Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

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

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 17

THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR SOMERSET

Our vision is for vibrant and viable communities with healthy, happy people and strong, sustainable businesses, the perfect place to live and work . We do this through our aims of strengthening communities, innovation and encourage enterprise, supporting and serving people and tackling disadvantage

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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 26 years

www.somersetrcc.org.uk

info@somersetrcc.org.uk

01823331222

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£3,097	£3,205	£-109	£39	£1,171	£626	2.3	96	0
31/03/22	£2,584	£2,491	£92	£21	£1,284	£527	2.5	87	0
31/03/21	£2,341	£2,286	£54	£0	£1,197	£514	2.7	78	2
31/03/20	£2,016	£1,990	£25	£11	£1,144	£403	2.4	67	4
31/03/19	£1,690	£1,386	£304	£0	£1,118	£318	2.8	53	10
31/03/18	£1,225	£948	£278	£0	£814	£229	2.9	37	0
31/03/17	£727	£560	£167	£0	£539	£184	4	28	0
31/03/16	£522	£456	£66	£1	£369	£163	4.3	25	0
31/03/15	£399	£429	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£362	£384	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£324	£327	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£237	£380	£-142	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£398	£437	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£454	£465	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£573	£585	£-12	£102	£496	£230	4.7	11	0
31/03/08	£625	£549	£76	£106	£508	£219	4.8	14	0
31/03/07	£653	£633	£20	£83	£432	£191	3.6	13	0
31/03/06	£724	£714	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£548	£548	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£443	£374	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

96 employees

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
Somerset Community Foundation - Providing direct financial support to help older people stay warm over the winter
£51,500	27/10/2022	Grant to Community Council for Somerset
National Lottery Community Fund - Somerset Diverse Communities Together
£9,951	29/09/2022	The organisation will plan and deliver events training opportunities cultural days webinars and podcasts for local community groups supporting people from BAME communities. They aim to improve ....more The organisation will plan and deliver events training opportunities cultural days webinars and podcasts for local community groups supporting people from BAME communities. They aim to improve services resources training volunteering opportunities and engagement for BAME and migrant communities and individuals to improve community cohesion integration and resilience.
Somerset Community Foundation - Surviving Winter - small grants to help older people stay warm this winter
£66,000	29/10/2021	Surviving Winter - small grants to help older people stay warm this winter
Somerset Community Foundation - Somerset Diverse Communities
£100,000	05/08/2021	A project providing support for ethnically diverse communities in Somerset through two dedicated members of staff
Somerset Community Foundation - Increasing the participation of BAME young people in youth activities in Somerset
£10,000	12/02/2021 8	Grant to Community Council for Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation - Surviving Winter 2020/21
£80,560	21/12/2020 2	Small grants to help older people stay warm in winter
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Infrastructure support for BAME community groups
£9,934	26/10/2020 4	Grant to Community Council for Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Remote support for BAME communities
£7,700	07/05/2020 2	Remote support for BAME communities during coronavirus
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Strategic infrastructure support for community groups and charities
£10,000	02/04/2020 4	COVID19 Countywide support to organisations and individuals
Somerset Community Foundation - Surviving Winter 2019/20
£42,400	27/11/2019 3	Small grants to help older people stay warm in winter
National Lottery Community Fund - Somerset Good Neighbours
£9,500	30/01/2019 12	The funding will be used to develop a volunteer support scheme for isolated communities. The project aims to bring people together to meet the personal needs of older people.
Somerset Community Foundation - Somerset Diverse Communities
£164,513	06/09/2018 35	Providing support to existing BME groups, incoming workers and their families, events and training.
National Lottery Community Fund - Somerset Village Agents
£431,412	08/08/2018 36	This project will expand TCCFS's successful Village Agents programme, which addresses issues faced by isolated, excluded, vulnerable and lonely people in rural Somerset. The grant will partially fund ....more This project will expand TCCFS's successful Village Agents programme, which addresses issues faced by isolated, excluded, vulnerable and lonely people in rural Somerset. The grant will partially fund the project including the salaries for 24 jobs.
Somerset Community Foundation - Surviving Winter 2017/18
£31,500	17/11/2017	Small grants to help older people stay warm in winter.
Somerset Community Foundation - West Somerset Talking Cafe
£3,000	25/07/2017 12	Talking cafe for vlnerable people in Minehead
Somerset Community Foundation - Surviving Winter 2016/17
£14,000	12/12/2016 8	Small grants to help older people stay warm in winter.
National Lottery Community Fund - Somerset Village Agents (VA's)
£499,993	16/03/2015 35	Not Available
Tudor Trust - Grant to Community Council For Somerset
£150,000	27/06/2014 36	over three years towards the running costs of the Village Agents scheme which provides support to people in isolated areas of rural Somerset
National Lottery Community Fund - Somerset Village Agents
£79,962	14/09/2011 36	This is a new pilot project that aims to help older isolated members of rural communities in Somerset have a better quality of life. The project will recruit 'village agents' who will use networks ....more This is a new pilot project that aims to help older isolated members of rural communities in Somerset have a better quality of life. The project will recruit 'village agents' who will use networks such as village halls, community events, local shops, pubs, community groups, churches and coffee mornings to identify people who struggle to access services. They will provide advice and assistance and signposting and will encourage people who are isolated to become more involved in their local communities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Council for Somerset
£24,900	31/05/2011	core costs including the salaries and NI costs of the Community Involvement Officer and the Management and Community Support Officer, overheads, travel, marketing, promotion and room hire

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-74

CHHAVI GAUTAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: None

DR ROBERT SASS ALAN LAWY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

EMMA LOWER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo

GARY FRANCIS (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

SARAH LOUISE TUDOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lecturer

MARTIN KITCHEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BICKNOLLER VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/04/1998, number: 1069260
Registered at Companies House on 01/04/1998, number: 03541219

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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; all on time

Main office

Community Council for Somerset
Viney Court
Viney Street
TAUNTON
Somerset
TA1 3FB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF SOMERSET AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISABILITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMERSET

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