Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

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
  • 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 gender

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£373£338£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£326£326£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£337£260£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/20£253£239£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£293£291£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£285£271£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£265£241£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£158£191£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£170£226£-56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£153£159£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£165£147£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£179£156£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£179£156£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£175£155£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£128£109£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£74£63£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£61£56£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£37£40£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£30£31£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£47£36£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
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 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£227,140
Power to Change£66,850
BBC Children in Need£31,000
DCMS£30,860
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£16,502
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Forever Manchester£4,040
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Higher Folds Community Centre Limited
£4,600 07/06/2023
The funding is for supporting a community grocery project for those struggling with food poverty and training energy advisers.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 12/05/2023
24
Higher Folds Community Centre Relief of Poverty
Power to Change - HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to HIGHER FOLDS COMMUNITY CENTRE (LEIGH) LIMITED (RCF)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
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 socialise.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited
£1,834 27/07/2022
The funding is for a regular sewing class to enable participants to recycle and reuse unwanted clothing and soft furnishings.
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 to local families and individuals in need as and ....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 necessary. To improve the skills of the new employees and ....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 increase health and wellbeing and increase employability.
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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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 go towards covering core costs.
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 football. It will provide job search and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 61-93
  • COUNCILLOR FRED WALKER, Occupation: Councillor
  • DAVID ORRELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • HAZEL DIXON
  • KATHLEEN HURST KNOWLES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • MARK KENDRICK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • SHIRLEY YATES Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Housewife
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

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