Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -1

ACTIVATE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION SERVICES

Activate provide alternative education and employability skills programmes to those disengaged or at risk of becoming disengaged from education and/or employment, primarily those with disabilities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/07/23		£2,033	£2,013	£20	£0	£1,668	£1,530	9.1	81	1
31/07/22	*	£1,865	£1,752	£113	£0	£1,648	£1,497	10.3	76	1
31/07/21		£1,765	£1,463	£302	£0	£1,535	£1,378	11.3	73	2
31/07/20		£1,689	£1,485	£204	£0	£1,234	£1,046	8.5	72	0
31/07/19		£1,474	£1,241	£233	£0	£1,029	£831	8	56	0
31/07/18		£1,263	£1,114	£149	£0	£797	£625	6.7	50	0
31/07/17		£1,412	£1,248	£164	£0	£582	£397	3.8	48	0
31/07/16		£1,270	£1,266	£4	£0	£418	£206	1.9	42	0
31/07/15		£986	£872	£114	£4	£432	£192	2.6	23	0
31/07/14		£886	£688	£198	£4	£318	£83	1.4	15	0
31/07/13		£489	£478	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/12		£454	£425	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/11		£455	£376	£79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/10		£146	£141	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/09		£83	£78	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 9.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 16 years
(19 years as a company)

www.activateces.org.uk

info@activateces.org.uk

01515451279

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

Who it helps

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

Who supports 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Activate Arts
£20,000	30/06/2011	the salary costs of the Project Manager and the costs the BEAT IT Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-73

DAVID LEES BARLOW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant

DAVID GREGG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Occupational Therapist

JULIE KIRBY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Therapist

KEN SIVITER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

KIM MARIE THOMPSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2008, number: 1123336
Registered at Companies House on 28/06/2005, number: 05493554

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR22: 29 days late,

Main office

The Bracknell Centre
Bracknell Avenue
LIVERPOOL
L32 9PW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, AND TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE INVOLVEMENT IN DRAMA, DANCE MUSIC AND RELATED ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. THE PRIMARY AREA OF BENEFIT WILL BE NORTH WEST ENGLAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WEST ENGLAND

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