Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ANSELL CENTRE CHARITY 

Together with Hadleigh United Reformed Church to provide a community centre facility for the residents of Hadleigh, Suffolk. To run two lunch clubs, a Memories Cafe for people living with dementia and a digital cinema.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/03/23£16£16£0n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£16£9£7n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/21£5£8£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£16£13£3n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£17£11£5n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£14£21£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£8£4£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£8£6£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£6£8£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£8£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£9£5£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£8£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£15£9£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£14£6£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£8£3£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

ansellcc.org.uk

janetmdicks@gmail.com

01473823413

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
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
  • 40 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Ansell Memories Cafe Facilitator
£3,696 16/10/2019
12
Ansell Memories Cafe Facilitator
National Lottery Community Fund - Ansell Memories Cafe Facilitator
£3,180 13/09/2018
12
The funding will be used to pay the salary of the facilitator to run the Memories Café project. The project aims to provide information, companionship and activities in a safe and supportive ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-91
  • ANDY GUEST Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Project Manager
  • JILL COX Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/09/2005, number: 1111332
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/01/2005, number: 05334314
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR10: 303 days late, AR09: 49 days late, AR07: 77 days late,
Main office

7 HIGH STREET
HADLEIGH
IPSWICH
IP7 5AH

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HADLEIGH (SUFFOLK) AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, ABILITY, 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 INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SAID INHABITANTS;B) TO ALLEVIATE THE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION OF SUCH PERSONS;C) TO ESTABLISH OR SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS;D) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HADLEIGH (SUFFOLK) AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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