Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

BOSENCE FARM COMMUNITY LIMITED

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISTRESS, THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL MISUSE.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£2,169£1,988£180£0£3,745£1,97611.94913
31/03/23£1,899£1,841£58£0£3,565£1,76311.54717
31/03/22£1,884£1,772£112£0£3,507£1,64111.14810
31/03/21£1,816£1,700£117£0£3,395£1,56311493
31/03/20?£1,536£1,533£3£0£3,279£1,41511.1528
31/03/18£1,389£1,454£-65£0£3,398£1,48512.3540
31/03/17£1,274£1,244£30£0£3,464£1,48114.3790
31/03/16£1,822£1,199£622£0£3,434£1,51115.1690
31/03/15£1,234£1,133£101£42£2,811£1,27313.5260
31/03/14£1,109£1,082£27£31£2,711£1,14612.7260
31/03/13£1,115£1,075£40£36£2,683£1,06911.9410
31/03/12£1,207£1,104£103£26£2,643£97210.6230
31/03/11?£1,878£1,287£591£32£2,540£7517270
30/09/09£1,384£379£1,005£17£1,949£72623100
30/09/08£575£380£195£16£944£73323.290
30/09/07£348£328£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£348£328£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05*£325£289£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£344£277£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 11.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 6.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.bosencefarm.com

info@bosencefarm.com

01736850006

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Support for addiction & substance abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£170,485
Cornwall Community Foundation£21,400
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
DCMS£9,979
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cornwall Community Foundation - Transforming Lives
£5,000 16/06/2023
Bosence Farm is Cornwall's sole residential rehab center for severe drug and alcohol addiction, offering clinical detox and ongoing supported rehabilitation for individuals in crisis.
Cornwall Community Foundation - We Can Grow Equipment
£1,400 28/03/2023
Bosence Farm is Cornwall's sole residential rehab center for severe drug and alcohol addiction, offering clinical detox and ongoing supported rehabilitation for individuals in crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Woodland Gym
£9,985 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to build an outdoor Green Gym. The project aims to provide a facility where people can regain physical health improve mental health connect to the natural world around them and support each other through the recovery process.
Cornwall Community Foundation - Grant to Bosence Farm Community Ltd
£2,000 02/09/2022
Bosence Farm is Cornwall's sole residential rehab center for severe drug and alcohol addiction, offering clinical detox and ongoing supported rehabilitation for individuals in crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - We Can Grow
£160,500 27/05/2021
The project will use the funding to deliver outdoor activities training and ‘green therapy’ at their residential centre to support the rehabilitation of beneficiaries with drug and alcohol addictions.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,979 09/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid 19
£10,000 29/06/2020
3
Additional staffing to cope with rise in cases as a result of the pandemic. Also PPE and social distancing equipment.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 29/05/2020
Young People's Addiction Recovery Unit
Cornwall Community Foundation - Additional hours in response to Covid 19
£3,000 16/04/2020
2
To provide support to people currently not in treatment for their addiction and currently isolated at home and thereby at risk of unmanaged withdrawal.
National Lottery Community Fund - Refurbish Communal Facilities
£10,000 08/08/2019
12
Refurbish Communal Facilities
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bosence Farm Community Ltd
£83,900 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' salary of the Key Worker at the Family and Young Person's Unit at a project providing residential clinical detoxification and rehabilitation to adults with severe drug and/or alcohol dependency in Cornwall
National Lottery Community Fund - FoodWorks, a community outreach cooking programme
£10,000 24/05/2017
12
This group will use the funding to deliver a food and lifestyle educational programme for young people in a residential drug and alcohol treatment unit. This will improve their life skills, raise awareness of their health and wellbeing and increase ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bosence Farm Community
£14,600 20/10/2016
Security system for a charity working in Cornwall
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Bosence Community Farm Limited
£58,000 09/06/2016
24
Towards a new Team Leader to support young people from Cornwall, in a residential unit, recover from drug and alcohol misuse.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-72
  • AMANDA BACK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Communications
  • DR MALCOLM ROSSER JONES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: General Practitioner
  • EDWARD CHAPMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • IAN PAUL COLTON (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • KARON CLARK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Executive Coach
  • SUSAN JANE TURK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Nurse
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/08/2001, number: 1088236
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/08/2001, number: 04263352
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
19 returns made; AR05: 17 days late,
Main office

69 BOSENCE ROAD
TOWNSHEND
HAYLE
TR27 6AN

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISTRESS AND THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL MISUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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