Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 13
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

POTTERY BANK COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD 

Community cafe & outside catering, Action for Children - Family Support Volunteer Project, Sat Drop in for 5-11yrs, Kids Cafe, Playgroup, Mini Bus Hire, Baby Equipment Loan Scheme, Conference/Meeting room hire.Local community groups: monthly meetings & Bingo.New extension of building and services: Walker Technology College, Sure Start, Newcastle Futures, Methodist Church, prayer room & IT Cafe
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely female
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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: 11 years

http://new.potterybankcc.co.uk/

info@potterybankcc.co.uk

01912242349

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
30/09/22£203£201£2n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/21£281£224£58n/an/an/an/an/a9
30/09/20£240£184£56n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/09/19£186£202£-16n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/09/18£211£241£-30£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£236£244£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£236£243£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£71£79£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£212£83£129£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
National Lottery Community Fund£196,853
Henry Smith Charity£105,000
Tudor Trust£92,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£46,100
The Greggs Foundation£30,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£4,845
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd
£1,947 21/10/2023
We'd like to buy materials to provide therapeutic activities for the local community, including those who have disabilities, mental health issues, or are socially isolated.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating Confident Communities - Walker
£167,873 17/05/2023
This funding will be used to develop and expand their programme of activities such as family cooking courses budgeting support and advice sessions a community café and nature workshops. The project ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Pottery Bank Community Centre
£105,000 08/02/2023
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towards three years' running costs of a community centre providing support for people from disadvantaged communities in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear.
National Lottery Community Fund - Together We Grow
£9,800 20/01/2023
The funding will be used to develop an activity programme at their community allotment which incorporates gardening site maintenance health and wellbeing arts and crafts and growing clubs for ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Pottery Bank Community Centre LTD
£46,100 28/06/2022
In the Footsteps of Walker Women
Tudor Trust - Grant to Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd
£90,000 21/01/2022
24
over two years as continuation funding towards core salaries at a community centre in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Sensory Garden
£9,720 19/11/2021
The project will use the funding to develop a community sensory garden within the community centre outdoor play areas in response to local family demand of more open spaces. This will provide support ....more
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£30,000 27/07/2021
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£30,000 over two years (£15,000 per year) to support the salaries of a Caretaker and a Cleaner.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd
£2,000 08/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
National Lottery Community Fund - Pottery Bank - Home GrownPottery Bank
£9,460 11/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver workshops on therapeutic horticultural training at their community allotment for young adults aged 16 to 25 years old with autism, learning and/or physical ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Summer Family Fun at Pottery Bank.
£4,845 12/06/2019
Summer Family Fun at Pottery Bank.
National Lottery Community Fund - Women Together 2/2
£338,338 21/03/2019
36
Women Together 2/2
Tudor Trust - Grant to Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd
£7,000 28/02/2019
12
as a development grant towards support around financial and business planning, governance and impact for a community centre in Newcastle
Tudor Trust - Grant to Pottery Bank Community Centre Ltd
£120,000 29/10/2018
36
over three years towards the core costs, including the centre manager's salary, of a community centre working with local residents in Pottery Bank, Newcastle _x000D_
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Walker Summer Family Fun Sessions
£4,020 30/05/2018
Walker Summer Family Fun Sessions
National Lottery Community Fund - Walker Women Working Together
£377,447 07/10/2015
36
Pottery Bank Community Centre will use £377,447 to support 1,500 women in the Walker area of Newcastle experiencing poverty by offering training to develop skills and create better opportunities. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2013, number: 1150674
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/08/2012, number: 08172955
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ALLENDALE COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO on 04/08/2021
Main office

Pottery Bank Community Centre
Yelverton Crescent
Walker
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE6 3SW

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WALKER AND MONKCHESTER (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATION 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 FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;2) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS;3) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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