Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

TREE LIFE CLUB 

Charity offers after physical and educational after school activities including outings in school holidays. Many of the children come from areas in the bottom 2% of deprivation and employment statistics.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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*£453£393£59n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£154£140£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£137£81£56n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£64£51£14n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19?£93£63£30n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/12/17£34£32£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£62£61£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£35£27£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£57£37£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£43£38£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£17£17£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

treelife89@gmail.com

01613007878

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bury, Manchester City, Salford City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Power to Change£24,800
National Lottery Community Fund£19,990
DCMS£10,000
Sport England£9,928
National Lottery Heritage Fund£8,500
Forever Manchester£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MTW - Music Therapy Works
£9,990 29/04/2022
The charity will run group and individual music therapy sessions for people with a range of mental health issues focussing on drumming and guitar delivered through a music circle. The project aims to ....more
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Fun and Love the Water
£9,928 30/03/2022
This project will offer kayaking and canoeing to Orthodox Jewish males aged 11-18. The funding will purchase 10 kayaks and life jackets for use at other locations to widen opportunities for young ....more
Forever Manchester - Emotional and wellbeing support
£5,000 30/03/2021
Counselling service for young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Emotional welfare
£10,000 05/02/2021
12
The funding will be used to deliver a series of weekly workshops for young people aged 11-18 from the Orthodox Jewish community with professional therapists who specialise in improving well-being ....more
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Tree Life Club
£24,800 15/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Tree Life Club
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tree Life Club
£8,500 05/08/2020
COVID19: Tree Life Club
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 24/06/2020
"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 - BIG in Mental Health @ TLC
£10,000 14/03/2019
12
The organisation will deliver monthly community support groups and meetings using volunteer mentors, with the aim of improving health and wellbeing and reducing isolation.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tree Life Club
£63,000 28/03/2018
Jewish customs, cultures and backgrounds
Sport England - Cycling for LIFE
£9,675 22/01/2018
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Cycling for LIFE. This project lists its main activity as Cycling
DCMS - ALB-Cycling for LIFE
£9,675 22/01/2018
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National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Living @ TLC
£9,995 22/11/2017
12
The organisation will provide bi-weekly exercise, healthy living advice and personal development sessions together with holiday activities for Orthodox Jewish male youths. These will increase the ....more
Sport England - Developing A Sporting Habit (DASH)
£9,964 05/08/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Developing A Sporting Habit (DASH)'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Vocational skills at Tree Life
£10,000 14/02/2013
12
This is a project by a registered charity in Manchester. The organisation will use the funding deliver DIY workshops to young male members of the Jewish community. This will enable participants to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Vocational Skills @ Treelife
£10,000 11/08/2011
12
This community group in Manchester will use funding to provide music and DIY workshops, benefiting young male members of the Jewish community. This will enable participants to learn new skills, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/03/2012, number: 1146505
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
11 returns made; AR23: 30 days late, AR15: 1 days late,
Main office

Parkmount
458 Bury New Road
SALFORD
M7 4LJ

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 16 LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.B. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENTC. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BURY, SALFORD CITY, MANCHESTER CITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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