Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

SERVE 

Services to the elderly and disabled.HomecareHealthy LivingBenefits adviceHandyhelp servicesCommunity transportSenior Active projectsMobility Equipment hire and salesAssisted transportHearing AidsVoluntary services
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Established: 29 years

www.serve.org.uk

info@serve.org.uk

01933315555

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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£1,203£1,319£-116£23£751£7446.867182
31/03/22£1,103£1,048£54£17£866£8669.957197
31/03/21£1,551£1,010£540£17£812£8129.659151
31/03/20£990£1,082£-93£13£272£27236287
31/03/19£918£927£-9£14£364£3644.75596
31/03/18£907£878£29£17£374£3745.1550
31/03/17£792£850£-58£16£345£3454.9530
31/03/16£822£814£7£29£402£4025.9570
31/03/15£1,759£1,741£18£5£395£3872.7300
31/03/14£2,350£2,322£27£17£377£3731.9700
31/03/13£1,669£1,646£23£17£349£3212.3480
31/03/12£1,351£1,164£187£16£327£3223.3600
31/03/11£1,169£1,023£146£12£140£1131.3400
31/03/10£897£899£-2£24£14£-49-0.7350
31/03/09£967£981£-14£29£16£-5-0.1350
31/03/08£832£830£2£34£30£80.1450
31/03/07£780£832£-52£31£29£100.1300
31/03/06£824£814£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£608£637£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£584£596£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 6.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 67 employees
  • 182 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£192,258
Wolfson Foundation£40,000
DCMS£31,070
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£25,387
The Clothworkers Foundation£21,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Needs and Aspirations
£9,348 13/01/2023
The funding will provide short respite breaks for informal carers and minibus transport to activity locations at least twice weekly to ensure equitable access. The project aims to improve the quality ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SERVE
£3,177 22/10/2022
We would like to provide transport so more carers can access our wellbeing activities and gain respite from their care roles. We enable them to socialise and reduce their isolation.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Digital Dodgers
£2,931 26/07/2022
Digital Dodgers project offers a group environment to provide support for older people who wish to participate, train and learn some basic IT skills.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - SERVE - 11/05/22
£3,000 20/06/2022
Core Funding
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - respite care
£5,100 14/12/2021
Grant to Serve Rushden
National Lottery Community Fund - SERVEScape
£136,291 29/10/2021
36
The funding will be used by the project over three years to run a community supported gardening project for elderly and vulnerable people across North Northamptonshire. The group will use the ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Stronger Seniors
£2,999 05/10/2021
Stronger Seniors project
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Dodgers
£7,005 29/07/2021
The funding will be used by the group to deliver basic IT skills to older people in a group setting. The project aims to support older people to become more computer literate so they are able to ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - SERVE - 13/04/21
£1,500 21/04/2021
Movement to Music
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Community Wellbeing Resilience
£11,357 18/01/2021
The group's direct crisis service delivery is coordinating and supporting individuals in the community with essential groceries and prescription and hearing aid collection, along with 500 wellbeing ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,000 11/12/2020
7 West Street Rushden refurbishment project
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£31,070 05/10/2020
"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
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Serve
£40,000 11/06/2020
Refurbishment of new premises. Grant converted to unrestricted funding June 2020 in response to Covid-19 pandemic.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,668 29/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Exercise & Fitness
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Wellbeing Resilience
£30,114 15/05/2020
6
The funding will cover core service delivery costs as the project faces increased demand as a result of Covid-19. The project supports older and vulnerable people in East Northamptonshire with ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to SERVE
£4,800 06/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with older people, including those wih disabilities, in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - COVID- 19 Emergency Support
£3,000 30/03/2020
5
Support a wellbeing coordinator post to support the charity's elderly clients in any way required during the crisis, many of whom are sheltering-in-place for 12 weeks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refurbishment of new building
£9,500 27/03/2020
3
The funding will be used to improve the accessibility of a community facility. The project aims to make the building more accommodating for community use.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Serve Therapy Centre
£4,259 15/11/2019
We would like to buy exercise equipment, and pay for a holistic therapist for a new cancer patient support group at our therapy centre.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to SERVE
£16,500 07/11/2019
purchase of a minibus for a charity which works with older people in Northamptonshire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 04/09/2019
WCA Closing Bonus
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 05/06/2018
WCA 2018-2019 winner
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Serve
£10,000 19/03/2014
Here Be Dragons - Myths and Legends in Northamptonshire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/01/1995, number: 1043321
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/07/1994, number: 02951827
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
  • 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; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NENE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION on 05/11/2020
Main office

The Old Auction Rooms
8 West Street
RUSHDEN
Northamptonshire
NN10 0RT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR THE AGED AND DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, IN RUSHDEN AND IN THE COUNTIES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND BEDFORDSHIRE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

RUSHDEN IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND BEDFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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