Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

WOODHOUSE CLOSE CHURCH COMMUNITY CENTRE

Activities for all from babies to older people: Thrift Shop; Crisis Intervention project (emergency packs of food, fuel and household items); Credit Union; Lunch Club; Meals on Wheels; Day Club; Parent, Carer & Toddler Club; W.A.S.H. Youth Theatre and Arts Group; Card Class; also host to other organisations providing health, wellbeing, employability, ICT & other projects.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 12 years

www.woodhouseclosechurch.org

whclosecomm@gmail.com

01388450838

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	*	£225	£191	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/03/22		£156	£120	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/21		£173	£133	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/20		£132	£111	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£117	£109	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/18		£135	£108	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£97	£90	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£121	£114	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£92	£104	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£131	£119	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£116	£134	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Durham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
26 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	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
CAF	£9,000
DCMS	£7,927

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre
£1,675	22/10/2022	We plan to continue to provide our day club for older people in the community to be able to come together and participate in activities to aid in their mental health and wellbeing and independence.
County Durham Community Foundation - Warm Lounge
£1,500	14/10/2022	To provide a warm space,
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,927	22/07/2020	"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."
CAF - Grant to Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre
£9,000	26/06/2020 3	Grant to Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Meals on Wheels Lunch Club and Day Club Support
£10,000	22/05/2020 15	The funding will be used to support the elderly and/or those with disabilities at high risk of COVID-19 and must isolate through the delivery of hot meals to maintain their diet and health and ....more The funding will be used to support the elderly and/or those with disabilities at high risk of COVID-19 and must isolate through the delivery of hot meals to maintain their diet and health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.. The project will also provide volunteering opportunities for the community with the aim of remaining active and helping to reduce depression and loneliness.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	01/05/2020	Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre Bridge Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	31/01/2019	Lunch Club/ Day Club/ Meals on Wheels
County Durham Community Foundation - Towards re felting the roof.
£5,500	23/03/2017	Towards re felting the roof.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre
£26,000	24/02/2017 12	over one year as continuation funding towards the centre manager's salary at a community centre supporting people in crisis in Bishop Auckland
Tudor Trust - Grant to Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre
£4,000	05/02/2015	as a development grants to provide training and support around financial management
Tudor Trust - Grant to Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre
£78,000	02/10/2014 36	over three years towards the centre co-ordinator's salary at a community centre supporting people in crisis in Bishop Auckland
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre
£45,000	11/09/2014 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing a day club, lunch club and meals on wheels service to older people in Bishop Auckland

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID PAYNE Appointed: 2021

HEATHER ANNE GRABER Appointed: 2020

JANE ARMSTRONG MBE Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: BISHOP AUCKLAND & SHILDON METHODIST CIRCUIT,

JOHN LETHBRIDGE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Councillor

JANE CRAWFORD Appointed: 2019

MALCOLM ASPINALL

MONICA FLEMING Appointed: 2019

PETER HALL Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: BISHOP AUCKLAND & SHILDON METHODIST CIRCUIT,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/08/2012, number: 1148458

Gift Aid

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
Paying staff
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: 13 days late,

Main office

Proudfoot Drive
Bishop Auckland
DL14 6PD

Objectives

A)PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WOODHOUSE CLOSE ESTATE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD DEFINED BY WOODHOUSE CLOSE WARD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.B) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

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