Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

STEVENAGE AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE CHILD CONTACT CENTRES

The charity's objectives are to alleviate the hardship and distress of children resident in Stevenage and North Herfordshire caused by the break up of marriage or relationships and to protect the mental, physical and emotional health of such children by providing and maintaining centres and facilities where such children can enjoy meaningful contact with their separated parents and to encourage th
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£19£19£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£15£16£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£20£19£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£16£20£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£18£20£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£20£18£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£18£18£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£14£18£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£9£19£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£20£20£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£24£25£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£30£26£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£29£26£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£23£27£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£34£27£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£20£24£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£23£23£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.snhccc.org.uk

snhccc@hotmail.co.uk

01438357433

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Recovering From Covid 19 Pandemic
£5,000 10/03/2022
Grant to Stevenage and North Herts Child Contact Centres
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,500 01/04/2021
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,500 01/04/2021
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Co-ordinator Services for Two Child Contact Centres
£5,000 25/10/2018
11
Grant to Stevenage and North Herts Child Contact Centres
Ministry of Justice - Supported contact centres
£3,130 01/04/2018
Provide support for contact centres
Ministry of Justice - Supported contact centres
£3,130 01/04/2018
Provide support for contact centres
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

  • DAVID JAMES COOPER
  • GARY PAUL BELL Appointed: 2022
  • MICHAEL SMITH
  • NICOLA ANNE LLOYD Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/09/1998, number: 1071704
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

40 ORCHARD CRESCENT
STEVENAGE
SG1 3EN

Objectives

TO ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF RESIDENT IN NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND SURROUND CAUSED BY THE BREAKUP OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY AND TO PROTECT THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF SUCH CHILDREN BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING CENTRES AND FACILITIES WHERE SUCH CHILDREN CAN ENJOY MEANINGFUL CONTACT WITH THEIR SEPARATED PARENTS AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ADULTS INVOLVED TO PLAN FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE IN AN APPROPRIATE AND INDEPENDENT MANNER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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