Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE GAUTBY ROAD PLAY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE JOINT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 

Gautby Road Joint Management Committee exists to to provide diverse, inclusive opportunities and activities for the residents of Bidston and Birkenhead North to improve local qualtity of life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 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
Established: 27 years

www.gautbyroad.co.uk

melissa@gautbyroad.co.uk

01516525645

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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£349£357£-8n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£276£286£-10n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/21£372£302£70n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20*£151£127£23n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£83£99£-16n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£83£71£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£52£64£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£44£38£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£28£36£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£39£60£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£41£23£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£57£48£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£54£85£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£103£72£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£49£65£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£53£60£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£57£90£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£70£61£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£70£62£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£55£41£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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£64,150
John Moores Foundation£30,000
Sport England£9,995
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£1,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Birkenhead North - October Half Term
£1,750 10/10/2022
To hold a week of activities for at risk youth during the October half term to discourage antisocial behaviour. To host a "Halloween Scare Fest" on the 19th of the month and provide free ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Gautby Road
£64,150 17/09/2021
Gautby Road aim to build a strong relationship with their community by providing a range of activities to support the community. Funding will go towards staff costs that will enable the organisation ....more
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Gautby Road Play, Youth & Community Centre
£20,000 04/02/2020
Towards the salary of the Youth and Community Co-ordinator
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Gautby Road Play & Community Centre
£10,000 23/09/2019
Towards the salary of the Youth and Community Worker
Sport England - Gladiators
£9,995 25/06/2019
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Gladiators . This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing Media North
£9,884 01/11/2018
12
The group will add a digital media suite to establish a programme of events and courses for young people and adults who access the centre. They hope to use these activities to improve the range of ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/02/1997, number: 1060958
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
  • 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; AR20: 7 days late, AR17: 30 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 368 days late, AR04: 32 days late,
Main office

GAUTBY ROAD PLAY AND COMMUNITY
CENTRE
GAUTBY ROAD
BIDSTON
BIRKENHEAD
CH41 7DS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRKENHEAD NORTH WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEXOR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND INHABITANTS 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. TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BIRKENHEAD NORTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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