Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6

APPLECAST LIMITED 

CAST NW provides educational opportunities, training, entry to employment courses and constructive leisure opportunities to clients as a means of increasing social inclusion, promoting employment and reducing offensive and anti-social behaviour. CAST provides individual learning plans leading to nationally accredited educational programmes through OCN course including information technology.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 16 years
(18 years as a company)

castnw.net

CASTNORTHWEST@GMAIL.COM

01257463012

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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
30/03/23*£1,076£999£77£0£1,559£1,42417.1178
30/03/22£956£819£137£0£1,482£1,40320.6227
30/03/21*£714£746£-32£0£1,345£1,31921.22410
30/03/20*£714£746£-32£0£1,220£89014.3228
30/03/19£936£530£407£0£1,265£93221.11830
30/03/18£573£515£58£0£859£65315.2120
31/03/17£593£545£48£225£800£75316.6150
31/03/16£279£266£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£201£188£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£138£130£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£148£142£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£145£114£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£149£138£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£171£130£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£122£121£0£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 17.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 6.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 17 employees
  • 8 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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£41,803
National Lottery Community Fund£40,000
BBC Children in Need£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - smiles at times for vulnerable lives
£10,000 09/06/2023
The funding will help to deliver a programme of social activities for local young people in care with the aim of breaking down barriers developing skills and engaging with young people to improve ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning young nature and animals
£10,000 11/03/2022
The funding will be used to run outdoor projects for 4–11-year-old children from vulnerable families impacted by Covid 19. The project aims to improve physical/mental health through the development ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Applecast Young and Outdoors
£10,000 28/01/2021
10
The funding will be used to run a young and outdoors project for young people from the local rural community who have been affected by the pandemic. The aim of the project will be to improve physical ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Apple Cast Limited
£30,000 01/12/2020
This project will deliver sports, animal care, and volunteering activities for young people experiencing local deprivation. It will improve mental health, self-confidence, and self-esteem.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£41,803 15/09/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing and Getting Crafty Together
£10,000 02/05/2019
12
The aim of this project is to provide affordable free access to angling, craft and social activities for adults and children with learning disabilities and mental health issues in exchange for ....more
Sport England - Creation of community hub
£41,156 20/08/2018
14
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Creation of community hub. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Creation of community hub
£41,156 20/08/2018
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Creation of community hub'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has ....more
Sport England - Applecast Cycling and Sports Sessions for Young People
£10,000 19/07/2018
34
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Applecast Cycling and Sports Sessions for Young People. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Angling Club Building a ''Community Hub''
£9,448 07/02/2018
12
The organisation will create a community hub to enable them to run an angling club, with the aim of increasing volunteering at their eco centre to increase capacity for vulnerable young people and ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cast North West
£30,000 18/08/2015
12
towards the construction of a new eco classroom at a project using angling and fisheries management to engage hard-to-reach young people in Lancashire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cast North West
£24,700 28/03/2014
Cast provide support & training to challenging and disaffected young people in order they can enhance & further develop their life & employability skills using fishery management as a ....more
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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: 52-81
  • ROBERT SAGE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2008, number: 1123401
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/03/2006, number: 05758480
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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; AR23: 28 days late, AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 6 days late, AR12: 31 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 367 days late,
Main office

Eco Centre
Cobbs Brow Lane
Newburgh
WIGAN
WN8 7SF

Objectives

(1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES; (2) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE TRAINING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE, FARMING, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; 3) TO ASSIST IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT ANY ORGANISATION WHOSE AIMS INCLUDE ADVANCING EDUCATION BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. WIGAN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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