Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

MIDSOMER NORTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

The Community Association is a representative body looking after the interests of all the people in Midsomer Norton and the surrounding parishes, liaising with stakeholders from the public, private and "not for profit" sectors. The Association is also responsible for The Somer Centre (a community building) enabling individuals to: socialise; learn and enhance skills; and, develop friendships.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 28 years

01761410218

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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£22£32£-10n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22£70£29£41n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£32£28£4n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20£32£30£2n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19*£34£29£5n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18*£30£31£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£32£32£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£25£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£24£24£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£25£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£22£24£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£21£26£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£25£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£32£28£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£22£20£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£23£21£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£24£20£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£19£21£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£20£17£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£16£16£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/06/1996, number: 1056145
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 19 days late, AR18: 20 days late, AR17: 381 days late, AR10: 31 days late, AR05: 57 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

1 ST. CHARLES CLOSE
MIDSOMER NORTON
RADSTOCK
BA3 2XA

Objectives

A) PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MIDSOMER NORTON IN THE COUNTY OF BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE PARISH OF MIDSOMER NORTON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX SEXUAL ORIENTATION RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS B) ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE THE PARISH OF MIDSOMER NORTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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