Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

CHEXS 

CHEXS utilises a unique model to build strong families that contribute to a thriving community. By working with the whole family, CHEXS helps parents or carers build strong, positive relationships and trust with their children. We also coach children and young people through a variety of innovative projects designed to build self-esteem, teamwork, problem-solving and tangible skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • 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
Established: 11 years

www.chexs.co.uk

petem@chexs.co.uk

07974262875

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
31/08/23£417£440£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/22£390£363£27n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/21£344£311£33n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20£337£261£76n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£226£241£-15n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/18£213£224£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£246£223£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£246£249£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£237£222£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£187£209£-22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Hertfordshire, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£605,868
Henry Smith Charity£404,800
BBC Children in Need£59,881
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£34,470
DCMS£21,570
Masonic Trust£15,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to CHEXS
£186,000 06/11/2023
towards three years‘ continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support for families from disadvantaged communities in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH CHEXS School Holiday Leadership Club
£7,281 14/07/2023
The funding will be used to provide disadvantaged young people who are transitioning into secondary school with the opportunity to deliver and lead a series of fun learning activities during the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger Families
£425,941 16/02/2023
This funding will be used by CHEXS to meet the growing demand from support disadvantaged families in Waltham Cross whose children are struggling at school. The project aims to empower families to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to CHEXS
£108,200 07/04/2022
36
towards three years‘ running costs of a project providing skills based support for families, as well as providing mentoring for children, who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Waltham ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - CHEXS Tackling financial crises and food insecurity
£4,802 04/03/2022
Grant to CHEXS
BBC Children in Need - Grant to CHEXS
£1,000 16/02/2022
This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - CHEXS Tackling financial crises and food insecurity
£5,000 24/12/2021
Grant to CHEXS
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 05/11/2021
CHEXS - core funding support
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 11/08/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - CHEXS Tackling financial crises and food insecurity
£9,961 24/06/2021
Grant to CHEXS
National Lottery Community Fund - Time For You
£9,854 09/04/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a range of community creative sessions. The project aims to improve mental wellbeing reduce stress isolation and anxiety in adults.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to CHEXS
£56,159 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will provide holiday sessions for disadvantaged children and young people whose behaviours have been exacerbated by Covid-19. Children and young people will improve their ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to CHEXS
£110,600 12/08/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of a 'Family Support Team' project which provides whole-family support and young people’s mentoring to deprived families with children underperforming at school ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - CHEXS COVID 19 Yr 6 Transition to Yr 7
£9,745 04/08/2020
Grant to CHEXS
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£18,848 23/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - (C19 BLF) Frontline support for vulnerable children and their families
£41,056 18/06/2020
6
CHEXS provides support to children and young people facing exclusion or with significant behavioural problems and their families. CHEXS will use this funding for additional staff hours to continue to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to CHEXS
£2,722 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund 6 weeks of self-esteem support over the school holidays for disadvantaged children and young people who are isolated due to Covid-19, and help them improve their ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,722 19/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 01/05/2020
CHEXS - request for core funding
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 support
£4,962 14/04/2020
Grant to CHEXS
National Lottery Community Fund - CHEXS Family Support Lead
£121,736 12/12/2019
36
CHEXS helps parents to build strong, positive relationships and trust with their child, and works with young people through a variety of innovative projects designed to build self-esteem, team-work, ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 07/10/2019
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - CHEXS Parenting Support Programme
£9,219 23/08/2018
11
The organisation will use the funding to run parenting courses to help parents deal with challenging behaviour and special needs and improve emotional wellbeing.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/09/2013, number: 1153769
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
  • 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; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BROXBOURNE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY on 01/12/2023
Main office

Theobalds Enterprise Centre
Theobalds Business Park
Platinum Way
Cheshunt
WALTHAM CROSS
Hertford

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, EXTENDED SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OF CHESHUNT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE PROVISION OF FAMILY SUPPORT.TO SUPPORT SOCIAL INCLUSION & SOCIAL MOBILITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INNOVATIVE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING PEOPLE’S WELLBEING, HELPING RAISE ASPIRATIONS AND LIFE CHANCES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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