Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH NETWORK

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the communities in the areas of Bromsgrove and Redditch LocalAuthority areas, in particular the advancement of education, protection of health, relief of proverty, distress and sickness.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

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.barn.org.uk

office@barn.org.uk

0152760282

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		£377	£301	£76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£323	£180	£143	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£176	£110	£65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42
31/03/20		£120	£112	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/19		£123	£118	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18		£103	£89	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£104	£102	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£149	£166	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£53	£76	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£94	£105	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£60	£64	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£48	£61	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£101	£71	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£51	£42	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£54	£42	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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	£100,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,522
Power to Change	£11,258
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£6,929

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteers – We need you!!
£9,544	05/05/2023	The funding will be used to start a Skills for Work project and recruit more volunteers to help across different sectors. The project aims to support the community and other organisations by running ....more The funding will be used to start a Skills for Work project and recruit more volunteers to help across different sectors. The project aims to support the community and other organisations by running workshops and getting people involved in volunteering.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - BURT community minibus
£1,000	15/09/2021	Towards the annual running costs of the Bromsgrove and Urban Rural Transport minibus.
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Bromsgrove and Redditch Network
£11,258	15/10/2020	Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Bromsgrove and Redditch Network
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000	23/07/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - UPLIFT
£9,978	23/03/2020 11	The funding will be used to support local voluntary community service groups. The project aims to engage, support and develop communities across Bromsgrove and Redditch.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Next Generation
£5,929	16/09/2019 11	Funding is requested for the Next Generation project which aims to encourage volunteering in young people under 25 years, particularly to develop employability skills. It will focus on Redditch which ....more Funding is requested for the Next Generation project which aims to encourage volunteering in young people under 25 years, particularly to develop employability skills. It will focus on Redditch which has some of the highest rates of deprivation in the area as well as the highest number of young people in the county. The core of the project will be peer encouragement and the use of social media to generate interest, as well as the Network’s usual routes for volunteering and engagement with local schools and colleges.
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills for Life
£10,000	29/11/2018 12	A volunteering programme will be funded for young and unemployed people to improve their life chances and confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Get involved!
£10,000	20/09/2017 12	This project will help more people become involved in volunteering for local organisations, which will increase skills and build strong communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Vital Volunteers
£10,000	03/12/2014 12	Not Available

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-78

ANDREW DAVID HOPKINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Foster Parent, Other trusteeship: 1ST BOURNVILLE SCOUT GROUP (100TH BIRMINGHAM),

DR BENJAMIN COSTELLO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Research Fellow, Other trusteeship: REDDITCH NIGHTSTOP,

FIONA JOYCE MITCHELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Officer, Other trusteeship: CARERS CARELINE,

JENNIFER MORRIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

JOHN COCHRANE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

KAREN JONES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Manager

YVONNE RENDELL (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/2008, number: 1122980
Registered at Companies House on 11/05/2006, number: 05814032

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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

15 returns made; AR10: 47 days late, AR09: 11 days late,

Main office

COMMUNITY HOUSE
103 EASEMORE ROAD
REDDITCH
WORCESTERSHIRE
B98 8EY

Objectives

1 TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;2 TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH.THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR SHALL MEAN CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH

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