Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -3

COMMUNITIES UNITED PROJECT

CUP PROVIDES ACTIVITIES, E.G. SPORT, DANCE, DRAMA FOR YOUNG PEOPLE USING POSITIVE ACTIVITIES AS ANA LTERNATIVE TO ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.CUP ALSO OFFERS TRAINING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AGED 16+ TO ENABLE THEM TO DELIVER ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR AREA.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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		£64	£88	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£56	£68	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£65	£95	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£148	£136	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£128	£152	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£150	£133	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£164	£152	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£104	£111	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£165	£149	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£146	£172	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£143	£212	£-69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£166	£240	£-74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£330	£306	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£287	£262	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09	*	£229	£202	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£262	£239	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£231	£213	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£267	£220	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£257	£223	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£269	£247	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 26 years

www.c-u-p.org

lesley.steel@c-u-p.org

07931584126

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Kirklees, Trafford, Wigan,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund - CUP Culture Club
£9,980	23/09/2022	The organisation will offer support and training to Ukrainian refugees to develop their own community group with the aim of bringing refugees together to share information and advice and access help ....more The organisation will offer support and training to Ukrainian refugees to develop their own community group with the aim of bringing refugees together to share information and advice and access help and support.
Forever Manchester - Sale West Summer Munch Club
£5,000	05/06/2020	Holiday hunger project starting early due to Covid
Sport England - Summer 2019 Activities
£9,350	05/08/2019 7	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Summer 2019 Activities. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sale West Young Leaders
£9,950	03/01/2019 12	The charity will engage with young people who will receive mentoring and support to take up volunteering roles in the community. The aim of the charity is to improve life chances for beneficiaries ....more The charity will engage with young people who will receive mentoring and support to take up volunteering roles in the community. The aim of the charity is to improve life chances for beneficiaries and help people become community leaders of the future. Funding will be used for sessional staff, venue hire, training, materials, incentives and rewards.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Activator Scheme (CAS)
£310,030	13/01/2016 48	This project is a development of a pilot to provide sporting and development activities for young people and will deliver this alongside volunteering and learning opportunities for local adults. They ....more This project is a development of a pilot to provide sporting and development activities for young people and will deliver this alongside volunteering and learning opportunities for local adults. They aim to engage young people in positive activities that involve older people in volunteering and bring communities together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Activator Teams (CATS)
£49,200	28/11/2013 12	The grant will pay for Communities United Project to provide training and volunteer opportunities to young people and adults aged 16+ at risk of becoming homeless or unemployed or with poor ....more The grant will pay for Communities United Project to provide training and volunteer opportunities to young people and adults aged 16+ at risk of becoming homeless or unemployed or with poor educational qualifications. A programme of community sports and play leadership workshops will enable local residents to gain skills and knowledge and work towards accreditations, to help them provide community activities. The aim is to improve confidence, motivation and life skills of people living in high crime areas.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Communities United Project
£20,000	29/10/2012	the salary costs for the Activities Development Co-ordinator and rent
Sport England - CUP soccer
£9,330	28/06/2012	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'CUP soccer '. This project lists its main activity as Association Football.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 67-84

EDWARD JAMES BERRY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired Lecturer

GERRY BEAMOND Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Retired

KATE BUCHANAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT EDWARD PEPPER (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/12/1998, number: 1072970
Registered at Companies House on 22/07/1998, number: 03605016

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR09: 16 days late, AR07: 2 days late,

Main office

c/o 222 Canterbury Road
Urmston
M41 0QF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OF RECREATION LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN ORDER THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED