Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 16

ST SIDWELL'S CENTRE, EXETER

Community centre promoting local community participation and involvement, health & well-being & social inclusion.Meeting room hire.IT & communal internet access.Volunteer led Community Cafe with an emphasis on affordable healthy eating.Community Garden promoting environmental & sustainability issues.Provide and facilitate a wide range of high quality volunteering and student placement.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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: 16 years

www.stsidwells.org.uk

admin@stsidwells.org.uk

01392666222

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£384	£360	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	196
31/03/22		£359	£316	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	143
31/03/21		£389	£306	£83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	95
31/03/20		£257	£280	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/19		£344	£302	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	178
31/03/18	*	£193	£209	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£220	£210	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£171	£179	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£160	£155	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£136	£127	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£119	£124	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£92	£138	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£102	£125	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£89	£120	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£126	£154	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
196 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

DCMS	£32,768
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£22,977
Power to Change	£18,000
Devon Community Foundation	£15,307
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,991

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Sidwell's Community Centre
£2,192	21/10/2023	We would like to run fun, informal cookery workshops, to bring people together to learn cooking skill, eat together, improve wellbeing and reduce social isolation.
Power to Change - St Sidwell's Centre (RCF)
£10,000	12/12/2022	Grant to St Sidwell's Centre (RCF)
Power to Change - St Sidwell's Centre (PU)
£8,000	01/12/2022	Grant to St Sidwell's Centre (PU)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Sidwells Centre
£10,000	18/10/2022	The Road to Sidwell Street
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Hong Kong British National Overseas (HKBNOs) Welcome Programme
£22,977	21/07/2021	Resettlement funding for Hong Kong British nationals (overseas)
National Lottery Community Fund - Garden Services Project: Jobs Green Spaces and Community
£9,991	16/04/2021	The funding will be used to provide an affordable garden maintenance service staffed by volunteers for vulnerable people and those with disabilities.
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Winter Support Grant
£4,628	28/01/2021	Grant to St Sidwell's Community Centre
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,768	11/08/2020	"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."
CAF - Grant to St Sidwell's Centre
£2,000	01/06/2020	Grant to St Sidwell's Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to St Sidwell's Community Centre
£10,679	29/04/2019	Grant to St Sidwell's Community Centre
Power to Change - St Sidwell's Centre Exeter
£121,956	19/11/2018	Grant to St Sidwell's Centre Exeter
Devon Community Foundation - Employment Training and Education
£45,979	31/01/2018	People experiencing long term unemployment
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Sidwell's Community Centre
£49,000	16/03/2016	Reviving lost history and building community at St Sidwell’s Centre
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Sidwells Community Centre
£12,900	06/05/2015 12	providing support to over 100 disadvantaged people in the centre of Exeter through work placements and volunteering and support for training, improving volunteering and mentoring and developing ....more providing support to over 100 disadvantaged people in the centre of Exeter through work placements and volunteering and support for training, improving volunteering and mentoring and developing better monitoring and communications

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-73

CHRIS DICKENS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Professor Of Psychological Medicine

DR CELIA PLENDER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lecturer

DR SUAAD GENEM

ELIZABETH MICHAELSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

JANE KNOX Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

JOANNA HURRY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Self Employed

KEITH GORDON BELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Worker

MARCUS GARDNER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Catering Assistant

MAISAA SWEID Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Community Builder

STEPHEN JAMES HENRY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Volunteer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/02/2008, number: 1122697
Registered at Companies House on 22/11/2007, number: 06434019

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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

15 returns made; AR18: 9 days late, AR17: 29 days late, AR16: 3 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR11: 3 days late, AR10: 17 days late,

Main office

Sidwell Street
Exeter
Devon
EX4 6NN

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF EXETER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND 2) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CENTRE') AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EXETER

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