Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE BACUP CONSORTIUM TRUST 

Making a major, community led contribution to the social and economic regeneration of Rossendale by supporting and empowering local people to improve their health, well being and the overall quality of their lives within an ecological framework at Stubbylee Community Greenhouses. Provide opportunities for volunteering, training, personal mentoring and individual placements for social care.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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: 19 years

www.stubbyleecg.org

souta@thegreenhouses.org

01706 872111

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*£182£183£-1n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£124£163£-39n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£134£132£2n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/20£159£151£9n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£152£156£-4n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/18£193£205£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£166£150£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£181£145£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£83£94£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£123£116£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£120£117£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£34£31£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£59£60£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10?£52£51£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£19£18£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£12£20£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£58£35£23£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06*£27£24£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 40 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£19,600
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Masonic Trust£1,535
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,535 17/07/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect create and thrive.
£9,600 28/01/2021
12
The funding will be used to support people experiencing isolation and poor mental health brought on by Covid 19 restrictions. The project aims to use holistic virtual activities with home-based ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 24/07/2019
Growing Good Stories
National Lottery Community Fund - Stubbylee Arts for Well Being
£10,000 04/07/2019
12
The organisation will make existing Arts for Wellbeing courses available to other parts of the community, including refugees and people with mental or physical health issues. They will also continue ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bacup Consortium Trust
£50,000 28/03/2018
24
over two years towards core costs at a charity in Bacup offering open access therapeutic outdoor activities to isolated people and those with mental health issues
National Lottery Community Fund - Stubbylee Community Cafe
£10,000 05/08/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to provide staffing training resources to man a community cafe in order to provide training, skills development, social participation and work experience for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Heads Up Rossendale 2
£354,001 26/01/2015
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bacup Consortium Trust
£18,000 29/03/2012
the salary and on costs of the Business Development Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - Heads Up Rossendale
£276,142 13/07/2011
36
The scheme will use an holistic approach to support people with mental illness using horticulture as a therapy, along with workshops on healthy eating.It will help develop new skills, reduce ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/2005, number: 1107532
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/04/2004, number: 05097958
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR06: 49 days late,
Main office

Stubbylee Community Greenhouses
Stubbylee Lane
BACUP
OL13 0DD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM ROSSENDALE (AND ITS ENVIRONS) FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY:-1.1. THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEERING, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY TO THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, SOCIALLY ISOLATED OR WHO HAVE MENTAL AND/OR PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS 1.2. THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING AND THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE UNEMPLOYED, SOCIALLY ISOLATED OR THOSE WHO HAVE MENTAL AND/OR PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS 1.3. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, IN PARTICULARLY IN THE OL13 AREA.(LANCASHIRE)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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