Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 16

COMMUNITY ACTION SUTTON

Supporting and resourcing the voluntary and community sector in Sutton, Surrey.

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
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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 age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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		£1,909	£1,950	£-42	£13	£1,847	£433	2.7	14	4
31/03/22		£865	£837	£28	£10	£1,888	£425	6.1	12	8
31/03/21		£884	£1,039	£-155	£8	£1,860	£393	4.5	12	8
31/03/20		£2,025	£645	£1,380	£8	£2,016	£424	7.9	13	8
31/03/19		£637	£636	£1	£7	£635	£464	8.8	11	8
31/03/18		£855	£806	£49	£9	£653	£516	7.7	10	0
31/03/17		£674	£755	£-81	£6	£604	£475	7.6	9	0
31/03/16		£694	£592	£102	£6	£684	£453	9.2	8	0
31/03/15		£629	£596	£33	£18	£582	£442	8.9	10	0
31/03/14		£711	£767	£-56	£93	£550	£465	7.3	16	0
31/03/13		£957	£979	£-22	£18	£605	£450	5.5	18	0
31/03/12		£653	£628	£24	£18	£627	£440	8.4	15	0
31/03/11		£943	£942	£1	£20	£602	£437	5.6	28	0
31/03/10		£1,030	£935	£95	£198	£601	£401	5.2	15	0
31/03/09		£789	£809	£-20	£178	£506	£290	4.3	12	0
31/03/08		£967	£1,152	£-185	£198	£526	£154	1.6	13	0
31/03/07	*	£1,366	£1,312	£55	£216	£711	£150	1.4	13	0
31/03/06		£1,135	£950	£185	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£1,269	£1,201	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£979	£870	£109	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 23%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 357.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 27 years

www.suttoncvs.org.uk

dunstanette@suttoncvs.org.uk

02086442867

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

14 employees
4 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	£100,000
City Bridge Trust	£40,324
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime	£17,880
Greater London Authority	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Safer Neighbourhood Boards Contribution
£17,880	01/10/2022	Sutton Safer Neighbourhood Board
Greater London Authority - Grant to Hill House Community Garden
£10,000	18/06/2021	Transform an outdoor space into an urban community garden to bring people together and provide the opportunity to grow their own food, make new friends, improve their wellbeing and mental health.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Action Sutton
£40,324	11/09/2020	towards the costs of a project to improve the infrastructure of local BAME communities in LB Sutton, as outlined in your application
National Lottery Community Fund - Sutton Giving – The National Lottery Community Fund Application
£100,000	11/08/2020 11	Community Action Sutton is the local CVS for Sutton and has been in existence for 50+ years. The organisation aims to promote equality diversity and positive change for communities in the borough. ....more Community Action Sutton is the local CVS for Sutton and has been in existence for 50+ years. The organisation aims to promote equality diversity and positive change for communities in the borough. Funding will go towards a range of services targeting a range of community groups.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Hill House St. Helier Community Centre (Part of Community Action Sutton)
£8,000	08/07/2020	Is to enable us a centre to meet the immediate needs of our local communities, from food and essentials, and cleaning products short-term staff costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-69

AMIE STACE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager

LOUISE KELLY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager

BOB HARRISON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Services Director

DAVID HOBDAY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive

JENNY SIMS (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Deputy Principal

LAWRENCE IMRIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

POLLY PERESCHINO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager

VANESSA MCCAIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/06/1997, number: 1063129
Registered at Companies House on 20/03/1997, number: 03336660

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

30/03/2020 - Asset transfer in from SUTTON AND MERTON CCGS CHARITABLE FUNDS
14/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from ST HELIER AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
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: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SUTTON AND MERTON CCGS CHARITABLE FUNDS on 30/03/2020
Asset transfer in from ST HELIER AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION on 14/03/2023

Main office

SCVS
GRANFERS COMMUNITY CENTRE
73-79 OAKHILL ROAD
SUTTON
SM1 3AA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. 4(2) TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 4(3) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE 4: (A) “THIRD SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES. (B) “CHARITIES” ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. (C) “VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES” ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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