Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

THREE TREES COMMUNITY CENTRE 

Provision of community facilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 13 years

www.3trees.org.uk

info@3trees.org.uk

01215820767

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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
31/12/22£189£167£23n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/21£254£258£-4n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/20£161£128£32n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19*£77£101£-25n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/18£102£83£20£0£0£0n/a025
31/12/17£308£356£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£462£389£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£242£289£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£193£113£79£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£36£29£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£114£119£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£12£2£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Solihull,

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£297,002
DCMS£8,700
Heart Of England Community Foundation£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Covid Resilience
£5,000 11/02/2021
The grant will pay for staffing, rent and utility costs for the centre for three months
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,700 04/09/2020
"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
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Three Trees Community Centre
£3,000 09/06/2020
2
We are providing support and socialisation to our community in Chelmsley Wood, especially those in isolation. When the pandemic broke we set up a network of volunteers (Guardian Angels) who were all ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Well
£297,002 10/12/2019
60
This project aims to bring people together, across generations, backgrounds and interests. At its core are small groups where people get to know each other and work together on shared aims around ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Musicology & Storyology
£9,950 21/03/2018
12
Sessions for adults with learning difficulties will be funded to empower them to develop communication skills through storytelling and music workshops. This will help them to fulfil their potential ....more
Power to Change - Three Trees Community Centre
£10,000 31/01/2018
Grant to Three Trees Community Centre
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Three Trees Community Centre
£9,500 14/09/2016
Refurbishment of a community centre in Birmingham
Tudor Trust - Grant to Three Trees Community Centre
£30,000 08/09/2016
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the salary and associated costs of a full time development manager at a community centre in North Solihull, Birmingham
National Lottery Community Fund - Three Trees
£514,491 02/12/2015
24
A project to build a single storey extension to the centre to create a new open plan lounge and gallery space, a multi-use room, a small one to one space and a medical and counselling room to provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Three Trees
£22,788 26/01/2015
12
Not Available
Tudor Trust - Grant to Three Trees Community Centre
£81,000 22/10/2013
36
over three years towards the salary of a development manager, plus capital funding towards the development of a community garden, at a community project in North Solihull
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-93
  • FERIDA DUBE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Service Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/2011, number: 1140924
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/12/2010, number: 07476312
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR19: 4 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION on 25/05/2021
Main office

Three Trees Community Centre
Hedingham Grove
BIRMINGHAM
B37 7TP

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH SOLIHULL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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