Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Very static board: -5
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

PENNYWELL COMMUNITY CENTRE 

Operates and Manages Pennywell Community Centre
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been 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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

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: 21 years

01915346661

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
30/03/23*£73£54£18n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/03/22£72£60£12n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/03/21£46£42£3n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/03/20£76£28£48n/an/an/an/an/a14
30/03/19£46£44£2n/an/an/an/an/a14
30/03/18£49£59£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/17£82£22£59£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/16£66£64£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/15£78£86£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/14*£72£61£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/13*£93£95£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/12*£48£47£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/11£70£75£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/10£108£70£37£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/09£100£79£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/08£68£53£15£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/07£30£25£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/06*£43£80£-37£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/05*£154£105£49£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/04£24£30£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 29/04/2019
Core Costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 71-90
  • NORMA LEE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Unemployed
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/12/2002, number: 1095128
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/10/2002, number: 04552557
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 30 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 62 days late, AR12: 24 days late, AR06: 31 days late, AR05: 395 days late,
Main office

PENNYWELL COMMUNITY CENTRE
PORTSMOUTH ROAD
SUNDERLAND
SR4 9AX

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PENNYWELL AND DISTRICT AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IN THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT FO SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PENNYWELL, SUNDERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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