Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 4

CRESCENT COMMUNITY RADIO LTD

Local community radio broadcaster.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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		£81	£95	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/22		£92	£105	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/21		£125	£91	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31
31/03/20		£64	£64	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£87	£61	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18	*	£59	£67	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£59	£52	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£68	£68	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£42	£42	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£32	£52	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£76	£75	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12?		£99	£91	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10		£53	£61	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09		£63	£49	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years
(19 years as a company)

www.crescentradio.net

info@crescentradio.net

01706340385

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Rochdale,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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 Heritage Fund	£113,485
Power to Change	£15,000
DCMS	£3,610

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Crescent Community Radio Ltd
£63,685	24/06/2022	Punjabi Lives
Power to Change - Renewal - Crescent Community Radio
£15,000	14/05/2021	Grant to Renewal - Crescent Community Radio
DCMS - VSCSE Loneliness Fund
£3,610	04/02/2021	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Crescent Community Radio
£49,800	18/12/2019	East African Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - The 97 Show
£9,920	06/12/2018 12	The aim of the project will be to make individuals aware of the wide range of activities they can participate in and to help local groups work together rather than live in isolation. The funding will ....more The aim of the project will be to make individuals aware of the wide range of activities they can participate in and to help local groups work together rather than live in isolation. The funding will be used to deliver a new live radio show three times a week which will be active in the community visiting groups, volunteer organisations and local events to showcase everything going on in the area. The money will be used for a project manager, researcher/producer, radio presenter, equipment and resources.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Crescent Community Radio
£44,000	25/05/2017	Kashmiri Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Radio Project
£112,656	11/02/2010 35	Crescent Community Radio (CCR) will further develop community radio programmes that can be accessed by local communities living in the Deeplish and Milkstone wards of Rochdale, Lancashire. The ....more Crescent Community Radio (CCR) will further develop community radio programmes that can be accessed by local communities living in the Deeplish and Milkstone wards of Rochdale, Lancashire. The project will increase community understanding of the medium of community radio and offer community members (primarily unemployed, low waged and unwaged) four week training courses and volunteering opportunities at the CCR premises that increase the confidence, self-esteem and basic life skills of the beneficiaries.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

DR INAYAT KHAN BABAR Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Doctor - General Practitioner

ZIA ZAMAN Appointed: 2011, Other trusteeship: CRESCENT AID UK,

RAZIA SHAMIM (Chair), Occupation: Retired Community Worker, Other trusteeship: MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTRE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2008, number: 1126088
Registered at Companies House on 19/10/2004, number: 05263352

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

14 returns made; AR18: 44 days late, AR16: 9 days late,

Main office

1 Devon St
ROCHDALE
OL11 1HN

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE INHABITANTS OF ROCHDALE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN RADIO PRODUCTION, BROADCASTING AND MEDIA SKILLS TECHNIQUES;B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH RADIO BROADCASTS ON SUCH TOPICS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELATING TO HEALTH AND CRIME PREVENTION;C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST 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, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ESTABLISHING A YOUTH GROUP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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