Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

TRINITY FAMILY CENTRE LIMITED 

Parent & Toddler group 3 x a week - play facilities, creative learning. Family club - promoting family values, sports - computers - cost price meals. Pensioners group for socially isolated. 1 session a week for adults with learning disabilities. Community cafe at affordable prices. Community food store, fridge & freezer.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

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: 17 years

www.trinityfamilycentre.org

louise@trinityfamilycentre.org

01702351998

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*£88£92£-4n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/22£86£86£0n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/21£76£66£10n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/20£97£94£3n/an/an/an/an/a37
31/03/19£92£98£-6n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£94£101£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£90£93£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£92£103£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£135£107£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£107£107£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£104£107£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£70£77£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£65£85£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£85£88£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£98£90£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£90£112£-23£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southend-on-sea,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 28 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
Essex Community Foundation£36,429
National Lottery Community Fund£19,820
Garfield Weston Foundation£18,000
DCMS£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Trinity Family Centre
£685 14/02/2023
to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Trinity Family Centre
£6,852 10/11/2022
to support the provision of weekly Family Club and biweekly Mencap sessions at this community centre in Westcliff
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£8,000 23/09/2022
Building a Community
National Lottery Community Fund - Trinity Family Centre
£9,862 02/09/2022
The funding will be used to contribute to the groups core costs to enable them to continue their delivery of support for families and people on low incomes. The project aims to provide emotional and ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Trinity Family Centre
£9,000 18/11/2021
to support a project providing retail training and work experience to disadvantaged people in Southend
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£8,000 28/09/2020
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 ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Trinity Family Centre
£10,000 24/09/2020
towards the general running costs of a charity providing adapted support services to deprived families affected by COVID19 in Southend
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 06/03/2020
Focus On the Fringe
National Lottery Community Fund - TFC Community
£9,958 13/12/2019
7
The funding will be used to provide a range of support, befriending and skill sharing activities for the community. The project aims to create support networks, volunteering opportunities and enable ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Focus On The Fringe Training Supervisor
£9,892 06/06/2019
9
To employ a training supervisor to support and build skills for volunteers and those on community work placements at a charity shop in Westcliff
Essex Community Foundation - TFC Holiday Club
£9,166 23/04/2018
11
To help support a Holiday Programme for young people from Milton, Westborough, and surrounding wards in Southend
National Lottery Community Fund - Route To Work
£9,912 12/04/2018
12
This project will run a programme teaching retail skills and providing work experience to local young people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 14/02/2018
Trinity Family Centre
Essex Community Foundation - Trinity Holiday Programme
£3,140 27/04/2017
1
To support the Trinity Holiday Programme for young people from Milton, Victoria, Westborough, and Chalkwell wards
Essex Community Foundation - Family Fitness
£9,368 08/12/2016
12
To run a Family Fitness programme in a community who experience social exclusion and isolation
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Trinity Family Centre
£27,100 28/06/2013
The charity provides a range of community support to people of all ages. Its project to support people with learning disabilities reduces isolation, enables them to make choices and brings respite ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - TFC Mencap
£10,000 22/09/2011
12
This is a project by a company in Essex. The group will use the funding to provide a day service provision for young people with learning or physical disabilities. This will provide activities ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Age Range of Trustees: 42-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2007, number: 1119349
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/11/2006, number: 05985406
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
16 returns made; AR23: 8 days late, AR17: 58 days late,
Main office

TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
ARGYLL ROAD
WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
SS0 7HL

Objectives

TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, THAT THEY GROW TO FULL CAPACITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COMMUNITY OF WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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