Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

HALESWORTH VOLUNTEER CENTRE

TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE CLASSES IN NEED THEREOF.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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
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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 33 years

http://www.halesworthvc.co.uk

EMMA.HEALEY@HALESWORTHVC.CO.UK

01986875600

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£64	£111	£-47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	84
31/03/22	£66	£88	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	93
31/03/21	£106	£73	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	104
31/03/20	£67	£87	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	92
31/03/19	£71	£83	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	74
31/03/18	£78	£79	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£84	£87	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£64	£85	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£66	£73	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£64	£67	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£112	£100	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£143	£128	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£104	£96	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£99	£90	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£97	£88	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£98	£82	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£63	£62	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£43	£41	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£42	£39	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£40	£40	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
84 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

Suffolk Community Foundation	£23,184
DCMS	£9,215
National Lottery Community Fund	£4,997
Co-Operative Group	£1,009

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Halesworth Volunteers
£1,009	21/10/2023	We are seeking funding to ensure our community larder can be full of fresh fruit and vegetables, plus household supplies. Nobody should have to choose between heating and eating.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£600	19/12/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Halesworth Community Larder Open for Everyone
£4,997	08/09/2021	The funding is being used to build a community kitchen where people can cook together eat together and share food together. The project aims to help people eat more healthily to improve people's ....more The funding is being used to build a community kitchen where people can cook together eat together and share food together. The project aims to help people eat more healthily to improve people's diets as well as improve their mental health and well-being.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Enjoying Food Together
£1,848	15/04/2021	Supporting the "Enjoying Food Together" Project.
Suffolk Community Foundation - You may not know you need us yet...but we're here.
£1,000	12/03/2021	Supporting the local community during Covid.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Let's get talking.
£3,101	05/03/2021 9	To support Let's Get Talking, a befriending programme for those in the Waveney area.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Let's get talking.
£5,000	18/02/2021 9	To support Let's Get Talking, a befriending programme for those in the Waveney area.
Suffolk Community Foundation - To support those in the Beccles and Bungay area due to Covid.
£2,500	01/02/2021 1	To support local residents in Beccles and Bungay due to Covid and the flooding.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Reach out
£4,735	10/11/2020 11	To support the Reach Out programme - to enable Halesworth Volunteer Centre (HVC) to reach out to older people in Bungay and in the isolated rural communities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,215	30/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Suffolk Community Foundation - HVC Covid Response. Making Kindness Count.
£5,000	29/06/2020 6	To fund the Covid 19 community response service run by Halesworth Volunteer Centre.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Project P
£3,240	22/01/2019 11	Towards Project P - a new project focusing on supporting people who have become isolated from their communities because of their mental health and wellbeing.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Isolation Busters
£5,000	30/05/2018 11	In recognition of the Isolation Busters project supporting those that are lonely and vulnerable in the community.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Halesworth Volunteer Centre
£4,713	29/11/2017 12	To introduce a robust system for measuring HVC's impact, so that they can better understand how their services deliver positive change for their service users
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Halesworth Volunteer Centre
£2,000	13/06/2013	towards one year's core costs of a centre supporting elderly and isolated people in Suffolk

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLARE LUDWIG

CHRISTOPHER POCHIN WARNER Appointed: 2018

DAVID IAN WOLLWEBER Appointed: 2022

GARETH ERIC INGRAM Appointed: 2022

KAREN JANE SPENCE-THOMAS Appointed: 2022

RICHARD IRVING AUSTIN Appointed: 2016

STEVE CHADWICK Appointed: 2020

KAREN AUSTIN (Chair), Other trusteeships: THE UNAPPROPRIATED ESTATE CHARITY, HALESWORTH UNITED CHARITIES,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/02/1991, number: 1001776

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Halesworth Volunteer Centre
London Road
Halesworth
Suffolk
IP19 8LW

Objectives

TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELLBEING, RURAL ISOLATION AND DEPRIVATION AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE CLASSES IN NEED THEREOF.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HALESWORTH & DISTRICT

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