Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

RIPON COMMUNITY LINK COMPANY LIMITED 

Provision of a community-based day service for people with learning disabilities.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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£680£638£43£1£650£64112.12340
31/03/22£780£539£241£1£607£59913.31435
31/03/21£606£514£92£0£366£3578.31335
31/03/20£581£511£70£3£274£2586.12035
31/03/19£598£634£-36£2£205£1943.71435
31/03/18£663£732£-69£0£240£2323.8260
31/03/17£660£605£55£0£310£3076.1230
31/03/16£642£557£85£0£286£2826.1190
31/03/15£649£664£-16£19£200£1983.6180
31/03/14£678£613£66£19£216£2164.2280
31/03/13£613£598£15£18£150£1503280
31/03/12£591£585£7£26£135£1282.6290
31/03/11£666£630£37£124£128£1282.4410
31/03/10£547£579£-32£113£92£811.7410
31/03/09£531£532£-1£87£123£1232.8350
31/03/08£465£475£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£460£454£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£335£338£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£324£332£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£332£312£21£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 12.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 29 years

www.riponwalledgarden.org.uk

admin@riponwalledgarden.org

01765609229

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 40 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
National Lottery Community Fund£254,660
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Rank Foundation£47,185
Two Ridings Community Foundation£14,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Shop and Cafe run by people with learning disabilities; supported by staff
£169,746 31/07/2023
The project will use the funding to employ staff to support members with a learning disabilities while undertaking tasks such as serving customers in the on-site shop and café. This aims to reduce ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Kitchen for cafe led by people with learning disabilities; supported by staff
£9,996 09/06/2023
The funding will be used to equip a newly built kitchen with adequate facilities to provide catering and retail learning opportunities for those with learning and physical disabilities. The project ....more
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant Ripon Community Link 2023 - Full
£25,000 27/04/2023
Ripon Community Link received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover the cost of staff salaries.
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grant Ripon Community Link 2023
£2,185 27/04/2023
Ripon Community Link received a Cost of Living Small Grant to cover the cost of Utilities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Ripon Community Link
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Shears Foundation - Ripon Community Link
£5,000 01/11/2022
Core running costs- Supporting people with disabilities to learn in our garden.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Outside learning space and sensory garden
£3,000 17/05/2022
Funding for material and labour towards the creation of an accessible sensory garden designed to improve the mental health and wellbeing of people with disabilities or neurodiversity.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ripon Community Link
£50,000 25/03/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Ripon Community Link
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS RIPON COMMUNITY LINK 2022
£20,000 23/03/2022
The Golden Award was given to Ripon Community Link to provide education opportunities for people with disabilities
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Ripon Community Link - 16/11/21
£1,500 21/12/2021
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Workshop and woodwork project for adults with learning disability
£9,918 13/08/2021
The project will enable to organisation to provide staffing to expand the current volunteer led activities. They will be able to offer woodwork opportunities to individuals with learning disabilities ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Response
£65,000 19/10/2020
12
Ripon Community Link provides a day care service and work experience opportunities for adults and young people with a learning and/or physical disability. This funding will be used to ensure it is ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid-19
£10,000 17/06/2020
Ripon Community Link support adults and young people with learning disabilities. They have been a donated a Portakabin for extra classroom space to allow sessions to be delivered while observing ....more
CAF - Grant to Ripon Community Link
£4,601 20/04/2020
3
Grant to Ripon Community Link to support the organisation through COVID19
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Ripon Community Link Company Limited
£2,550 20/04/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with people with disabilities in Ripon
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£1,500 08/04/2020
Covid-19. Funding for fuel and equipment for remote working, and for staff costs to support adults with learning difficulties.
National Lottery Community Fund - Inclusive training project for adults with learning disabilities & their ca
£74,219 08/09/2010
60
This project aims to provide a training and support service to people with learning disabilities, and their carer's in North Yorkshire. Training sessions will be outreached to districts within North ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 55-75
  • CAROLYN SANDS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charitable Fundraiser
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/09/1995, number: 1049030
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/05/1995, number: 03062948
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
  • 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: 2 days late, AR06: 367 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Ripon Walled Garden
Palace Road
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 3HN

Objectives

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:1) To promote the relief of adults and young people with a Learning Disability/Difficulty in Ripon and the surrounding areas.2) The provision of facilities for the social education and leisure time occupation of adults and young people with a learning disability/difficulty.3) To promote any other charitable purpose for the benefit of adults and young people with a learning disability/difficulty.

Defined Area of Benefit:

RIPON AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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