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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

WHICKHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE 

Activities taking place on a regular basis within the community centre are / Pre-school/Older peoples groups/Dance Club Women's goups/Photographic Club/Lunch Clubs/Local History Group/ Educational courses/ Exercise Groups/One to One support groups.The Community Centre has a policy of encouraging & empowering the people of the area to develop new community groups both educational &recreational
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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
miles

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
31/12/23£29£37£-8n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/22£21£30£-9n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/21£40£33£7n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/20£38£33£5n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/19£28£35£-7n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/18£27£32£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£29£31£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£27£23£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£36£33£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£34£26£9£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

clark.kathleen@btconnect.com

01914881291

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2013, number: 1152975
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

WHICKHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
FRONT STREET
WHICKHAM
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE16 4JL

Objectives

1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WHICKHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.2) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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