Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK

We provide professional and practical support to organisations working within the voluntary and community sector in Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and Dorset. We want to see these communities healthy, diverse, vibrant and flourishing. Our mission is to empower the voluntary sector, enable volunteering and involve communities. We believe that together, we CAN make a difference.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Established: 24 years

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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	*	£1,075	£1,116	£-42	£0	£4,897	£645	6.9	25	190
31/03/22		£5,145	£693	£4,452	£0	£4,939	£615	10.7	18	2,228
31/03/21		£553	£493	£60	£0	£486	£429	10.4	13	579
31/03/20		£482	£381	£102	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£269	£246	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18		£252	£246	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£212	£199	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£208	£208	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£163	£201	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£207	£248	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£244	£260	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£477	£440	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£578	£519	£59	£7	£403	£254	5.9	17	0
31/03/10		£466	£466	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£476	£427	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£410	£389	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£363	£383	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£751	£698	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£506	£491	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£648	£615	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 13%
Reserves/Spending: 6.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 53 months
Quick Ratio: 46.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

25 employees
190 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering ethnically diverse communities in BCP-research project
£11,031	24/03/2022	The project is using funding to provide support and capacity to develop a partnership to empower and enable ethnically diverse communities across Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole. The aim is to ....more The project is using funding to provide support and capacity to develop a partnership to empower and enable ethnically diverse communities across Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole. The aim is to build capacity to ultimate shift this to a black led partnership.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,000	25/06/2021	Yours Sincerely
National Lottery Community Fund - #TogetherWeCan - Volunteers
£10,000	27/11/2020 6	The organisation will employ a volunteer coordinator to grow their services and to enable them to support and train volunteers who will then provide essential food and prescription deliveries for ....more The organisation will employ a volunteer coordinator to grow their services and to enable them to support and train volunteers who will then provide essential food and prescription deliveries for those who are vulnerable and shielding during the pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Good Life
£187,475	17/06/2019 36	The funding will be used to engage with existing community groups, 'micro community groups' and businesses, enabling them to develop their support for older people experiencing/at risk of social ....more The funding will be used to engage with existing community groups, 'micro community groups' and businesses, enabling them to develop their support for older people experiencing/at risk of social isolation. It will also allow 'community connectors' to be trained, providing support for hundreds of older people in the local community. The project is a partnership between various community organisations and statutory bodies with a joint aim of reducing and preventing loneliness and social isolation in the area.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-74

LAURA ELIZABETH JUMP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Housing Association Director

LINDA ANNE MARIE O'SULLIVAN Appointed: 2022

OLIVIA FRANCESCA GIRLING Appointed: 2021

PHILIP TARRANT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Charity Chief Executive

SARAH JANE DEXTER Appointed: 2020

SHAILESH AGARWAL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Digital Product Owner

DEBORAH JULIE CLIFTON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Local Government Officer

HAZEL WALKER (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired Charity Director

PAULINE DAWN SHARP Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Care Consultant

REV PAUL MARTIN BROAD, Occupation: Chief Officer

ZOE LORRAINE BRADLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/06/2000, number: 1081381
Registered at Companies House on 30/06/2000, number: 04024662

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
Investment
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; AR23: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from POOLE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE on 20/03/2020

Main office

Community Action Network
Beech House
28-30 Wimborne Road
POOLE
Dorset
BH15 2BU

Objectives

4(1) To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Dorset and the surrounding areas (hereinafter called the area of benefit) and, in particular, the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness.4(2) To promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of the above purposes and to that end to bring together representatives of the voluntary organisations and statutory authorities within the area of benefit.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE, DORSET AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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