Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

COLCHESTER GATEWAY CLUBS

Colchester Gateway Clubs provides social clubs and activities for adults with learning disabilities. Our activities include craft, drama, socialising, drama, music, dance, disco, trips, weekends away. We also provide an advocacy and support service to people with learning disabilities and their families/carers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 was lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 27 years

www.colchestergatewayclubs.org

mhudson@colchestergateway.org.uk

07999278472

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/05/23		£177	£214	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/05/22		£190	£176	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/05/21		£190	£146	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/05/20		£256	£196	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/05/19		£190	£187	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/05/18		£167	£161	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/17		£175	£180	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/16		£157	£155	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/15		£138	£139	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/14		£115	£118	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/13		£97	£88	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/12		£91	£69	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/11		£60	£63	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/10		£52	£69	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/09	*	£62	£53	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/08		£55	£46	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/07		£40	£34	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/06		£37	£36	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/05		£37	£39	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/04	*	£32	£35	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of 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

Essex Community Foundation	£131,861
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,504
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
DCMS	£9,452
Sport England	£5,507

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Colchester Gateway Clubs
£5,000	19/04/2023	to help with the operating costs of a charity supporting adults and young people with a learning disability across North East Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Colchester Gateway Clubs
£2,500	02/02/2023	towards an advocacy and support service for adults with learning disabilities in North East Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - Advocacy and Support
£9,956	11/11/2022	The funding will be used to pay for a Support Worker to support the groups Advocacy and Support Service for people with learning disabilities. The project aims to aid participants independence health ....more The funding will be used to pay for a Support Worker to support the groups Advocacy and Support Service for people with learning disabilities. The project aims to aid participants independence health and wellbeing.
Essex Community Foundation - Jubilee Exhibition
£4,361	23/03/2022	for a photography competition and exhibition working with individuals with learning disabilities to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the organisation’s Silver Jubilee
Sport England - TGC CF Active Women – Round the World Challenge
£5,507	14/10/2021	This project will provide 40 weeks of activity sessions, including walking, exercise & fitness, climbing, archery, for women and girls aged 16+.
National Lottery Community Fund - Colchester Gateway Post-Covid Survival
£9,548	27/05/2021	The funding will be used to reopen social clubs for adults living with learning disabilities. The project aims to rebuild social relationships and confidence in a Covid safe environment.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Colchester Gateway Clubs
£90,000	16/04/2021 36	towards the advocacy team for people with learning disabilities and difficulties and their families in Tendring and Colchester over three years
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,452	03/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Colchester Gateway Clubs
£10,000	30/04/2020	to continue providing a service to their clients in Colchester and Tendring with a learning disability during COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Core costs
£10,000	19/03/2020 11	towards core staff costs to enable support to those with learning disabilities in Tendring and Colchester
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	22/11/2019	Core Running Costs
Essex Community Foundation - Advocacy and Support Project
£10,000	27/09/2019 11	Towards staff costs for an Advocacy and Support project for adults with both learning disabilities and mental health problems across Colchester and Tendring
Essex Community Foundation - Support & Advocacy
£4,500	07/02/2019 11	To increase the hours of a Support and Advocacy Manager supporting adults with learning disabilities
Essex Community Foundation - Gateway Awards Scheme
£3,500	06/09/2018 11	To help meet the costs of physical activities as part of the Gateway Awards Scheme for adults with learning disabilities in Colchester and Tendring
Essex Community Foundation - Support and Advocacy
£2,500	24/11/2017 12	To increase the hours of a Support and Advocacy Manager for adults with learning disabilities

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Gender Split

JORDAN SOUTHGATE Appointed: 2017

MARTIN LEMON Appointed: 2020

SANDRA DAWN HILL

SUSAN JANE CADOGAN Appointed: 2019

VERONICA ELLEN SCRIVEN

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/07/1997, number: 1063731

Gift Aid

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR09: 8 days late, AR04: 7 days late,

Main office

Kingsland
86 London Road
Colchester
Essex
CO3 9DW

Objectives

A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDB) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE COLCHESTER

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