Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

CLOSE HOUSE PROJECTS

Close House Projects works with young people and our aim is to help them develop their physical, mental, cultural and spiritual capacities through leisure, social and educational opportunities. We operate a cafe drop in Hereford city centre and also run youth centres in other areas within Hereford. The staff and volunteers at Close House Projects are trained to support the needs of young people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£137	£169	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£175	£147	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£106	£144	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£182	£157	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£185	£156	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£122	£97	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£99	£107	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£126	£128	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£142	£157	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£140	£147	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£127	£126	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£116	£110	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£128	£129	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£154	£138	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£125	£127	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£112	£102	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£113	£99	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

www.closehouse.org.uk

admin@closehouse.org.uk

01432274239

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Herefordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - The Outback
£1,000	20/04/2023	Grant to Close House Projects
Herefordshire Community Foundation - The EPICs: Gen Z
£10,000	21/12/2022	Grant to Close House Projects
Herefordshire Community Foundation - EPIC Adulting
£9,417	05/07/2022	Grant to Close House Projects
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 Grant to Close House Projects
£5,000	26/08/2020	Grant to Close House Projects
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 Grant to Close House Projects
£3,000	26/08/2020	Grant to Close House Projects
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000	26/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	26/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Youth Music - Livewire Music Mentors inclusion and development programme
£99,522	11/05/2018	Livewire Music Mentors inclusion and development programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	06/07/2017	Core Costs

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-73

DR LINZY OUTTRIM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Principal Consultant

RICHARD STEPHEN KELLY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Manager

REV ANDREW JAMES DODWELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Associate Minister

REV JOAO PAULO CARDOSA-DUTRA Appointed: 2022

SAMUEL ROBIN PRATLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Managing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/05/2006, number: 1114192
Registered at Companies House on 01/12/2005, number: 05641665

Gift Aid

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
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; AR07: 28 days late,

Main office

CLOSE HOUSE PROJECTS
3 ST. PETERS CLOSE
HEREFORD
HR1 2DL

Objectives

(1) TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN HEREFORDSHIRE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.(2) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN HEREFORDSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HEREFORDHSIRE.

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