Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

WIGAN CHILD CONTACT CENTRE 

The Child Contact Centre, which is run by volunteers, provides a friendly, safe, comfortable, neutral venue where children can meet family they don't live with and enjoy time together with them.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/12/22£0£2£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£4£1£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£3£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£4£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£3£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£2£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£7£2£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£4£3£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.wigancontactcentre.org.uk

admin@wigancontactcentre.org.uk

07768955938

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for families & carers
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£1,500 01/04/2021
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805 01/04/2019
Provide support for contact centres

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/08/1996, number: 1057671
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

WIGAN CHILD CONTACT CENTRE
FAMILY SUPPORT CENTRE
KILDARE ST
HINDLEY
WIGAN
WN2 3HY

Objectives

TO ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE DISTRICT OF WIGAN CAUSED BY THE BREAK-UP OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF SUCH CHILDREN BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A CENTRE AND FACILITIES WHEREBY SUCH CHILDREN CAN MORE READILY ENJOY THE COMPANY AND LOVE OF THEIR NON-RESIDUAL PARENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

DISTRICT OF WIGAN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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