Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE MARSH COMMUNITY CENTRE CHARITABLE COMPANY 

Marsh Community Centre promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Marsh without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or political, religious or other opinions, by associating together the members and the local authorities to provide facilities in the interest of social wefare for recreation and leisure-time with the object of improving the conditions of life for the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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.marshcommunitycentre.org.uk

manager@marshcommunitycentre.co.uk

01524843300

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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£134£142£-7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£117£120£-2n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£130£104£26n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£104£92£12n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£84£84£-1n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/18£56£82£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£82£71£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£46£77£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£118£126£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£135£144£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£117£124£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£97£105£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£186£197£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£192£184£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£181£184£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£146£129£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07?£106£119£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£227£29£198£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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£175,137
Tudor Trust£92,000
DCMS£22,419
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Kings Coronation BBQ
£3,900 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to host a barbeque and fun day for the community to celebrate the Kings Coronation. The project aims to bring all ages together for social activities to encourage community ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Marsh Community Centre (core funding 2022)
£151,331 29/04/2022
Funding for the group will go towards core costs and enable them to offer crisis support to local vulnerable people and a weekly programme of youth and community activities. The group aim to address ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 21/04/2022
towards core costs over the next 12 months
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Marsh Community Centre Charitable Company
£2,000 08/03/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Marsh Community Centre Youth Work
£9,990 28/01/2022
The funding will be used to continue running their weekly youth groups provide cooked meals and day trips for people aged 4-18 years. The project aims to create a safe space to learn new skills make ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Marsh Community Centre Charitable Company
£90,000 06/07/2021
36
over three years as continuation funding towards salaries at a charity running a community centre in the Marsh area of Lancaster
Tudor Trust - Grant to Marsh Community Centre Charitable Company
£2,000 04/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,419 19/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Open Access Manager
£9,916 10/03/2020
8
The funding will help the group the continue their Open Access Drop-In advisory service, this includes front-line support on housing, homelessness, benefits advice and support. The project aims to ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£22,000 05/03/2019
Marsh Community Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Marsh Youth
£9,855 03/05/2018
12
This project will offer more youth support in the community, including crisis teams, one to one intensive work and peer support to young people who are at risk of getting involved in anti-social ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Marsh Community Centre Charitable Company
£75,000 15/02/2018
36
over three years towards the salary and associated costs of the chief executive at a developing community centre in Lancaster
AB Charitable Trust - Welcoming and supporting asylum seekers locally
£10,000 30/06/2016
£10,000 towards staff costs
Sport England - Lancaster Youth Challenge
£5,301 16/05/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Lancaster Youth Challenge'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Marsh Community Centre Charitable Company
£50,000 14/03/2013
36
towards three years' salary of the Centre Manager at a community centre in a disadvantaged area of Lancashire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 67-85
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/02/2001, number: 1085116
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/02/2001, number: 04156154
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR15: 17 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

WILLOW LANE
LANCASTER
LA1 5PP

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CASTLE WARD AS DEFINED BY THE WARD BOUNDARY AT THE DATE OF INCORPORATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTSB) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTSC) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Defined Area of Benefit:

CASTLE WARD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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