Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -8

THE CHATTERBOX PROJECT BLACKLEY

ADULT EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHY LIVING Arts, maths, literacy, computers, chair base exercises and dancing for beginners. GREEN FINGERS Community gardening involved with the local In Bloom for the past 4yrs. CHILDREN & FAMILY Consists of a Toddler Group,;offering 4 hours of parent/child activities per week - children 0-3 yrs.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/10/22		£8	£9	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/21		£22	£12	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/10/20		£15	£12	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/10/19		£30	£46	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/10/18	*	£32	£71	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	15
31/10/17		£186	£180	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£145	£146	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£131	£89	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£20	£52	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£174	£144	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£95	£117	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£135	£126	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10	*	£129	£91	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£2	£7	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08		£70	£61	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.chatterboxproject.com

info@chatterboxproject.com

01617956162

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Social clubs and similar

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Manchester City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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
Manchester City Council - Grant to The Chatterbox Project
£3,156	04/12/2019	Grant towards replacing security lighting, raising garden beds, outdoor seating and privacy screening on perimeter fences
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	29/06/2017	Chatterbox Roof Replacement
National Lottery Community Fund - The Chatterbox Project Blackley
£360,430	23/09/2014 36	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Gender Split

DEBORAH WHITELEY

HELEN ANN ROBERTS Appointed: 2022

SUSAN ASPREY (Chair)

SHARON CLARKE

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/2007, number: 1119489

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR18: 149 days late, AR10: 43 days late,

Main office

70A Booth Hall Road
MANCHESTER
M9 7BL

Objectives

3. THE OBJECTS.THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK, BLACKLEY (WHITE MOSS) IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK, BLACKLEY (WHITE MOSS).

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