Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 4

Poor Liquidity: -1
Positive trading contribution: +2;Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Fundraising costs high: -5

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -4

BELLE VUE COMMUNITY, SPORTS & YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED

Belle Vue Centre offer a varied choice of charitable activities to many different diverse organisations and service users.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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		£741	£722	£19	£501	£1,538	£54	0.9	55	8
31/03/22	*	£610	£643	£-34	£490	£1,520	£1,213	22.6	60	60
31/03/21	*	£475	£352	£124	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/20		£600	£718	£-118	£574	£1,430	£1,139	19	49	12
31/03/19		£727	£652	£76	£468	£1,548	£1,260	23.2	55	10
31/03/18		£702	£688	£14	£432	£1,472	£1,190	20.7	55	0
31/03/17	*	£656	£655	£2	£339	£1,458	£1,263	23.2	49	0
31/03/16	*	£553	£560	£-7	£220	£1,456	£1,240	26.6	48	0
31/03/15	*	£470	£506	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£499	£556	£-57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£620	£632	£-13	£6	£1,557	£1,368	26	30	0
31/03/12	*	£723	£692	£32	£7	£1,569	£1,511	26.2	48	0
31/03/11	*	£940	£896	£44	£7	£1,538	£1,485	19.9	76	0
31/03/10	*	£936	£1,001	£-64	£11	£1,495	£1,447	17.4	103	0
31/03/09	*	£950	£1,077	£-128	£8	£1,558	£1,508	16.8	95	0
31/03/08	*	£994	£1,035	£-40	£362	£1,686	£1,674	19.4	78	0
31/03/07	*	£759	£846	£-88	£526	£1,728	£1,721	24.4	65	0
31/03/06	*	£798	£884	£-87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£620	£699	£-79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£660	£685	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 159.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 69.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 4%
Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0

Asset Split ?

Established: 21 years

www.bellevuecentre.org.uk

reception@bellevuecentre.org.uk

07860501850

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-tees,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

55 employees
8 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Sport England	£8,870
County Durham Community Foundation	£7,820

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Food Poverty Challange
£10,000	13/01/2023	The funding will be used to deliver a pilot project of support at their Centre for disadvantaged families and residents. This will provide access to a warm space lunch refreshments training and ....more The funding will be used to deliver a pilot project of support at their Centre for disadvantaged families and residents. This will provide access to a warm space lunch refreshments training and activities at their venue. They will also train volunteers to cook food and pastries to supplement their Fareshare food bag deliveries. The project aims to provide support for more people at risk of food and fuel poverty.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	14/10/2022	Belle Vue Community Sports & Youth Centre
County Durham Community Foundation - Belle Vue Youth in Action
£7,820	18/02/2021	The Belle Vue Youth in Action project.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£8,870	18/05/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
National Lottery Community Fund - The Belle Vue Big Activity Project
£9,900	06/02/2019 12	The funding will provide a programme of activities over the summer holiday's for children and their families, as well as providing healthy, nutritious food for those who may otherwise go without.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

CRANNEY KEVIN HENRY Appointed: 2013

ALAN CLARK Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director

MALCOLM WALKER M.A., Occupation: Local Government, Other trusteeship: HARTLEPOOL NDC TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/09/2003, number: 1099395
Registered at Companies House on 21/01/2002, number: 04357179

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 366 days late, AR21: 7 days late, AR17: 153 days late, AR16: 270 days late, AR15: 625 days late, AR13: 344 days late, AR12: 286 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR10: 59 days late, AR09: 143 days late, AR08: 371 days late, AR07: 489 days late, AR06: 834 days late, AR04: 1563 days late,

Main office

Belle Vue Community Sports & Youth
Kendal Road
HARTLEPOOL
TS25 1QU

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BELLE VUE AREA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS 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 OF THE SAID INHABITANTS. (B) RO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BELLE VUE AREA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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