Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

BOLTON SOLIDARITY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Client Drop In Youth Activities and Outings TripsHealth PromotionCommunity Cohesion ProjectsHousingTranslationEmployment and Training Homework Club
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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: 20 years

www.boltonbsca.com

bolsomcom@hotmail.com

07512738697

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
31/03/23£186£197£-11n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/22£196£197£-1n/an/an/an/an/a29
31/03/21*£241£128£113n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/20£74£117£-42n/an/an/an/an/a33
31/03/19£145£114£30n/an/an/an/an/a33
31/03/18£103£110£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£126£117£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£128£105£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£136£96£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£50£114£-64£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£166£141£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£157£131£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£144£137£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£131£153£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£115£116£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£146£123£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£95£96£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£105£84£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£42£61£-20£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bolton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department for Work and Pensions£80,357
Lloyds Bank Foundation£59,346
Power to Change£41,800
DCMS£23,580
Bolton CVS£4,240
Sport England£3,510
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Department for Work and Pensions - GRANT REF NO 035
£27,685 01/04/2022
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - GRANT REF NO 021
£4,389 01/04/2022
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£50,000 29/07/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Bolton Solidarity Community Association
Bolton CVS - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£4,240 01/06/2021
Recruitment and training of Community Champions
Department for Work and Pensions - Bolton Solidarity & Community Association (BSCA) Grant Ref No 21
£48,283 01/04/2021
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the ....more
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Bolton Solidarity Community Assoication
£41,800 18/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Bolton Solidarity Community Assoication
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£7,096 24/07/2020
Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£23,580 08/07/2020
"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
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,510 03/06/2020
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
Bolton CVS - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£4,460 07/01/2019
To use our community champions, BME nurses as well as people who recovered from Cov19
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£74,850 26/01/2018
36
supporting the needs of the new and emerging communities within the area funding will enable the charity to deliver a project supporting community members reduce their involvement with the drug Khat ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£71,338 06/04/2016
36
Towards the salaries of two project workers to raise awareness of and support those who have been affected by, or are at-risk of female genital mutilation.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£74,550 06/05/2015
36
supporting the needs of the new and emerging communities within the area funding will enable the charity to deliver a project supporting community members reduce their involvement with the drug Khat ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£70,805 29/08/2012
Towards a project to reduce the risks of girls and women undergoing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), including awareness raising, engaging champions and local strategic work.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£46,300 14/03/2012
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the salary of the New and Emerging Communities Health Officer and running costs of a project working with those affected by Khat use in Bolton
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£39,300 27/01/2012
the costs of the Families & Gangs Project including the salary and on costs of the Positive Action Officer, running and management costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Bolton Solidarity Community Association
£62,030 11/11/2009
36
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of a part-time worker, trainers' fees, activities and running costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2004, number: 1101649
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/2014, number: 09268271
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR21: 7 days late, AR05: 177 days late,
Main office

2-16
Mayor Street
Bolton
BL3 5HT

Objectives

1)TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY IN BOLTON BY WORKING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, HOUSING ASSOCIATION AND OTHER STATUTORY BODIES IN AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH A VIEW OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE WIDER COMMUNITY. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE CULTURE OF SOMALIA AND SICH WAYS THAT THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE. 3)TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOLTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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