Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

Accounts overdue -5
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 2

DEVON AND CORNWALL COMMUNITY WATCH ASSOCIATION

Act as the umbrella organisation for Watch Schemes and provide appropriate services for and on behalf of all registered Watch Schemes in the Devon and Cornwall Force Area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years

Established: 25 years

juliedowton@btinternet.com

01840261351

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
31/03/22		£85	£78	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5,500
31/03/21	*	£64	£32	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5,500
31/03/20	*	£8	£3	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	*	£4	£1	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£3	£2	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£7	£1	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£1	£4	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£6	£9	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£5	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£29	£29	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£5	£10	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£48	£39	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£4	£5	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£48	£47	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?	*	£46	£46	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/06		£7	£7	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/05		£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/04		£7	£5	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Cornwall, Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5,500 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - THE PACKAGING BUBBLE
£3,702	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - THE PACKAGING BUBBLE
£2,216	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£29,520	09/09/2020	"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."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Torbay Neighbourhood Watch Feel Safe Scheme
£7,955	29/11/2017	We need to buy crime prevention and safety items and we have to pay a qualified person to fit these items properly.
Devon Community Foundation - Torbay NHW Feel Safe Scheme
£3,000	20/04/2017 68	helping vulnerable people feel safe in their homes, a neighbourhood watch project working with the police for safer communities, reducing the likelihood of crime and anti social behaviour

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID KENNETH BRAZIEL Appointed: 2016

JULIE DOWTON (Chair)

MARY IRENE SHEAD Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/02/1999, number: 1074233

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR21: 59 days late, AR20: 14 days late, AR19: 50 days late, AR18: 154 days late, AR12: 192 days late, AR07: 167 days late,

Main office

TREVILLIANS GATE
ST. CLETHER
LAUNCESTON
PL15 8PU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PREVENTION AND SOLUTION OF CRIME AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES SO THAT EFFECTIVE LIAISON BETWEEN THE POLICE AND PUBLIC CAN BE ACHIEVED IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE IN DEVON AND CORNWALL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DEVON AND CORNWALL

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