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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

BIRCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

PROVIDING A CENTRE TO BE USED FOR SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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£120£127£-7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£117£88£29n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£96£141£-45n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20*£115£111£5n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£110£111£-1n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£130£105£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£117£114£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£138£125£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£146£111£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£89£73£16£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

https://www.birchcommunitycentre.co.uk

info@birchcommunitycentre.co.uk

01612244624

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
One Manchester - The Birch Centre Christmas Event
£500 02/11/2021
Funds will be spent on catering for a Xmas meal at the Birch Centre on 10/12/21 for over 55s.
One Manchester - The Birch Centre Community Taster Sessions
£4,000 15/05/2021
a number of taster / consultation days over the next 6 months. These days will be offering a chance for the community to come along and get to know the centre , to try a new and exciting activity and ....more
One Manchester - The Birch Centre Community Taster Sessions
£4,000 15/05/2021
a number of taster / consultation days over the next 6 months. These days will be offering a chance for the community to come along and get to know the centre , to try a new and exciting activity and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/12/2020, number: 1151781
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • 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
10 returns made; AR20: 11 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE BIRCH COMMUNITY CENTRE on 13/12/2021
Main office

Birch Community Centre
Brighton Grove
Rusholme
Manchester
M14 5JT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRCH IN RUSHOLME AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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