Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

GL11 COMMUNITY PROJECT 

To provide local training and education opportunities for residents of all ages and abilities. Providing recreational and social opportunities through a variety of drop-in groups for families and individuals, as well as volunteering opportunities aimed at reducing isolation and benefitting the organisation, individuals and the wider community.
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Established: 15 years

WWW.GL11.ORG.UK

office@gl11.org.uk

01453548530

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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£754£646£108£29£538£1983.72568
31/03/22£547£555£-8£36£430£183423185
31/03/21£636£467£169£33£438£1594.125450
31/03/20£445£392£52n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/19£356£322£34n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£253£302£-49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£319£219£100£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£209£140£69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£94£134£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£98£131£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£108£91£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£91£97£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£130£128£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£163£136£28£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 37%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 16.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 68 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£512,971
Barnwood Trust£115,958
DCMS£53,608
Garfield Weston Foundation£27,500
National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Barnwood Trust - Access Audits
£1,440 07/12/2022
ReciteMe accessibility software for website
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£20,000 30/08/2022
Redesign of entrance at community hub
National Lottery Community Fund - Platinum Jubilee Celebration
£9,905 08/04/2022
The funding will be used to deliver creative flag making workshops for children to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to help develop community relationships celebrate cultural ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Way to Wellness
£483,353 24/03/2022
The project is using funding towards Our Way to Wellness a wellbeing and health project. The project will promote positive health & wellbeing and increase participants opportunities for living a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - GL11 Adventure Play
£10,000 17/09/2021
The funding will be used to provide outdoor adventure play sessions for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project aims to improve wellbeing after the COVID-19 pandemic giving children new ....more
Barnwood Trust - Strategic Partnerships
£50,000 14/05/2021
provide learning opportunities for marginalised people
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£10,000 01/12/2020
Expanding services to meet heightened need during pandemic
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£53,608 05/10/2020
"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
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£10,000 30/06/2020
Community response during Covid
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£10,000 23/06/2020
Social activities for isolated people
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£4,518 23/06/2020
Social activities for isolated people
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to GL11 Community Project
£5,000 22/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to GL11 Community Project, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£5,000 28/05/2020
Social activities for isolated people
CAF - Grant to GL11 Community Project
£5,000 14/05/2020
3
Grant to GL11 Community Project to support the organisation through COVID19
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£5,000 28/04/2020
Hub for community activities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to GL11 Community Project
£9,700 05/03/2020
Our community history through lived experience in Cam and Dursley
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£27,500 11/09/2019
GL11 Health and Wellbeing Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Springboard
£9,713 18/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to expand the group's volunteering opportunities to cater for a more diverse group of people and provide targeted training. The project aims to offer a sense of purpose and ....more
The MSE Charity - Grant to G11 Community Hub
£5,990 15/11/2018
Managing My Money Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Your Way to Wellness
£302,397 01/10/2018
36
The project offers health and well-being activities that cater for vulnerable people of all ages. Providing supportive and empowering volunteering opportunities, skills improvement, employability and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Why Don't You?@GL11
£9,500 17/01/2018
12
The charity will run practical activities for vulnerable people in the community. The project aims to support their wellbeing and reduce isolation.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to GL11 Community Hub
£6,000 28/11/2016
Remove all ramps and handrails and provide one seamless accessible and inclusive level space, as part of an overall improvement programme at a community hub.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to GL11 Community Project
£7,500 10/03/2016
12
towards one year's running costs of a café that provides social and educational opportunities to a disadvantaged community in Gloucestershire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to GL11 Community Project
£7,500 13/06/2012
24
towards two years' salary of a part-time Community Development Worker at a community project in a deprived area of Gloucestershire
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-63
  • JO PINES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/06/2009, number: 1130096
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2009, number: 06855624
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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR12: 118 days late,
Main office

G L 11 Community Hub
Fairmead
Cam
DURSLEY
GL11 5JS

Objectives

3) THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE GL11 POSTCODE AREA (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: -A) RELIEF OF POVERTYB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;C) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;D) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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