Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES NORTH EAST LTD 

To support the development, administrative management and operational management of Sustainable Community Enterprises across North East England.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely 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

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*£48£36£12n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/22£13£17£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£70£8£62n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£26£20£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£18£14£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£3£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£0£2£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£4£9£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£4£0£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

info@scenortheast.org.uk

01670353623

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 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
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - developing a sustainable food project with community organisations in Blyth
£6,500 04/02/2021
developing a sustainable food project with community organisations in Blyth
National Lottery Community Fund - Mediation SCENE
£9,900 03/01/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide a mediation and counselling service in the community. The project aims to bring people together and help resolve disputes with neighbours or issues in the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-81
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/08/2013, number: 1153556
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/12/2012, number: 08331632
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR23: 34 days late, AR18: 13 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 32 days late,
Main office

Blyth Community Enterprise Centre
Ridley Street
Blyth
Northumberland
NE24 3AG

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND BY WORKING WITH VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS TO IMPROVE THEIR EFFICIENCY, OUTREACH AND IMPACT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.• CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.• VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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