Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE AVENUE CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

The Contact Centre provides supported contact for children whose parents have separated and are unable to make other arrangements for child contact. The Contact Centre meets on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month between 12noon and 3pm at Avenue Baptist Church Hall, Milton Road, Westcliff on Sea. SS0 7JX.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
08/04/23		£13	£15	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
08/04/22		£17	£15	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
08/04/21		£13	£11	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
08/04/20		£6	£13	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
08/04/19	*	£15	£14	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
08/04/18		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/17		£11	£14	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/16		£18	£15	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/15		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/14		£6	£11	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/13		£11	£14	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/12	*	£9	£18	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/11		£25	£19	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/10		£23	£33	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/09		£23	£18	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/08		£29	£20	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/07		£23	£26	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
08/04/06		£13	£4	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£4	£2	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£5	£6	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 24 years

https://avenuechildcontactcentre.org.uk

contact.avenue@virgin.net

07729202313

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Southend-on-sea,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

Essex Community Foundation	£16,793
Ministry of Justice	£5,170
Co-Operative Group	£2,059

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Avenue Child Contact Centre
£9,000	25/05/2023	towards the administrators wages at a Centre in Westcliff offering safe contact between children and parents following family breakdown
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Avenue Child Contact
£2,059	22/10/2022	We would like to continue to be able to offer contact to separated families.
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.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Avenue Child Contact Centre
£7,793	21/12/2020	to support the costs of co-ordinating the safe contact between children and parents in Southend following family breakdown
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.
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805	01/04/2019	Provide support for contact centres
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Avenue Child Contact Centre
£4,268	19/11/2018	We want to supply lunches for families and buy some new toys and games.
Essex Community Foundation - Playstation games & rent
£4,896	16/11/2017 12	To support the costs of a project offering safe contact between children and parents following family breakdown
Ministry of Justice - Supported Contact
£2,850	01/04/2017	Delivery of Separated Parent Information Programme to participants ordered to attend by Family Courts (CA 1989)

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

HILARY COLLINS Appointed: 2005

CHERYL JEAN DUNGEY Appointed: 2005

JOSHUA COOMBE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2000, number: 1079998

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR19: 249 days late, AR12: 43 days late,

Main office

AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH
MILTON ROAD
WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
SS0 7JX

Objectives

TO ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE DISTRICT OF SOUTHEND AND NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS ( HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) CAUSED BY THE BREAK-UP OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF SUCH CHILDREN BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A CENTRE AND FACILITIES WHEREBY SUCH CHILDREN CAN MORE READILY ENJOY THE COMPANY AND LOVE OF THEIR NON-RESIDENT PARENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTHEND

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