Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +0

HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

Hertfordshire Community Foundation has five main areas of activity: * Development and management of charitable funds * Grant making * Capacity building, community support and cross section liaison * Research * Other services relating to the development and delivery of philanthropy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 10 years

www.hertscf.org.uk

office@hertscf.org.uk

01707251351

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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
31/03/23£6,142£6,127£15£193£13,828£3570.7203
31/03/22£4,802£4,601£201£134£14,786£820.2133
31/03/21£3,254£2,798£456£0£0£0n/a110
31/03/20£2,058£1,492£566£138£11,081£80.1104
31/03/19£1,970£1,510£460£145£11,269£1097
31/03/18£1,212£1,236£-24£117£10,345£0080
31/03/17£1,162£927£234£148£10,386£3080
31/03/16£1,034£832£203£136£9,144£3070
31/03/15£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 28/02/2018
Life on the Home Front, a County at War (a Hertfordshire based film project)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/03/2014, number: 1156082
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/11/2013, number: 08794474
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE BOWLEY CHARITY on 28/09/2022
  • Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF BUSHEY SENIORS on 04/10/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE KATIE CHOULES MEMORIAL TRUST on 23/05/2023
Main office

Hertfordshire Community Foundation
Foundation House
2-4 Forum Place
Fiddlebridge Lane
Hatfield
AL10 0RN

Objectives

A. THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS; B. OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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