Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

ORB COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE

To promote mental health amongst vulnerable people in Yorkshire who through their social circumstances are in need and in particular to promote and support schemes where such people may receive training and develop skills for employment

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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

Established: 18 years

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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		£337	£345	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22		£296	£278	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21		£344	£246	£98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20		£229	£200	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31
31/03/19		£173	£199	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	68
31/03/18		£182	£181	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£164	£163	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£136	£125	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£126	£114	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£94	£109	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£110	£99	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£94	£94	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£107	£105	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£78	£84	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£46	£61	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08?	*	£52	£46	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£62	£57	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of York, Leeds City, North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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

Henry Smith Charity	£243,700
National Lottery Community Fund	£224,032
DCMS	£65,000
The Baring Foundation	£12,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£9,440

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Community Catalysts
£214,236	31/03/2023	This funding will be used to deliver a creative programme of events exhibitions and performance celebrating what makes people unique and what they have in common. The project aims to improve the ....more This funding will be used to deliver a creative programme of events exhibitions and performance celebrating what makes people unique and what they have in common. The project aims to improve the quality of life for people experiencing mental ill health and build resilience by creating connections within and between local organisations and communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - OrbIT
£9,796	06/01/2023	The funding will be used to purchase new IT equipment and software for use in music production and other creative sessions. The project aims to support young people experiencing mental ill health.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£93,900	17/05/2022 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing additional support for people with complex mental health needs, who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Knaresborough, North ....more towards three years' running costs of a project providing additional support for people with complex mental health needs, who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - A Gift
£9,440	28/03/2022	Funding for artists, materials, overheads and publicity for a project for people experiencing poor mental health to create artworks around the theme of a gift for the jubilee.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£12,000	14/09/2020	Creative activities led by professional artists to explore people's sense of place and belonging and their impact on mental health and wellbeing
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£65,000	09/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£149,800	11/09/2019 36	towards three years' project costs of a social prescribing programme for people with moderate mental ill health in Harrogate District, North Yorkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Orb Community Arts - A Creative Wellbeing Community
£117,113	21/03/2019 36	The funding is for a creative project for people who experience or are vulnerable to mental health issues. Singing, music, and arts and crafts workshops will be provided and cooking, gardening, ....more The funding is for a creative project for people who experience or are vulnerable to mental health issues. Singing, music, and arts and crafts workshops will be provided and cooking, gardening, writing, and poetry sessions will also be on offer. The project also aims to establish local support networks and friendship groups such as, for example, a dementia support group.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Season Well
£2,927	25/07/2018	Funding to support a cooking group project at Orb, who are a community group based in Harrogate supporting people with mental health issues.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£60,000	11/11/2015 36	Towards the core costs of Orb Community Enterprise, which provides creative, learning and volunteering opportunities for people with mental health problems from its base in Knaresborough, North ....more Towards the core costs of Orb Community Enterprise, which provides creative, learning and volunteering opportunities for people with mental health problems from its base in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Orb Community Enterprise
£38,900	29/06/2011	the salaries and NI costs of the Volunteer/Learning Manager (2 years) and the Studio Manager (1 year)

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-71

ERNIE WOOD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Composer/Producer/Film Maker

KAREN HOOD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Artist

LOUISE COLLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Occupational Therapist, Other trusteeship: PIONEER PROJECTS (CELEBRATORY ARTS) LIMITED,

MATT OLDFIELD Appointed: 2015, Occupation: I T Consultant

RICHARD ANTHONY PATTINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Financial Infrastructure Consultant

RICK ALLAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

SUE VASEY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Self-Employed Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/2005, number: 1112425
Registered at Companies House on 26/11/2004, number: 05297597

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR09: 18 days late, AR08: 55 days late, AR06: 400 days late,

Main office

Orb Community Enterprise
Elephant & Castle
Off High Street
KNARESBOROUGH
North Yorkshire
HG5 0EQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AMONGST VULNERABLEPEOPLE IN YORKSHIRE WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND IN PARTICULARTO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SCHEMES WHERE SUCH PEOPLE MAY RECEIVE TRAINING AND DEVELOP SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

YORKSHIRE

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