Finance Score: -15

Governance Score: -15

Support Score: 8

Accounts overdue -5
Dormant: -10
No PartB

Submission defaults: -10
No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -22

TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE (NORTHAMPTON)

Provides meaningful volunteering opportunities for disabled volunteers, by providing workshop facilities, enabling volunteers to refurbish hand tools donated by the public. These are then donated to other charitable organisations working to relieve poverty within the UK and under-developed areas of the world.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 have been multiple defaults for filing returns
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
This charity appears to be dormant

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
31/03/19		£75	£75	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	105
31/03/18		£70	£76	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	74
31/03/17		£88	£74	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	82
31/03/16		£82	£75	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	342
31/03/15		£102	£68	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	60
31/03/14		£65	£59	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£39	£41	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£59	£53	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£67	£57	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£43	£42	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£39	£37	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£45	£43	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£37	£36	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£29	£27	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£31	£39	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£42	£45	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

TFSRNORTHAMPTON1@GMAIL.COM

07855607363

Charity Commission for England and Wales

This Charity appears to be dormant

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
105 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	£5,453
Northamptonshire Community Foundation	£5,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Continue existing work
£5,000	07/01/2021	To provide meaningful volunteering opportunities for adults who are disabled or disadvantaged in some way
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	29/05/2020	TFSR - Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Vital Replacement PCs
£5,453	10/02/2020 2	The funding will be used to pay for computer equipment and training to support people with disabilities. The project aims to build capacity for the group to improve the way they deliver their ....more The funding will be used to pay for computer equipment and training to support people with disabilities. The project aims to build capacity for the group to improve the way they deliver their services to the community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	11/10/2018	Core Costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Tools for Self-Reliance (Northampton)
£13,500	26/04/2013	the charity provides a workshop skills for individuals with disabilities across Northamptonshire. The grant will support the salary of the manager to help 70 people gain new skills, improve self ....more the charity provides a workshop skills for individuals with disabilities across Northamptonshire. The grant will support the salary of the manager to help 70 people gain new skills, improve self esteem and confidence and provide purposeful activity

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BECKIE GOODRIDGE Appointed: 2019

JEAN MARY DUNN Appointed: 2018

MARILYN ANNE ARNOLD (Chair) Appointed: 2012

MICHAEL JAMES KENNETH HAYES Appointed: 2012

MRS PAM KNOWLTON Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/06/1997, number: 1062719

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR07: 125 days late, AR06: 112 days late, AR05: 164 days late, AR04: 299 days late,

Main office

TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE NORTHAMPTON
UNIT 4
STATION WORKS
STATION ROAD
LONG BUCKBY NORTHAMPTON
NN6 7PF

Objectives

1)TO WORK WITH ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, LEARNING DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM OR WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES REFURBISHING TOOLS FOR DONATION TO OTHER CHARITIES;2)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN UNDERDEVELOPED OR DISEMPOWERED AREAS OF THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BY THE DONATION OF REFURBISHED TOOLS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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