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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND VOLUNTARY FORUM 

    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
    01/04/22£91£199£-109n/an/an/an/an/a23
    01/04/21*£124£75£49n/an/an/an/an/a5
    01/04/20*£80£58£22n/an/an/an/an/a25
    01/04/19£34£34£0n/an/an/an/an/a20
    01/04/18£47£38£9£0£0£0n/a020
    01/04/17£31£36£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£32£33£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£30£34£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£42£41£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£33£36£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£32£33£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£34£37£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£32£38£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£35£35£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£29£39£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£29£37£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£31£38£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£30£36£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£27£32£-5£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 28 years
    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    Where it operates
    • Northumberland,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 23 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£17,294
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£12,780
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to North Northumberland Voluntary Forum
    £2,780 08/07/2021
    Providing musical opportunities for people with dementia living in Berwick
    National Lottery Community Fund - Without Limits
    £7,300 19/01/2021
    11
    The funding will be used to provide a weekly peer-led support group for people (aged 35-65) with a long-term illness and/or disability including Stroke Parkinson’s and early onset Dementia. The ....more
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - a volunteer brokerage project in North Northumberland
    £5,000 10/12/2020
    a volunteer brokerage project in North Northumberland
    National Lottery Community Fund - NNVF Care and support
    £9,994 22/05/2020
    4
    This project will provide support based on needs of the community such as; food medication financial issues support with mental health and wellbeing loneliness and domestic issues. It will act as a ....more
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Volunteer brokerage in North Northumberland plus core funding
    £10,000 08/10/2019
    Volunteer brokerage in North Northumberland plus core funding
    National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Us
    £91,820 27/03/2019
    36
    This funding is for a project aimed at tackling isolation and strengthening ties in rural communities that have poor transport and communication networks. A home visiting service, telephone helpline, ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - refresh and improve Centre for allcomers
    £7,500 21/03/2019
    12
    The funding provided will be used to purchase upgraded furniture for the community centre, as well as a laptop and wireless network for community use.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/11/1996, number: 1059044
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; AR21: 8 days late, AR20: 42 days late, AR16: 2 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    The Charity’s objects (‘the objects’) area. To establish and maintain a dedicated centre (‘the Centre’) for charitable organisations within the Parishes of:Adderstone with LuckerAncroftBamburghBeadnellBelford with MiddletonBerwickBowsdenBranxtonCarhamCheviotsideCornhill on TweedDoddingtonDuddoEllinghamEwart/AkeldFordHoly IslandHorncliffeIngramKirknewtonKyloeLowickMillfieldNorhamNorth SunderlandOrdShoreswoodTillsideWooler(All Parishes contained within the former Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed)offering a central location for individuals within the area of benefit and its immediate vicinity to seek assistance from those organisations.b. To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community within the area of benefit and, in particular, the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of disability, poverty, distress and sickness.c. To promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of the above purposes and to that end to bring together representatives of the voluntary organisations and statutory authorities within the area of benefit.The Charity is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunities in respect of all its activities.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF BERWICK-UPON-TWEED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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