Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: -13
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

C.D.P. (ST. HELENS) LTD. 

The relief of disabled persons in the district of St Helens and in particular by the provision of welfare and support services calculated to improve their conditions of life. Our main objectives continue to be the delivery and development of services and activities that uphold the welfare, rights and entitlements of disabled people and promote quality of life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 12 years

www.sthelenscdp.co.uk

ehughes@sthelenscdp.co.uk

01744453343

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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£927£883£44£0£820£82011.1480
31/03/22£756£828£-73£0£776£77611.2460
31/03/21£715£729£-14£0£849£84914420
31/03/20£741£731£9£0£863£86314.2455
31/03/19£669£643£26£441£853£85315.904
31/03/18£609£538£70£353£827£82718.4250
31/03/17£712£566£145£0£757£75716360
31/03/16£712£566£145£0£642£63913.5210
31/03/15£604£582£23£7£497£3437.1210
31/03/14£1,038£563£474£10£474£3667.8360
31/03/13*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 11.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 47.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • St Helens,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 48 employees

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Buzz Hub News
£9,420 20/05/2022
The funding will be used for IT set-up and equipment. Some costs would also be incurred with offsite shooting of news stories.The completed articles would be shown via the internet as we have done ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,838 10/08/2020
"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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 72-81
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/05/2012, number: 1147286
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/02/2012, number: 07970778
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
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR13: 218 days late,
Main office

St. Helens Coalition of Disabled
People
Nuttall House
Clifton Street
ST. HELENS
WA10 1EX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF ST HELENS AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES CALCULATED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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