Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 14

BUILD CHARITY LIMITED

Build Charity Limited exists to provide relief to people of all ages with learning and/or other disabilities, and to their families, dependents and carers. The charity will raise awareness within society of the needs and abilities of people with disabilities. The charity provides activities for an active and positive community life for people of all ages with learning and/or other disabilities.

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 including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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

Established: 12 years

www.buildcharity.co.uk

finance@buildcharity.co.uk

01603618029

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£146	£152	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/03/22		£133	£123	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/21	*	£86	£115	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/20		£89	£138	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/19		£113	£131	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/18		£208	£142	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£190	£112	£78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£118	£137	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£131	£148	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£139	£160	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£236	£140	£96	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
55 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
DCMS	£9,999
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,800
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£1,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills for Life Programme
£9,800	15/08/2022	This project will provide social leisure and learning opportunities for anyone with a disability aged 18+ living in Norfolk. It will offer activities developed in response to members' needs and ....more This project will provide social leisure and learning opportunities for anyone with a disability aged 18+ living in Norfolk. It will offer activities developed in response to members' needs and interests. Some activities are held at regular community venues others may represent one-off visits to places of interest. It is delivered through a series of Saturday morning monthly workshops that will cover Men’s Health; Women’s Health; Money Management; Healthy Cooking; Self-Help Health; First Aid; Supermarket shopping; Travel Planning; Safe Use of social media; Building Relationships; Job Search.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Build Charity Ltd - 07/07/21
£1,500	28/07/2021	The Wednesday Club
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	21/05/2021	Social, leisure and learning opportunities for people with disabilities
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,999	18/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Fit for Fun
£9,620	07/06/2018 12	The organisation will run a programme of exercise opportunities for people with disabilities, their families and carers. The project aims to improve physical health and enable people to build ....more The organisation will run a programme of exercise opportunities for people with disabilities, their families and carers. The project aims to improve physical health and enable people to build relationships within the wider community.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Build Charity
£3,700	30/01/2018	purchase of garden equipment for a charity which works with disabled peple in Norwich
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	24/07/2017	BUILD Charity - for people with disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - EXTRA TIME - Research/Feasibility Study
£10,000	22/04/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to carry out a feasibility study into creating new activities for people with disabilities that are effective at reducing isolation and providing support when it ....more The organisation will use the funding to carry out a feasibility study into creating new activities for people with disabilities that are effective at reducing isolation and providing support when it is most needed. The group will work with external facilitators, service users and local agencies to deliver a wider range of social, educational and support services to better meet the needs of people with disabilities and help them to reduce isolation, become and become more independent.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to BUILD
£35,200	25/10/2013	The charity provides a range of activities, trips and support to disabled people in Norfolk. This enables them to have choices and be able to participate in a range of activities

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-80

CAROLINE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Engagement

CHLOE HARRISON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Digital Communications Editor

JEREMY TUSTING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

LIAM DAVISON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Wellbeing Adviser (Disability)

TIM TAYLOR (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Stock Controller

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2012, number: 1147395
Registered at Companies House on 15/05/2012, number: 08069610

Gift Aid

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR21: 2 days late,

Main office

Ground floor
Build Charity Ltd
12 Bank Street
NORWICH

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND/OR OTHER DISABILITIES, THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDENTS AND CARERS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING SERVICES, LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES;B) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; ANDC) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN ACTIVE AND POSITIVE COMMUNITY LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

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