Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION-KEIGHLEY 

Further develop and benefit residents of Keighley, specifically neighbourhood of Highfield. By associating together residents, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation, leisure time occupation with the objective of improving conditions of life for residents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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
(21 years as a company)

office.keighleyhca@yahoo.co.uk

01535608900

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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
31/03/23£296£308£-12n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£275£298£-24n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£362£279£83n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20£218£253£-35n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£278£200£77n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£396£210£187£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£154£171£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£163£175£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£154£181£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£148£160£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£144£183£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£306£211£95£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£349£252£97£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£221£235£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£239£189£50£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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
National Lottery Community Fund£389,935
Henry Smith Charity£139,000
Leeds Community Foundation£62,887
DCMS£50,000
Power to Change£42,225
Sport England£8,974
Two Ridings Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - We Got It
£12,092 14/07/2023
Grant to Highfield Community Association
National Lottery Community Fund - Empower & Excel
£369,999 17/02/2023
This funding will be used to employ four part-time youth development workers four part-time play-workers and the capacity to commission specialist-workers to continue delivery of a range of ....more
Power to Change - HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION-KEIGHLEY (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION-KEIGHLEY (RCF)
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Highfield Community Association
£139,000 25/08/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing a range of activities and services for people from disadvantaged communities in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - I Can Cook Too
£5,000 30/06/2022
Funding for staff, food, equipment, overheads and recipe cards for six six-week long cookery programmes for children in a diverse and disadvantaged area of Keighley, which will include food from a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Smiles All Round
£9,992 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to continue to deliver a community food hub. The project aims to bring people together who are feeling the affects of food poverty to learn new skills and break down barriers.
Sport England - TGC CF BACK TO HEALTH
£8,974 16/09/2021
11
This project will run a 41 week programme with 3 sessions a week aiming to reach 65 women and girls, at Highfield Community Association and other local venues, for various exercises ranging from ....more
Power to Change - Renewal - Highfield Community Association - Keighley (HCA)
£20,000 17/03/2021
Grant to Renewal - Highfield Community Association - Keighley (HCA)
Leeds Community Foundation - Happy Together
£6,248 29/09/2020
4
Providing 'Happy Times' during the pandemic to children, young people and families' through activities, food, meals, games outdoor, indoor and online sessions
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£50,000 29/09/2020
"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
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Highfield Community Association
£9,570 28/07/2020
4
Support for ongoing delivery and adapting operating/funding model.
Power to Change - C-19 Response - Highfield Community Association (Keighley)
£12,225 24/06/2020
Grant to C-19 Response - Highfield Community Association (Keighley)
Leeds Community Foundation - Highfield Community Centre
£29,977 09/06/2020
23
To provide a tailor-made healthy lifestyle programme empowering people in particular from Keighley Central to lead a healthier life. Provide a ‘go to’ drop in service, helping to reduce the ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£5,000 15/04/2020
6
Grant to Highfield Community Association
National Lottery Community Fund - More Opportunities
£9,944 04/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to offer free courses and activities for women, with the aim of providing new skills to increase confidence and independence.
Leeds Community Foundation - Burn of the calories
£5,993 12/03/2019
11
Provide half term activities to children aged 5+ years, offering food to then 'burn of the calories' in various active activities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Highfield Community Association
£29,932 13/03/2018
36
This project will deliver a programme of social, emotional and mental health support for teenage girls in Keighley. The project will increase self belief and confidence, improve emotional wellbeing ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Highfield Community Association
£119,822 02/03/2018
36
This project will work with children aged 5-18 in Keighley, delivering after school and holiday activities. The project aims to reduce anti social behaviour, improve emotional and physical wellbeing, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth EXCEL
£200,641 15/01/2018
36
The group will run activities to deter young people away from drugs, crime and antisocial behaviour. The activities will be decided upon by the young people to ensure their interest. This will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing project for women - Colourful Lives
£9,993 20/12/2017
12
The group will engage with local women experiencing isolation or mental health issues, particularly those from BME communities, and run sessions where they can discuss their issues, socialise with ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Highfield Community Association
£30,000 22/05/2017
Building refurbishment for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Bradford
Tudor Trust - Grant to Highfield Community Association
£90,000 18/08/2015
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the running costs, including salaries, of a play ranger service working with children in Keighley, West Yorkshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Highfield Community Association
£25,000 28/02/2014
This charity provides a community centre with activities for all ages. They will use a grant to help fund their core costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-68
  • DIANE RAMSDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Monitoring Officer
  • JAVAID IQBAL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Family Law Case Worker
  • SHABANA DIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Engagement Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2008, number: 1124828
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/07/2002, number: 04488173
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE
21 DREWRY ROAD
KEIGHLEY
BD21 2QG

Objectives

FURTHER DEVELOP AND BENEFIT RESIDENTS OF KEIGHLEY SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF HIGHFIELD. WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER RESIDENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION, LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN HIGHFIELD FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTIVES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FIT RESIDENTS OF KEIGHLEY SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF HIGHFIELD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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