Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 4

BENCHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE

Benchill Community Centre a thriving and vibrant hub of activity whose aim is to provide a facility which is open, non-judgemental, friendly and welcoming for local residents. The Centre offers a fully accessible, community-led managed facility for local community groups/individuals to embark upon training, education and social welfare and to access OFSTED registered childcare facilities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 gender

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
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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		£221	£144	£77	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/22		£181	£262	£-81	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/21	*	£196	£237	£-40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/20		£164	£302	£-138	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£307	£295	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/18		£308	£271	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£321	£267	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£330	£251	£79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£187	£167	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£296	£310	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£312	£304	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£300	£296	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£353	£285	£67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£270	£313	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£227	£151	£77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£230	£214	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£192	£187	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£206	£149	£57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£81	£67	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£100	£100	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.benchillcommunitycentre.com

bcc@wchg.org.uk

01619469520

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Manchester City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
14 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	£208,731
Manchester City Council	£27,896
Sport England	£11,625
CAF	£8,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Community Sports
£11,625	07/07/2023	This project will deliver a multi sports programme utilising Benchill Community Centre's existing AGP. The programme will include 3 sessions a week of multi sport activity, delivered by qualified ....more This project will deliver a multi sports programme utilising Benchill Community Centre's existing AGP. The programme will include 3 sessions a week of multi sport activity, delivered by qualified coaches from local community foundations and sporting organisations. The multi sport programme will compliment the wider community use of the facility and seek to support young people into more regular coach led activity from local providers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Real Communities
£208,731	21/03/2023	The funding will enable Benchill Community Centre and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group to build on the package of community support that the organisations provided during the Covid-19 pandemic and ....more The funding will enable Benchill Community Centre and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group to build on the package of community support that the organisations provided during the Covid-19 pandemic and respond to the additional community needs caused by the current cost of living crisis. Funding for core costs would support the centre in its overarching work which aims to improve resilience drive change and break the cycle of poverty.
Manchester City Council - Covid Impact Fund 2021 grant to Benchill Community Centre
£27,896	01/04/2021	to expand its reach, to host and provide additional space for older people 65+ across Wythenshawe to meet and socialise. The centre will be linking older people into our digital inclusion programme ....more to expand its reach, to host and provide additional space for older people 65+ across Wythenshawe to meet and socialise. The centre will be linking older people into our digital inclusion programme to stay connected and to access support services. Priority groups: Older people (65+)
CAF - Grant to Benchill Community Centre
£8,500	08/06/2020 3	Grant to Benchill Community Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Benchill Community Centre - Continuation
£499,246	11/09/2014 48	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

COLLETTE NUTALL Appointed: 2023

DAVID PETER O'HARA Appointed: 2015

FRED LEATHERBARROW (Chair) Appointed: 2023

GLENN SMITH Appointed: 2023

SARAH HELEN WOOLLEY

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/08/2001, number: 1087821

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
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; AR21: 179 days late, AR08: 4 days late, AR07: 124 days late, AR06: 3 days late, AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

BENCHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE
BENCHILL ROAD
MANCHESTER
M22 8EJ

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS OF THE BENCHILL WARD OF THE MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL AREA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY BRINGING TOGETHER RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE, LEISURE TIME AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.2. TO PROVIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (BENCHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE) AND TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE CENTRE WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BENCHILL WARD OF THE MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL AREA

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