Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

RAVENSTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED 

Life long learning courses, Sewing Classes, Childcare Facility,110 places Nursery,Health & Social Care, Learning Disability,Men's & Women's Elderly Groups, Youth Club, Study Club, Parent and Toddlers group, ICT Courses, UK Online Centre, Citizenship Courses, Information Advice and Guidance Surgeries, Help and support with job search and Local Residents Action group.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,231,801 available, equivalent to 27 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 23 years

www.rccl.org

info@rccl.org

01924510030

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£566£551£15£0£1,267£1,23226.83221
31/03/22£566£551£15£0£1,267£1,23226.82821
31/03/21£617£469£148£0£1,252£1,14429.32920
31/03/20£513£430£83£0£1,104£1,08230.23425
31/03/19£479£513£-33n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18£597£458£139£32£1,055£86622.700
31/03/17*£355£446£-92£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£411£486£-75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£496£462£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£481£379£102£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£370£378£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£462£420£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£544£368£176£293£913£90729.6260
31/03/10£373£291£82£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£304£259£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£434£223£211£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£109£117£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£83£92£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£88£109£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£85£93£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 26.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 23.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 32 employees
  • 21 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,

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
Tudor Trust£150,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£37,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
DCMS£7,432
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning Disability support
£10,000 18/11/2022
The funding will be used to purchase furniture and equipment providing adults with disabilities with a suitable environment to learn new skills including behaviour management fitness and ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Ravensthorpe Community Centre- Routeways
£37,000 24/05/2022
refurbishment of a building for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in West Yorkshire
Tudor Trust - Grant to Ravensthorpe Community Centre
£150,000 24/02/2021
36
over three years towards the running costs of training project for marginalised South Asian women in North Kirklees, in partnership with the Indian Muslim Welfare Society, Pay and Employment Rights ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£7,432 20/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - English language and integration support
£9,975 18/01/2019
12
This funding will be used to deliver a programme of English support courses for migrants and asylum seekers. The project aims to support learning and social integration.
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Place
£237,140 30/11/2017
36
The group will facilitate support for people with mental health issues, mainly aimed at women from Indian or Pakistani backgrounds. Activities will include physical activities, help accessing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - RCCL Young Peoples Project
£9,920 15/11/2017
12
The group will deliver a series of cultural and gender sensitive recreational and educational workshops for young people, with a focus on issues including honour based violence, anti-social behaviour ....more
Power to Change - Ravensthorpe Community Centre Limited
£153,187 01/03/2017
36
Grant to Ravensthorpe Community Centre Limited
National Lottery Community Fund - Activity Communities
£494,762 10/11/2010
60
This project will develop a programme of personal and community learning in the Ravensthorpe area of Dewsbury. Particularly targeting the more educationally disadvantaged learners, the project will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Ravensthorpe Youth Centre Refurbishment
£10,000 07/07/2010
12
This charity in Dewsbury will use funding to fund part of the refurbishment of a youth centre. This will reduce anti-social behaviour in the area and improve the local facilities for young people.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-55
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2001, number: 1086129
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/12/1999, number: 03895553
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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; AR17: 2 days late, AR09: 35 days late, AR08: 1 days late,
Main office

24 GARDEN STREET
DEWSBURY
WF13 3AR

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF RAVENSTHORPE IN DEWSBURY, WEST YORKSHIRE, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS 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 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 INHABITANTS;B) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSONS OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS;C) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Defined Area of Benefit:

RAVENSTHORPE IN DEWSBURY, WEST YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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