Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

FENLAND AREA COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE TRUST 

FACET provides training for adults aged 16+ with any form of disability, enabling them to: - live independently - acquire new work-based skills - prepare for & move into work. We also create new enterprises to provide work experience opportunities for our students & services for the local community. We have also evolved to become a major provider in the area of health and social care services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/07/22£904£798£105£24£552£5438.23210
31/07/21£919£835£84£28£446£42163412
31/07/20£913£869£44£53£363£3574.93612
31/07/19£882£879£3£53£319£3174.33610
31/07/18£847£836£10£836£322£180.33510
31/07/17£829£820£9£30£312£360.5370
31/07/16£755£732£23£129£303£570.9380
31/07/15£734£705£29£118£280£530.9290
31/07/14£678£603£76£105£250£330.7290
31/07/13£594£571£23£104£175£240.5240
31/07/12£581£546£35£71£151£100.2210
31/07/11*£846£840£6£49£116£100.1210
31/07/10£530£524£5£67£110£90.2270
31/07/09£445£412£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£341£334£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£611£582£29£333£64£360.700
31/07/06*£361£404£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05*£376£427£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04*£212£189£23£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 8.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 21 years

www.facet.org.uk

linda4842@googlemail.com

01354655080

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 32 employees
  • 10 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£36,507
National Lottery Community Fund£9,709
Masonic Trust£1,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,500 17/10/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£36,507 29/09/2020
"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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SUPPORT FOR ADULTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS
£9,709 05/09/2019
12
SUPPORT FOR ADULTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/04/2003, number: 1097098
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/06/2002, number: 04457125
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR11: 21 days late, AR06: 356 days late, AR05: 69 days late, AR04: 7 days late,
Main office

FENLAND AREA COMM ENTERPRISE TRUST
MARWICK CENTRE
21 MARWICK ROAD
MARCH
PE15 8PH

Objectives

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR THE FENS, CAMBRIDGESHIRE) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;(B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THOSE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING WORK EXPERIENCE;(D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR(II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;(E) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(F) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(G) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(H) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(I) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;(J) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND(K) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE FENS, CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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