Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 2

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -8

THE GROWING SPACE (WINCANTON) LIMITED

Physical Wellbeing Activities through therapeutic gardening helping people with learning difficulties, mental health problems and children.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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	*	£43	£40	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22		£47	£37	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£35	£35	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20		£35	£35	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19	*	£43	£43	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18		£43	£43	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£59	£62	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£59	£62	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£43	£55	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£51	£52	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£56	£59	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£51	£50	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£51	£50	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£52	£46	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£43	£43	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£50	£48	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£44	£49	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£47	£50	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£49	£49	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£56	£61	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

www.thegrowingspace.org.uk

info@thegrowingspace.org.uk

0196333695

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric and substance abuse)

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Supporting adults with mental health problems to grow fresh produce for Wincanton's food bank
£4,500	10/10/2022	Grant to Growing Space
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Growing Space (Wincanton) Ltd
£16,000	25/10/2013	The charity works with the disabled, older isolated people and children with special needs. It seeks funding for staff and related costs. The work helps to reduce isolation, build skills and ....more The charity works with the disabled, older isolated people and children with special needs. It seeks funding for staff and related costs. The work helps to reduce isolation, build skills and confidence and develop their training needs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 68-72

CHRISTOPHER FENTON Appointed: 2016

MICHAEL MELVIN ROWLANDS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Operations Manager

ANDREW CHILTON Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Transport Charity

DR MARC FELLOWS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Doctor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2002, number: 1090917
Registered at Companies House on 03/10/2001, number: 04297947

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 91 days late, AR19: 346 days late, AR17: 29 days late, AR08: 36 days late,

Main office

Sydmonton
Maperton
WINCANTON
Somerset
BA9 8EH

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR:1. PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2. THE PUBLIC AT LARGE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE. SOMERSET

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