Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ACRE

We are a countywide, independent charity, working with rural communities in Northamptonshire to improve their quality of life. Through community engagement and development we support communities to reduce rural isolation and vulnerability and work with them to create a vibrant, sustainable future for all. We are one of 38 Rural Community Councils working across England, making up the ACRE Network

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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		£400	£384	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	149
31/03/22		£238	£251	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/21		£249	£146	£103	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/20		£154	£164	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£184	£237	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	39
31/03/18		£217	£190	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£227	£204	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£264	£130	£134	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£137	£119	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£191	£215	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£317	£317	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£345	£343	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£354	£382	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£339	£361	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£426	£564	£-137	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£685	£696	£-11	£56	£275	£177	3.1	18	0
31/03/07	*	£632	£615	£18	£133	£286	£139	2.7	15	0
31/03/06		£614	£594	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£496	£551	£-55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£555	£540	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 24 years

www.northantsacre.org.uk

acre@northantsacre.org.uk

01604765888

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
149 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
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Northamptonshire VCSE Assembly
£3,000	16/05/2023	TO fund a staff member to support Northamptonshire VCSE Assembly
National Lottery Community Fund - Northamptonshire Good Neighbours
£272,176	17/10/2019 36	This funding will help local communities set up 30 new Good Neighbours Schemes in the Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough districts plus the south of East Northants, which will lead to reduced ....more This funding will help local communities set up 30 new Good Neighbours Schemes in the Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough districts plus the south of East Northants, which will lead to reduced isolation and improved wellbeing. These schemes involve people in rural areas coming together to identify the challenges faced within their community and use their collective skills and assets to solve the problems, making their community a better place to live.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Wellbeing Service
£287,648	21/10/2014 48	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-80

CAMERON WALDRON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Independent Financial Advisor

DAVID SCUDAMORE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired Chartered Town & Country Planner

GARETH JOHN LUGAR-MAWSON (Chair), Occupation: Retired Judge Barrister

KEN CHRISTY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

MIRANDA WIXON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Health Care Consultant

RICHARD HOLLINGUM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Freelance Writer And Photographer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2000, number: 1080038
Registered at Companies House on 01/03/2000, number: 03937576

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
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR16: 11 days late, AR15: 38 days late, AR10: 3 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 33 days late,

Main office

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE A C R E
HUNSBURY HILL CENTRE
HARKSOME HILL
NORTHAMPTON
NN4 9QX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO IMPROVE THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON PARTICULARLY THE RURAL COMMUNITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHAMPTON

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