Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +8

TCC (TREFNU CYMUNEDOL CYMRU/TOGETHER CREATING COMMUNITIES) 

TCC is a membership organisation of volunteers who work together tackling community concerns of self interest by listening, learning from each other and leading the actions to bring about change and justice. Bringing community groups together to make a difference for present and future generations on local and national issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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.tcc-wales.org.uk

office@tcc-wales.org.uk

01978262588

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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£152£136£15n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/22£178£193£-15n/an/an/an/an/a180
31/03/21£233£200£33n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/20£158£145£14n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/19£91£90£1n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/18£77£69£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£79£79£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£54£75£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£46£72£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£59£50£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£79£54£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£68£81£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£106£113£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£95£127£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£152£121£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£105£95£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£144£89£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£70£82£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£69£92£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£90£82£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 200 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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£463,251
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£196,500
Tudor Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting young people who experience injustice in North East Wales to organise and drive change.
£90,000 06/03/2023
Trefnu Cymunedol Cymru/Together Creating Communities (TCC) uses community organising principles to bring together a variety of groups including community groups, faith groups and schools to create ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Active young citizens
£1,500 18/01/2021
TCC uses community organising principles to bring together a variety of groups including community groups, faith groups and schools to create long-term community cohesion in North East Wales. This ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Trefnu Cymunedol Cymru/Together Creating Communities (TCC)
£2,000 06/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Active young citizens
£5,000 16/03/2020
TCC uses community organising principles to bring together a variety of groups including community groups, faith groups and schools to create long-term community cohesion in North East Wales. This ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Active young citizens
£100,000 03/09/2019
24
To increase work with young people who experience injustice, particularly those seeking asylum, facing exclusion from school or from Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - People powered North East Wales
£463,251 23/05/2019
60
Project Summary :_x000D_ The project will enable the organisation to deliver its services in Flintshire and Denbighshire, empowering and up-skilling local people to work together to tackle local ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Together Creating Communities (TCC)
£120,000 12/04/2018
36
over three years towards core costs at an organisation supporting community organising in and around Wrexham, North Wales
National Lottery Community Fund - Taking Action on Local Issues
£10,000 11/02/2018
12
Taking Action on Local Issues
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to TCC (Together Creating Communities)
£110,556 07/10/2015
48
Towards the salary of a youth and community organiser to equip young people to participate within their local community and lead positive change.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-81
  • CHRISTOPHER GRAFFIUS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Executive Director Of Communications & Public Affa
  • OLIVER DOAK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Emerging Talent Officer
  • ZOE LAVERY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Lawyer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2001, number: 1086434
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/07/2000, number: 04033853
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

Peace & Justice Centre
35-37 Kingsmills Road
Wrexham
LL13 8NH

Objectives

1) DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN WALES AND ITS BORDERLANDS IN SUCH WAYS THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY2) PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH2.1) PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING ACCESS TO SUCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BY REASON OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO GAIN ACCESS AND ON INCULCATING THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND ADVANCING ACTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF LAW POLITICS SOCIETY RELIGION MORALS COMMERCE INDUSTRY ARTS ECOLOGY AND OTHER SUBJECTS IN SO FAR AS TO BE CONDUCTIVE TO GOOD CITIZENSHIP2.2) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT ITS CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND ENCOURAGE THE USE OF SUCH PRACTICE2.3) URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION2.4) PROMOTING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT BY ENCOURAGING AND ENABLING PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO TAKE AND ACTIVE PART IN CIVIC LIFE2.5) PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2.6) RELIEF OF POVERTY2.7) PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE2.8) PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALES AND ITS BORDERLANDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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