Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +7

CENTRE 81 LIMITED 

Skills & Activities Centre for adults with physical & other disabilities & complex health/social issues - To promote self confidence, abilities & independence. - To share our knowledge/skills/benefits of person centred work - To work with & within the wider community. - Raise awareness & funds. To operate a fully accessible Community Transport service for the wider community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
Established: 29 years

www.centre81.co.uk

reception@centre81.com

01493852573

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£987£882£106£10£1,525£1,48720.2496
31/03/22£1,509£740£768£0£1,419£1,09217.7406
31/03/21£980£664£316£10£651£58910.64116
31/03/20£758£768£-10£12£335£3295.14916
31/03/19£760£753£7£12£345£3315.34616
31/03/18£674£691£-17£10£338£2694.7420
31/03/17£685£718£-33£11£356£2975420
31/03/16£678£721£-43£22£389£3535.9410
31/03/15£780£690£90£12£431£4317.5300
31/03/14£659£680£-20£12£350£3506.2300
31/03/13£575£590£-15£27£370£3707.5230
31/03/12£553£584£-31£10£385£3857.9280
31/03/11£498£519£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£477£455£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£352£363£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£284£285£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£203£190£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£254£261£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£267£227£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£215£225£-10£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 44%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 20.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 49 employees
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Norfolk, Suffolk,

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£260,000
DCMS£100,000
Department for Transport£9,329
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Centre 81 Moving Premises
£250,000 14/03/2022
The project is using funding to support the renovation of a new premise in Great so they can continue providing a range of person-centred services for disabled people and support for family carers. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Centre 81
£10,000 25/03/2021
10
The funding will be used to purchase new equipment to support the group's delivery of activities and care for adults living with physical and learning disabilities The project aims to enhance ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 03/07/2020
"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
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£9,329 01/04/2020
The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - New Community Bus Service Minibus
£10,000 23/08/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to go towards the purchase of a new community minibus to provide transport to vulnerable people and to provide access to important services and activities.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Centre 81
£20,000 14/06/2018
Minibus
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Centre 81
£15,000 17/10/2017
Minibus for a charity which works with disabled people in Great Yarmouth
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 14/09/2017
Core Costs for Skills/Activity Centre and Community Bus Service for people with disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - New Centre 81 Feasibility Study
£10,000 04/03/2015
12
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-76
  • JOHN BURTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/1995, number: 1045514
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/02/1995, number: 03027092
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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; AR07: 119 days late,
Main office

Yare House
Morton Peto Road
Great Yarmouth
NR31 0LT

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL, SENSORY OR OTHER DISABILITIES IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A CENTRE FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE GREAT YARMOUTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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