Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4

THE GREEN TEAM 

The Green Team recruits volunteers and trains them in horticulture and gardening, and deploys them to provide a low-cost gardening service to older and disabled people within a ten mile radius of Goole, East Riding. Volunteers also cultivate fruit, vegetables and flowers on a rented allotment in Goole.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 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
Established: 24 years

www.thegreenteam.org.uk

info@thegreenteam.org.uk

01405462950

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UN SDGs
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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£149£139£10n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£98£124£-26n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£159£137£22n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20*£126£127£-2n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£136£143£-7n/an/an/an/an/a59
31/03/18£140£162£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£88£118£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£114£120£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£107£101£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£137£117£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£75£85£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£102£115£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£101£89£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£50£57£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£52£52£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£71£59£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£54£57£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£58£59£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£35£33£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£44£35£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Riding Of Yorkshire,

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
Two Ridings Community Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,500
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£2,918
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Green Team
£2,918 22/10/2022
We would like to teach people how to grow, nurture and harvest fruit and vegetables, to help tackle food poverty.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 29/07/2020
towards core costs in yearend March 2021 for this charity who work with the elderly and people with disabilities offerinng opportunities, training courses and work experience through the provision of ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to The Green Team
£9,500 17/07/2020
purchase of Portakabin for a charity that works with the elderly and people with disabilities in East Yorkshire
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000 03/06/2020
Funding to cover the costs of continuing the charity gardening service to the elderly, disabled and most vulnerable in Goole and the surrounding area. Funding will cover following costs:- staff, PPE, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Green Team Covid-19 Response
£10,000 24/04/2020
12
The group will us the funding to provide an essential subsidised garden maintenance service within the community along with a telephone ‘anti isolation’ hotline for anyone who is in lock-down and ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Gardening service to elderly& disabled residents (ongoing)
£10,000 04/03/2019
Funding to continue to provide a gardening service to the elderly and to disabled families. Funds will pay for gardening equipment and PPE and volunteers. Currently averaging 46 volunteers and 50+ ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Journey To Employment
£25,000 12/09/2018
Funding to support volunteer training.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Volunteer Journey
£147,500 24/03/2017
36
The project will provide volunteering opportunities for local people through garden maintenance and other horticultural activities. Volunteers will offer garden maintenance to residents on low ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Green Team - New Directions
£292,345 17/04/2013
48
This existing project, based in Goole, will continue and expand the work of the organisation to bring about healthier communities, enhanced life chances and an improved environment through a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/04/2000, number: 1080247
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR20: 58 days late,
Main office

The Pavilion
West Park
Shaftesbury Avenue
Goole
Goole
East Yor

Objectives

1. FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE IN GOOLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF A GARDENING SERVICE2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS IN HORTICULTURAL SKILLS AND PRACTICES BY PROVIDING TRAINING

Defined Area of Benefit:

GOOLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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