Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

WEST CHADSMOOR FAMILY CENTRE LTD

The charity runs a Family Centre serving the local community offering services to pre- school children and their families, older children in holidays, when they need it most. Services on offer include baby groups,toddler activities, family support, a community table and parents support group. Open four days per week.Open all year round ,term time pre school sessions and school holiday activities
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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 female
  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£147£142£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£128£128£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£120£69£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£70£69£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£84£76£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£60£86£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£88£71£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£68£67£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£83£95£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£87£95£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£60£87£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£121£80£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£77£120£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£100£108£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£133£82£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£73£0£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.WestChadsmoorFamilyCentre.co.uk

wcfc_uk@hotmail.co.uk

01543571698

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£396,477
Postcode Local Trust£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£7,292
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/10/2023
Facilitating the future
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 29/09/2023
The grant will be spent on delivering services in a deprived area. Providing a lifeline to many struggling in these difficult times.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - West Chadsmoor Family Centre
£4,992 07/06/2023
The funding is for the community table project which provides fresh and ambient foods as well as baby goods and toiletries for families who attend the centre.
National Lottery Community Fund - Simply Babies
£9,793 28/10/2022
Funding will be used to run bi-weekly support sessions for new born babies and their parents. This project aims to help parents navigate the early days of their child’s life in a positive and healthy way while reducing the isolation facing new ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to West Chadsmoor Family Centre
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - West Chadsmoor Family Centre Limited
£2,300 15/10/2021
The funding will provide basic food items, nappies , personal hygiene products for adults/children/ babies - shampoo, toothpaste, shower gel and deodorants.
National Lottery Community Fund - Families shine
£9,999 30/09/2021
The funding will be used to employ a project worker to run a range of activity sessions for families and their young children. The project aims to support children’s early development and reduce isolation and build resilience for parents.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bright Beginnings
£376,685 30/01/2020
35
The project will work in the Chadsmoor and Burntwood districts to improve opportunities, life chances and well-being for families with young children in the area. The project will see WCFC and Spark build on their current, informal partnership, to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Families together
£10,000 15/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to run parent and child activity sessions and a baby group. The project aims to build positive relationships and support networks.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to West Chadsmoor Family Centre
£29,898 21/05/2019
36
This project will provide the Brighter Futures Programme working with children experiencing a lack of support from parents. The project aims to improve communication skills, improve physical activity and improve relationships with others.
National Lottery Community Fund - Families together
£10,000 04/06/2018
12
This funding will be used to provide family support activities to help them learn new skills and develop positive family relationships.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-75
  • ANGELA STAPLES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lecturer
  • EMMA COX Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Administrator
  • HELEN ASPBURY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • JEANETTE MCINNES Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Foster Carer
  • JACQUELINE PRESTWOOD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Support Worker
  • JASON TITLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Graphic Designer
  • LYNN CLAIR ELAINE EVANS Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Book Keeper
  • SUE THORNLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/10/2006, number: 1116541
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2005, number: 05485495
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR23: 101 days late, AR21: 79 days late, AR20: 10 days late, AR13: 43 days late, AR08: 4 days late,
Main office

98-100 PRINCESS STREET
CANNOCK
WS11 5JT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE HEALTH AND EDUCATION WITHIN WEST CHADSMOOR AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BYI THE PROVISION OF A DROP IN CENTREII THE PROVISION OF CHILDCAREIII THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, STAFFORDSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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