Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

COMMUNITY CONNECT FOUNDATION

The key activities of the organisation are:-++? Education and Training-++? Skills Development Activities-++? Health Development Activities-++? Adult Guidance-++? Employment Support-++? ICT and Internet access facility-++? Youth Engagement-++? Research & Development

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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: 23 years

www.ccfoundation.org.uk

info@ccfoundation.org.uk

01215653311

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	*	£238	£226	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/22		£292	£182	£111	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/21		£151	£138	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/20		£197	£177	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/19		£212	£208	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/18		£256	£291	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£264	£290	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£282	£280	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£233	£280	£-48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£264	£323	£-59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£312	£308	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£190	£272	£-82	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£493	£476	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£286	£268	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£429	£352	£76	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£322	£346	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£324	£366	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£316	£369	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£249	£272	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£321	£301	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Sandwell,

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

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£511,862
BBC Children in Need	£92,747
Sport England	£7,046

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Opening Gateways to Work
£218,861	25/05/2023	This funding will be used to increase opportunities for local residents to access learning and acquire occupational and vocational skills and qualifications - improving access to local jobs and other ....more This funding will be used to increase opportunities for local residents to access learning and acquire occupational and vocational skills and qualifications - improving access to local jobs and other opportunities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Connect Foundation
£92,747	03/02/2022	This project will provide a youth club for young people in a deprived area. Outcomes include increased self-esteem, improved health and greater educational attainment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Freshsteps
£9,995	26/11/2021	The funding will be used to deliver healthy cooking sessions for the community. The project aims to bring different communities together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustaining Achieving Together throughout the Community
£218,141	18/03/2021 23	The funding will be used by the group to provide support to members and reduce isolation and help develop confidence skills and knowledge. There will also be an emphasis on health and well-being ....more The funding will be used by the group to provide support to members and reduce isolation and help develop confidence skills and knowledge. There will also be an emphasis on health and well-being including COVID-19 issues support in finding employment and acquiring skills needed for work and advice on benefits money management and service access.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 funding extension
£21,950	13/11/2020 4	The project will use its funding to extend its COVID-response programme. The group primarily supports and is led by the BAME community in Sandwell and will concentrate on providing advice and support ....more The project will use its funding to extend its COVID-response programme. The group primarily supports and is led by the BAME community in Sandwell and will concentrate on providing advice and support on employment health and wellbeing.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£7,046	05/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
National Lottery Community Fund - New CCF Covid-19 response
£32,925	04/05/2020 5	The funding will be used to provide advice support guidance around employment welfare and health during Covid-19. The project supports BAME people in Smethwick.
National Lottery Community Fund - Integrated Cooking
£9,990	13/03/2020 11	The funding will be used to deliver a healthy cooking programme for young people from across diverse communities. This will enable participants to share experiences, learn new skills and improve ....more The funding will be used to deliver a healthy cooking programme for young people from across diverse communities. This will enable participants to share experiences, learn new skills and improve their health and wellbeing.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Connect Foundation
£86,977	27/06/2018 36	This project will provide educational and structured support for young people in an area of deprivation. The activities will improve their educational attainment, promote a healthier lifestyle and ....more This project will provide educational and structured support for young people in an area of deprivation. The activities will improve their educational attainment, promote a healthier lifestyle and increase confidence.
Sport England - Nokwa Bais 2016
£3,500	28/11/2016 0	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Nokwa Bais 2016. This project is a Rowing project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - Nowka Bais
£6,550	23/10/2015	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Nowka Bais'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
National Lottery Community Fund - Achieving Together
£484,440	09/02/2015 60	Not Available
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Community Connect Foundation
£39,100	24/11/2014	From Poverty to Success v2
National Lottery Community Fund - Fit Families
£10,000	30/01/2014 12	This is a project by a charity in Sandwell, West midlands. The group will use the funding to run weight management classes targeting the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities. This will provide ....more This is a project by a charity in Sandwell, West midlands. The group will use the funding to run weight management classes targeting the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities. This will provide increased awareness of healthier traditional food options and increased access to physical activities which will assist in improving lifestyle related illnesses and diseases as well as reducing adult and childhood obesity.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-54

ABDUR ROHMAN Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Teacher

BASHIR AHMED MBE, Other trusteeship: UNION OF MUSLIM ORGANISATIONS WALSALL,

KOBI MIAH, Occupation: Unemployed

NASIR UDDIN Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Self-Employed

SALAH UDDIN Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Waiter

SHOMSUR KHAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Engineer

TAZ UDDIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Worker

ZAMAL AHMED Appointed: 2000, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/11/2000, number: 1083405
Registered at Companies House on 28/06/1999, number: 03796674

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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; AR23: 78 days late, AR15: 25 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 68 days late,

Main office

North Smethwick Resource Centre
Cambridge Road
Smethwick
B66 2HR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE WEST MIDLANDS WITH APARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DISTRICT OF SMETHWICK AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEGENERALITY OF THE FORGOING, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO BANGLADESHI'SRESIDING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TOPROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVINGTHE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID COMMUNITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDWELL WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DISTRICTOF SMETHWICK.

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