Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

CONISTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

1) To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Patchway without discrimination by associating together the inhabitants and local organisations in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities for recreation and leisure-time with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.2) To maintain and manage a Community Centre in furtherance of these objects.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£150	£146	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£151	£145	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21	*	£101	£106	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£115	£119	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£123	£103	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18	*	£111	£98	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£93	£97	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£107	£104	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£106	£97	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£71	£72	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£62	£60	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£72	£72	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£38	£42	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£33	£33	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£33	£39	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£19	£22	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£16	£21	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£30	£22	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£19	£19	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£8	£10	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

www.conistoncommunitycentre.org.uk

info@conistoncommunitycentre.org.uk

0117 9236878

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social clubs and similar

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Coniston Community Association
£9,535	19/09/2023	For building works to improve services to the community and put the community centre on a firm financial footing by creating more rental spaces.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Coniston Community Association
£2,630	21/12/2022	To support the continued running of the watercolourist group that runs from the centre.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Coniston Community Cafe
£1,684	22/10/2022	This project will provide ongoing support to try and end food poverty.
Quartet Community Foundation - Door Guards
£1,400	25/05/2021	To install door guards for the Fire Doors at the community centre.
Quartet Community Foundation - Shelve and Stock
£473	31/03/2021	Safe shelving and storage for Coniston Community Centre.
Quartet Community Foundation - Covid Secure Family Craft Sessions
£2,500	03/11/2020	The running of a covid secure family craft session for the whole of 2021 to aid with mental health and safe socialising in a difficult time. In person & virtual.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Coniston Community Association
£2,687	15/11/2019	We want to freshen up five rooms in our Community Centre to make them more attractive for local, disadvantaged children and families.
Quartet Community Foundation - Implementation of finger guards throughout the Centre
£950	04/06/2019 1	To fit safety guards to the doors of the community centre.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID SULLY Appointed: 2016

EVELYN ISABEL ANN ORPEN Appointed: 2022

KEITH WALKER (Chair) Appointed: 2022

LUCY MARGARET HAMID

WINIFRED MARY WILLIAMS Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/04/1994, number: 1036917

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 158 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 100 days late, AR09: 193 days late, AR07: 8 days late, AR06: 90 days late, AR05: 99 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

MRS LUCY MARGARET HAMID
THE PARADE
CONISTON ROAD
PATCHWAY
BRISTOL
BS34 5LP

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PATCHWAY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS 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. 2) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE PATCHWAY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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