Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +4

    BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

    The Berkshire Community Foundation is committed to helping organisations and individualsmake a lasting impact in the local community and to raising funds to build a permanent sourceof funding for the small voluntary groups that tackle need at the grass roots of the localcommunity.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender
    Established: 10 years

    www.berkshirecf.org

    info@berkshirecf.org

    01189303021

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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£1,612£1,453£159£305£13,305£1831.575
    31/03/22£1,419£1,656£-237£300£13,727£1791.376
    31/03/21£4,251£3,647£605£269£12,485£1830.676
    31/03/20£1,640£1,433£207£259£10,030£4143.576
    31/03/19£1,414£1,406£8£274£10,159£810.776
    31/03/18£1,673£1,378£294£272£9,504£450.470
    31/03/17£1,479£1,354£125£284£9,132£90.170
    31/03/16£1,034£1,303£-269£244£8,161£1070
    31/03/15£698£1,298£-600£202£8,721£70.170

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 2%
    Liabilities/Income: 17%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 1%
    Reserves/Spending: 1.5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
    Quick Ratio: 4.3
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Amateur Sport
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who works here?
    • 7 employees
    • 5 volunteers
    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
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,

    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
    Wates Foundation£13,117
    Quartet Community Foundation£6,000
    Masonic Trust£2,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Berkshire Community Foundation
    £5,000 20/03/2023
    As requested by the donor towards Berkshire CF's Surviving Winter appeal
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Berkshire Community Foundation
    £1,000 26/01/2022
    As requested by the donor towards the core costs of the foundation
    Wates Foundation - Berkshire Community Foundation
    £13,117 20/05/2020
    Towards our Vital for Berkshire - Covid-19 Fund.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £2,500 18/05/2020
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Berkshire Community Foundation
    £5,611 02/07/2018
    Feedback due Mar 2019.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 18/07/2017
    Sessional Group Engagement / Community Liason Worker
    National Lottery Community Fund - Understanding Loneliness
    £10,000 04/05/2016
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (11)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/01/2014, number: 1155173
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • 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
    • 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
    9 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from UNITED VOICES on 06/02/2020
    • Asset transfer in from HUNTLEY AND PALMERS BENEVOLENT FUND on 03/11/2020
    Main office

    Green Park Reading
    100 Longwater Avenue
    READING
    RG2 6GP

    Objectives

    3.1 THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH,BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL,AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS;AND 3.2 OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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