Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

SKERTON (LANCASTER) COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

The community centre is a facility for people of all ages offering a wide range of services and activities to the both the local community and surrounding areas. We work in partnership with other voluntary groups with an aim to improving peoples lives through access to leisure, community groups, education, support into employment and youth provision.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/04/23		£105	£112	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/04/22		£122	£93	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/04/21		£76	£73	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/20		£104	£83	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/19		£90	£85	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/04/18		£147	£152	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£69	£65	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16		£70	£70	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15		£59	£59	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14		£61	£63	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13		£76	£71	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12		£101	£74	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11		£36	£35	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10		£67	£72	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09		£74	£67	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08		£66	£65	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/07	*	£50	£62	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/06		£87	£81	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/05		£45	£47	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/04		£52	£38	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

skertoncommunitycentre.co.uk

skertoncc@aol.com

01524380818

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social clubs and similar

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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	£12,900
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	£7,360
The Foyle Foundation	£4,500
The Clothworkers Foundation	£3,800
Allen Lane Foundation	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Skerton Community Association
£7,360	21/02/2023	50% of the salary and running costs for a community centre in Skerton, Lancaster._x000D_
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Skerton Seniors
£9,900	10/02/2023	The funding will be used to run a series of social support groups and activities for older people in the local area with the aim of promoting positive mental and physical wellbeing and combatting ....more The funding will be used to run a series of social support groups and activities for older people in the local area with the aim of promoting positive mental and physical wellbeing and combatting loneliness social isolation depression and anxiety.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Youth Group Trip
£631	29/07/2022	The funding will be used to allow the group to take young people to Blackpool Zoo.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Skerton Community Association
£2,000	04/03/2022	£2,000 single grant towards the Skerton Senior Project in a part of Lancaster.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Skerton Community Association
£3,800	27/01/2022	refurbishment of building for a charity supporting older people in Lancashire
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,500	08/07/2021	towards the salary of a food/project worker over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Skerton takeaway to come together
£3,000	12/03/2021 3	The funding will be used to provide a hot healthy takeaway meal service from the centre during Covid 19. The project aims to feed families suffering food poverty a lunchtime meal with the ....more The funding will be used to provide a hot healthy takeaway meal service from the centre during Covid 19. The project aims to feed families suffering food poverty a lunchtime meal with the opportunity to discuss any additional support needs if required.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	20/03/2020	Skerton Community Centre - A hub for the community
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Skerton Community Association
£3,607	04/08/2017	A mural will give the community centre and those that use it an identity to be proud of with a part of everyone displayed in the design.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	29/06/2017	Skerton Healthy Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - Skerton Healthy Lives
£215,218	10/08/2016 36	This is the development and continuation of a project that aims offer a range of activities to the local community to help tackle social isolation and encourage further community cohesion. The group ....more This is the development and continuation of a project that aims offer a range of activities to the local community to help tackle social isolation and encourage further community cohesion. The group will extend and convert the centreâ€™s garage into a usable space and will offer more activities, such as crafts and healthy cooking sessions, and volunteering opportunities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Skerton Community Association
£60,000	13/01/2014 36	towards three years continuation funding towards the running costs of a community centre in a deprived area of Lancaster
National Lottery Community Fund - Skerton Community Garden Extension
£10,000	04/10/2012 12	This is a project by a registered charity in Skerton, Lancaster. The organisation will use the funding to extend the size of their community garden, creating raised beds and fruit tree area whilst ....more This is a project by a registered charity in Skerton, Lancaster. The organisation will use the funding to extend the size of their community garden, creating raised beds and fruit tree area whilst also running training sessions on growing and gardening skills. This will enable them to enlarge the gardens capacity increasing community use and access and developing people skills. _x000B__x000B_ Fencing, labour, temporary security, raised beds, border, growing expert, plants and seeds, launch event and publicity. _x000B_

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ELAINE CORLESS

HELEN LOUISE PRADY Appointed: 2018

JENNIE STAVERT Appointed: 2022

JOANNE RAWLINSON Appointed: 2022

JEFFREY COLIN BRANNON Appointed: 2015

MICHAEL SPENCE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/10/1996, number: 1058920

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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; AR07: 46 days late,

Main office

SKERTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
KING GEORGES FIELD
SLYNE ROAD
LANCASTER
LA1 2JH

Objectives

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 INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.TO ESTABLISH,MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A COMMUNITY CENTRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

SKERTON AREA

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