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Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

FRIENDS OF BLUEBELL PARK

The charity is used to provide educational, recreational and sensory activities, experiences, equipment and resources for children and young people with disabilities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£21£2£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£23£23£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£4£2£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£21£20£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£43£44£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£17£17£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£22£14£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£16£11£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£2£6£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£5£8£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£1£10£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£4£0£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£7£0£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

bluebellparkknowsley.co.uk

Bluebell.Park@knowsley.gov.uk

01514778350

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Friends of Bluebell Park
£10,764 27/03/2024
12
To develop 2 sensory regulation spaces.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Friends of Bluebell Park
£10,472 17/02/2023
To purchase new interactive TV screens for the Post 16 department as the previous ones have broken due to age and cannot be repaired.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Friends of Bluebell Park
£10,610 20/04/2022
The funding will be used to purchase Interactive TV screens for the upper school.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • GAYNOR WILLIAMS Appointed: 2016
  • GILL ROWLANDS Appointed: 2022
  • JAMIE CAMPBELL Appointed: 2014
  • MICHELLE SLATER Appointed: 2016
  • TRACY DUCKWORTH Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/12/2001, number: 1089615
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 3 days late, AR20: 71 days late, AR19: 437 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR09: 283 days late, AR05: 18 days late,
Main office

C/O Bluebell Park School
Cawthorn Walk
Kirkby
Merseyside
L33 3XP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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