Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

BIBBYS FARM LIMITED 

to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local,national and international communities in particular but not exclusively by the establishment maintenance and management of a Scout Camp for the Bolton Scout Trust
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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

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
31/12/22£307£225£83n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/12/21£216£141£75n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/20£121£129£-8n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/19£297£193£105n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/12/18£306£210£96£0£0£0n/a075
31/12/17£246£149£97£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£149£125£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£108£105£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£90£69£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£77£91£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£84£92£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£86£82£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£81£73£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£79£74£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£58£41£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£79£79£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£100£52£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£17£49£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£0£13£-13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.bibbysfarm.org.uk

diane@bibbysfarm.org.uk

0300 20 10 077

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 80 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
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Bibbys Farm Limited
£1,500 12/08/2021
Supporting the charity's purposes
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£2,500 11/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Mountaineering project, with a focus on younger ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory Garden to new Bunkhouse
£9,959 05/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to create a sensory garden and accessible pathways for young people with disabilities. The project aims to improve the area with picnic seats and sensory planting.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2004, number: 1103549
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/03/2004, number: 05087099
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR04: 161 days late,
Main office

Charnock Back Lane
Heath Charnock
Chorley
Chorley
Lancashire
PR6 9DL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF A SCOUT CAMP (TO BE KNOWN AS BIBBYS FARM, HEATH CHARNOCK, LANCASHIRE) FOR THE BOLTON SCOUT TRUST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LANCASHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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