610£5396.6290
31/03/15£1,015£973£42£10£517£4906280
31/03/14£1,046£920£126£31£475£3774.9280
31/03/13£957£792£165£11£349£3445.2180
31/03/12£770£725£45£12£183£1672.8210
31/03/11£778£641£136£11£138£1212.3180
31/03/10£638£638£0£8£2£-22-0.4170
31/03/09£548£611£-63£8£2£-16-0.3190
31/03/08£530£554£-25£8£64£250.5200
31/03/07£483£508£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£448£426£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£457£477£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£497£489£8£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 90 employees
  • 36 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Power to Change£283,875
Quartet Community Foundation£84,750
DCMS£73,416
National Lottery Community Fund£19,650
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bedminster FOOD Club (FOOD = Food On Our Doorstep)
£10,000 09/06/2023
The funding will be used to continue a food club during the rising cost of living. The project aims to improve the wellbeing of disadvantaged people with practical support and advice.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to BS3 Community Development
£5,000 19/12/2022
For work using surplus food from allotments/donations to offer a supper club/community kitchen offer.
Power to Change - BS3 Community Development (PU)
£8,000 19/12/2022
Grant to BS3 Community Development (PU)
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to BS3 Community Development
£5,000 15/11/2022
To facilitate accessible warm and safe workshops to share info, offer a subsidised meal, free advice and bingo and film nights.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to BS3 Community Development
£24,500 22/09/2022
To support the set up of monthly drop in cost of living sessions, upskilling workshops around food / local resources, and inter-generational community activities.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to BS3 Community Development
£5,000 12/07/2022
A collaboration of Community Anchor Organisations working across the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) region to enable them to shape their joint ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to BS3 Community Development
£250 01/12/2021
As approved by the High Sheriff to provide outdoor painting and art and craft materials to engage local young people in lead up to Christmas.
Power to Change - BS3 Community Development (prev. Southville CDA) (CBF)
£217,375 11/12/2020
Grant to BS3 Community Development (prev. Southville CDA) (CBF)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£73,416 08/07/2020
"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 ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to BS3 Community Development
£5,000 19/05/2020
To bring staff in a community development team out of furlough, and increase capacity to respond to the needs in the community.
Power to Change - C-19 Response - BS3 Community Development (prev. Southville CDA)
£30,000 07/05/2020
Grant to C-19 Response - BS3 Community Development (prev. Southville CDA)
National Lottery Community Fund - BS3 Community Covid-19 Response
£9,650 24/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to scale up support for vulnerable people who are self-isolating through a matching volunteer/social prescribing system to help with groceries collecting prescriptions and ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Bedminster Youth Club
£10,000 12/03/2020
0
Delivering 2 nights youth provision/wk in partnership with Way Our West and The United Reformed Church.
Power to Change - BS3 Community Development (prev. Southville CDA)
£28,500 19/02/2020
7
Grant to BS3 Community Development (prev. Southville CDA)
Quartet Community Foundation - Bedminster Youth Club
£30,000 04/06/2019
36
To develop a new youth club space in Bedminster.
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP3 - Tech & Talk
£5,000 30/05/2018
10
The project will run IT activities for socially isolated older people. The sessions will be supported by younger volunteers from a local sixth form college. The project will take place in local cafes ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Solar panels for the Chessel Centre; environmental improvements to a new community centre for BS3
£10,000 31/10/2017
To install solar panels at the new community centre, the Chessel Centre, based in Southville.
Power to Change - BS3 Community Development (Old name: Southville Community Development Association)
£300,000 21/10/2016
28
Grant to BS3 Community Development (Old name: Southville Community Development Association)
Power to Change - Southville Community Development Association
£300,000 30/09/2016
Funding to contribute to the construction of a new community centre and nursery to allow the centre to run more services and develop new sustainable funding streams.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tech & Talk
£10,000 31/08/2016
12
The group will use the funding to provide IT activities to socially isolated older people. This will help reduce isolation through beneficiaries learning new skills.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Southville Community Development Association
£15,000 04/09/2012
Towards costs associated with developing stronger governance and organisational structures and to reach members of the community most in need.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-60
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/10/1990, number: 1000544
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/09/1990, number: 02542176
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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; AR16: 1 days late, AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

The Southville Centre
Beauley Road
Bristol
BS3 1QG

Objectives

I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS, AND THOSE WORKING IN OR FREQUENTING THE NEIGHBOURHOODS COMPRISING THE POSTAL DISTRICT BS3 (HEREINAFTER CALLED “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATION OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES 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 AND THOSE WORKING IN OR FREQUENTING THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (II) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTRES AND OTHER FACILITIES AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH FACILITIES FOR ACTIVITIES PROPOSED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITY’S CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NEIGHBOURHOODS COMPRISING THE POSTAL DISTRICT BS3

Data Sources

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