Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE PROSPECTS TRUST

The Prospects Trust is all about the people who come through the gates, and our gates are always open. We provide meaningful work experience sessions on an 18 acre organically certified farm near Reach, Cambridge for adults with learning difficulties, physical disabilities and mental ill health.

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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
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

Established: 29 years

www.prospectstrust.org.uk

enquiries@prospectstrust.org.uk

01638741551

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£759	£750	£9	£16	£410	£372	6	37	25
31/03/22	£707	£612	£95	£12	£410	£351	6.9	37	15
31/03/21	£726	£576	£150	£10	£314	£293	6.1	30	20
31/03/20	£606	£591	£15	£11	£154	£135	2.7	31	10
31/03/19	£449	£455	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18	£404	£420	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£360	£355	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£337	£314	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£292	£277	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£320	£269	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£236	£249	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£209	£224	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£224	£224	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£173	£192	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£234	£202	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£198	£201	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£205	£223	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£234	£189	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£146	£173	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£143	£177	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 14.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

37 employees
25 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

DCMS	£19,994
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Tudor Trust	£1,500
Co-Operative Group	£1,382

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Prospects Trust at Snakehall Farm
£1,382	21/10/2023	We are rewilding a corner of Snakehall Farm, creating a woodland, meadows and nature space for our coworkers and the wider community. We would like to pave the way with accessible footpaths.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Orchard at Prospects Trust
£10,000	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to create a purpose-built potting shed within an eighteen-acre organic care farm in rural Cambridgeshire for people with complex profound or multiple disabilities. The ....more The funding will be used to create a purpose-built potting shed within an eighteen-acre organic care farm in rural Cambridgeshire for people with complex profound or multiple disabilities. The project aims to provide them with access to work based therapeutic horticulture in a calm natural environment where they can learn new skills build friendships and reduce feelings of social isolation.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000	08/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,994	24/08/2020	"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."
Tudor Trust - Grant to Prospects Trust
£1,500	25/03/2020	as a staff grant towards the running costs of an organic care farm in rural Cambridgeshire which offers placements and therapeutic opportunities to people with additional needs
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Prospects Trust
£14,200	13/06/2016	purchase of vehicle for a charity which works with disabled people in Cambridge
National Lottery Community Fund - No ROT at Prospects Trust
£50,000	27/11/2014 12	Not Available

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-71

ANDREW NIGEL FEATHER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

JANE KERSHAW Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Manager

MARGARET EILEEN BENDING Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Supported Housing Officer

MARGARET KERRY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

NAOMI FRANCES ROWE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Assessment Standards Senior Manager

PAUL HAMER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Senior Environmental Consultant

PETER FRETWELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Researcher

RACHEL MARGUERITE COQUARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Hr Director

SUSAN OLDFIELD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/08/1995, number: 1048584
Registered at Companies House on 03/08/1995, number: 03087221

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
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; all on time

Main office

SNAKEHALL FARM
SWAFFHAM ROAD
REACH
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB25 0HZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE VULNERABLE AND WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE, PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES OR MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND RELATED SUBJECTS IN THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP SO THAT SUCH PERSONS CAN DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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