Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

    HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED 

    The work of the Centre as a community anchor is carried out by a team of staff and volunteers, who deliver services to the local area to meet the needs of local people. Current activities improve the fitness and health, provide food for those in poverty, deliver early years education, improve life skills and employment opportunities and reduce isolation of local older people.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • 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

    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
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£373£338£35n/an/an/an/an/a18
    31/03/22*£326£326£0n/an/an/an/an/a9
    31/03/21£337£260£77n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20£253£239£15n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/19£293£291£2n/an/an/an/an/a18
    31/03/18£285£271£14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£265£241£24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£158£191£-33£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£170£226£-56£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£153£159£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£165£147£19£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£179£156£22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£179£156£22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£175£155£20£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£128£109£19£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£74£63£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£61£56£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£37£40£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£30£31£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£47£36£12£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 25 years

    www.higherfolds.co.uk

    dave@higherfolds.co.uk

    01942674548

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Early years interventions
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    Where it operates
    • Wigan,
    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
    • 18 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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£227,140
    Power to Change£134,400
    DCMS£30,860
    BBC Children in Need£30,500
    The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£10,068
    Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
    Forever Manchester£4,040
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Power to Change - HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED (RCF)
    £10,000 12/12/2022
    Grant to HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED (RCF)
    National Lottery Community Fund - Activities for Later Life on Higher Folds
    £9,970 16/09/2022
    The organisation will use the funding to deliver a programme of Activities for Later Life for older people in the local area with the aim of reducing social isolation and offering opportunities to ....more
    Power to Change - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited (PU)
    £8,000 04/02/2022
    Grant to Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited (PU)
    Power to Change - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited (PU)
    £8,000 04/02/2022
    Grant to Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited (PU)
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
    £30,500 31/01/2022
    This project will deliver early years play and intervention for 0-2 year olds living in poverty in Leigh, Wigan. This will lead to improved essential skills, physical health and emotional wellbeing.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £5,000 17/12/2021
    Early Years and Poverty Prevention Covid-19 Response
    The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
    £2,000 08/10/2021
    The funding will pay for mainly food and some other household necessities that we will distribute to families and individuals in need on the Higher Folds estate in Leigh. We will provide those items ....more
    Power to Change - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited (TU)
    £10,850 05/05/2021
    Grant to Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited (TU)
    The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
    £8,068 27/04/2021
    The funding is for staff to cover the day to day Community Food shop operation. The roles will include collecting food, sorting and displaying the food, customer contact and home delivery as ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Growing our community
    £198,160 26/01/2021
    36
    The group supports and provides services to members of the local community. Funding for the group will enable them to deliver more targeted activities which will aim to reduce social isolation ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £30,860 22/09/2020
    "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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Coronavirus Support
    £19,010 25/06/2020
    6
    Higher Folds Community Centre is the epicentre of Higher Folds estate in Leigh Wigan providing several community services including advice food provisions group activities and a nursery. Funding will ....more
    Power to Change - C-19 Response - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
    £30,000 17/06/2020
    Grant to C-19 Response - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
    Forever Manchester - Higher Folds Community Food Bank
    £4,040 29/05/2020
    Emergency food provision
    Power to Change - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
    £67,550 13/11/2019
    24
    Grant to Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Hub of the Community
    £310,610 24/02/2016
    36
    A project to develop the centre as a community hub for the Higher Folds estate. The project will provide increased activities for young people, including multi sports, street dance, youth groups and ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees:
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/08/1999, number: 1076911
    • Registered at Companies House on 08/05/1998, number: 03560600
    Gift Aid
    • NOT 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
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR22: 20 days late, AR07: 63 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
    Main office

    HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE
    STIRLING CLOSE
    LEIGH
    LANCASHIRE
    WN7 2UB

    Objectives

    TO PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR THE INHABITANTS OF HIGHER FOLDS LEIGH IN WIGAN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS. BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE LOCAL INHABITANTS ( FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    HIGHER FOLEDS, LEIGH IN WIGAN

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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