Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

ROMSEY MILL TRUST 

Romsey Mill's activities, enabling vulnerable and disadvantaged young people children and families to thrive, include intensive 1-to-1 support, early-years care & education, Children's Centre services, parenting courses, work in schools, detached youth work, interest-based group work (e.g. sport,arts,music), training and alternative education, IAG sessions, trips & outdoor residential experiences.
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Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 well diversified in terms of age
Established: 26 years

www.romseymill.org

admin@romseymill.org

01223213162

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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£1,545£1,486£59£207£1,914£9127.437164
31/03/22£1,281£1,219£62£188£1,855£8738.634107
31/03/21£1,386£1,003£383£207£1,793£7829.42975
31/03/20£1,260£1,263£-3£265£1,410£4043.835144
31/03/19£1,094£1,092£2£133£1,412£4605.135144
31/03/18£1,230£1,096£134£118£1,411£3764.1300
31/03/17£1,044£1,045£-1£107£1,276£3464300
31/03/16£1,023£1,035£-12£82£1,277£3303.8300
31/03/15£977£952£25£107£1,289£3254.1240
31/03/14£900£1,002£-101£116£1,264£3073.7320
31/03/13£848£1,070£-221£142£1,366£3784.2320
31/03/12£883£973£-91£112£1,587£5346.6330
31/03/11£1,008£997£11£105£1,678£6648300
31/03/10£902£834£68£80£1,667£5507.9300
31/03/09£717£564£153£61£1,598£48710.4170
31/03/08£633£510£123£72£1,445£3989.4100
31/03/07£509£425£84£36£1,322£2918.2100
31/03/06?£673£482£191£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£419£352£66£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 7.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 164 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,

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£519,182
DCMS£339,847
Comic Relief£184,406
Henry Smith Charity£126,100
Youth Music£99,824
BBC Children in Need£98,642
Wates Family Enterprise Trust£67,885
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Romsey Mill
£126,100 26/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Aspire project', supporting young people aged 9 to 19 with a diagnosis of autism and in mainstream schools in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire.
Youth Music - Bassline Sounds
£99,824 30/09/2021
Bassline Sounds
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Youth Foundations
£519,182 30/03/2021
36
The funding will provide a range of youth services and support to children and young people affected by poverty and deprivation in Cambridge. The project aims to increase confidence improve ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Romsey Mill Trust
£98,642 21/12/2020
Project for youth activities (leadership programme, trips and detached youth work) in a deprived area of Cambridge. Outcomes include improved relationships, wellbeing and lifeskills.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£90,914 25/06/2020
"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
Comic Relief - Romsey Mill Recovery Funding
£33,623 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000 22/05/2020
Romsey Mill - Core Costs
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Romsey Mill Trust
£3,100 03/04/2020
4
to support the newly established Coleridge Community Action Against Coronavirus Group that was set up to provide advice, information, support and basic essentials including food, medicine and other ....more
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Romsey Mill Trust
£5,000 03/04/2020
2
to coordinate and deliver continued support including provision of foodbank vouchers and delivery of food parcels; providing phone and crisis support; supporting police to work with young people who ....more
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Romsey Mill Trust
£5,000 01/04/2020
12
to purchase and distribute 25 Google Chromebook devices to young people so they can continue with their education at home
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Romsey Mill Trust
£67,885 27/11/2019
Support for Romsey Mill's bespoke Young Leaders Programme, which will consist of several mutually supportive and related elements to develop the aspirations, leadership abilities and self-confidence ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Romsey Mill
£8,065 15/11/2019
We want to revitalise our community kitchen to create a space where young people can learn to cook healthy food on a budget.
Comic Relief - Young Families
£150,783 06/11/2019
Romsey Mill will provide support to young parents aged 16-25 in Cambridgeshire with children aged 12-24 months who are facing disadvantage and difficulties, helping to ensure that they develop their ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,466 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,466 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£5,139 07/01/2019
The Aspire Groups will aim to: reduce the social isolation of girls and young women with ASCs provide positive social experiences leading to increased confidence and a transfer of these skills and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Romsey Mill
£14,912 19/11/2018
We will buy a minibus to take disadvantaged young people and families to weekly activities, on day trips and residential weekends away.
Youth Music - A Different Beat
£99,703 15/11/2018
A Different Beat
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Romsey Mill Trust
£107,886 02/03/2018
36
The project will deliver a range of youth services and support to children and young people affected by poverty and deprivation. The project will increase confidence, improve resilience and raise ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Romsey Mill
£8,146 29/11/2017
We want to refurbish our community sports hall so that it can continue to be an important resource for local families and young people.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,466 01/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,466 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,466 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,350 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,350 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Romsey Mill
£118,772 22/02/2012
Towards the salary and project costs of a worker to deliver a programme to young fathers to build confidence, develop positive parenting skills and to move away from a position of exclusion.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/1998, number: 1069905
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/05/1998, number: 03556721
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

ROMSEY MILL
HEMINGFORD ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB1 3BZ

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED THE TRUSTEES) MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; (B) TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH THE COMMITMENT TO PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WHO ENCOUNTER DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF FACTORS SUCH AS RACE AND GENDER, PARTICULARLY (THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY) AMONG CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUNG FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; (C) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO PARTICULARLY (THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY) AMONG CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUNG FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; (D) TO PROVIDE HELP, ADVICE AND POSITIVE SUPPORT TO THOSE FACING DIFFICULTIES WITH WELFARE BENEFITS, ACCOMMODATION, AND THE GAINING AND MAINTAINING OF EMPLOYMENT AND SIMILAR MATTERS TO THOSE IN ECONOMIC OR OTHER NEED OR HARDSHIP IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES AMY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ( E) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

Data Sources

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