Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

SHROPSHIRE CHILD CONTACT CENTRE 

The charity runs 3 child contact centres in Shropshire. They are in Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Wellington .
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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£12£13£-1n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/22£10£11£0n/an/an/an/an/a33
31/03/21£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£12£13£-2n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/19£11£14£-3n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£14£15£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£11£14£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£10£14£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£11£15£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£15£15£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£9£14£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£16£14£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£19£13£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£16£12£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£13£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£12£11£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£13£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£11£9£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£24£10£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

SHROPSHIRECCC@HOTMAIL.COM

01743718052

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Shropshire Child Contact Centres
£1,025 21/10/2023
We would like to help more children have regular contact with the parent they no longer live with after divorce and family breakdown. Our three centres provide a safe, secure, neutral environment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Shropshire Child Contact Centres
£843 23/10/2021
Uniting children and the absent parent after family breakdown, providing a cost-effective way of preventing children from losing all the positive benefits of a relationship with both their parents.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,500 01/04/2021
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805 01/04/2019
Provide support for contact centres
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2003, number: 1096556
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 SMITHY COTTAGES
RYTON
DORRINGTON
SHREWSBURY
SY5 7LZ

Objectives

TO OFFER A SAFE, FRIENDLY AND NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT IN SHROPSHIRE, WHERE CHILDREN OF SEPARATED FAMILIES CAN SPEND TIME WITH ONE OR BOTH PARENTS AND SOMETIMES OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS

Defined Area of Benefit:

SHROPSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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