Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

OAKLEY RURAL DAY CARE CENTRE 

To provide recreational facilities and a social meeting place for the frail elderly.To aid and improve our clients conditions of life.To provide these services for clients in North Bedfofdshire
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:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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
Established: 27 years

www.oakleyruraldaycentre.weebly.com

oakleyruraldaycentre@yahoo.com

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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£51£55£-5n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22£52£51£2n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£43£48£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£78£74£4n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/19£76£72£4n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/18£68£63£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£67£71£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£77£77£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£71£113£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£84£120£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£121£110£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£111£108£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£99£98£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£98£96£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£93£92£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£101£93£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£96£76£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£126£82£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£74£67£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£90£75£15£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Harpur Trust - Bedford Creative Arts
£43,919 08/12/2020
Project Assistant - covid
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,577 13/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/1997, number: 1060283
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BEECROFT BALLOON SOCIETY on 21/06/2021
Main office

33 STATION ROAD
OAKLEY
BEDFORD
MK43 7RB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE RURAL AREAS OF NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITHN THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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