Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 8
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Good reserves management: +3
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +8

ROCKINGHAM FOREST TRUST 

Management of Stanwick Lakes Country Park in Northamptonshire, a social enterprise, and SSSI siteEducational and heritage programmes for schools and communities linked with our environmental conservation and heritage work.Health and well-being activities which reach out to those at disadvantage who most benefit from contact with the natural world
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 28 years

www.rockingham-forest-trust.org.uk

info@rftrust.org.uk

01933625527

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£1,121£1,344£-223£855£2,971£3773.43638
31/03/22£1,331£1,244£87£555£3,193£8448.12220
31/03/21£967£796£171£518£2,983£4366.62610
31/03/20£1,179£1,141£38£0£2,869£38443520
31/03/19£1,166£1,119£47£832£2,744£3403.64420
31/03/18£1,099£1,183£-84£810£2,742£3984490
31/03/17£1,230£1,046£184£749£2,813£4114.7400
31/03/16*£1,003£1,063£-60£740£2,601£1982.2400
31/03/15£997£996£1£645£2,572£991.2490
31/03/14£850£896£-46£7£2,646£1512200
31/03/13*£795£941£-146£7£2,756£2302.9300
31/03/12£888£905£-17£10£2,922£3264.390
31/03/11£1,115£821£293£10£2,956£3264.8190
31/03/10£884£778£106£9£2,553£1251.990
31/03/09£2,445£550£1,896£11£2,570£1703.790
31/03/08£950£493£458£10£658£1192.970
31/03/07£774£682£92£36£201£771.480
31/03/06£1,617£1,538£80£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,011£1,062£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£429£412£18£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2222.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 63.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 13%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 36 employees
  • 38 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • 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 Heritage Fund£341,000
DCMS£64,200
National Lottery Community Fund£9,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rockingham Forest Trust
£43,000 02/08/2023
Organisational Resilience Plan
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rockingham Forest Trust
£250,000 09/03/2022
Nene Valley 5000: Growing through History
DCMS - GRCF2020 "Natureworks" - improving site biodiversity, resilience and public engagement
£64,200 11/11/2020
Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2020-21. The wider aim of the scheme is: The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rockingham Forest Trust
£48,000 19/08/2020
COVID19 Rockingham Forest Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - A new treehouse for our water play area
£9,800 05/09/2019
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The funding will be used to create an outdoor environmental themed adventure play area. This will enable children and families from the local and surrounding areas access to a safe community facility.
Sport England - Infrastructure and equipment for multi-sport activity offer
£40,000 28/11/2017
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Infrastructure and equipment for multi-sport activity offer'. This project lists its main activity ....more
Sport England - Infrastructure and equipment for multi-sport activity offer
£40,000 28/11/2017
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Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Infrastructure and equipment for multi-sport activity offer. This project lists its main activity as ....more
DCMS - ALB-Infrastructure and equipment for multi-sport activity offer
£40,000 28/11/2017
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Dulverton Trust - Habitat improvement for over-wintering birds
£13,700 08/06/2016
Habitat improvement for over-wintering birds
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rockingham Forest Trust
£27,250 21/07/2014
Towards developing new income streams in order to address environmental needs and social disadvantage.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/10/1995, number: 1050157
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/1995, number: 03114783
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Stanwick Lakes
Stanwick
Wellingborough
NN9 6GY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION,PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ANYWHERE IN THE ROCKINGHAM FOREST AREA. (2) TO ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR APPROPRIATE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION-COMMENSURATE WITH CONSERVING THE FOREST ENVIRONMENT - WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING IN OR WORKING IN OR RESORTING TO ROCKINGHAM FOREST. (3) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HERITAGE MATTERS IN THE ROCKINGHAM FOREST AND OF THE WAYS OF CONSERVING,PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ROCKINGHAM FOREST

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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