Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

CUMBRIA DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION CENTRE 

CDEC PROVIDES TEACHING RESOURCES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN CUMBRIA. THIS INCLUDES GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP, SCHOOL LINKING, MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION, OUTDOOR LEARNING, CHALLENGING PREJUDICE AND RACISM, CRITICAL THINKING AND ENQUIRY.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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£385£401£-16n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£332£271£61n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£232£234£-2n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20£211£218£-7n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£160£167£-7n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£122£185£-63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£194£177£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£262£223£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£266£238£28£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.cdec.org.uk

office@cdec.org.uk

015394 31602

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cumbria, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£264,000
DCMS£164,300
National Lottery Community Fund£110,896
Culham St Gabriel's Trust£20,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£10,808
National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cumbria Development Education Centre
£1,237 21/10/2023
We'd like funding to encourage young people who are passionate about climate action to be connected to each other, building connection and a sense of hope.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Welcoming the Stranger
£264,000 06/03/2023
Cumbria Development Education Centre is partnering with The Laal Collective and 10 Cumbrian west coast primary schools to explore global citizenship through a range of immersive and child-led ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - welcoming communities for all
£9,300 24/06/2022
The group will deliver workshops to community groups and schools giving people the opportunity to share their stories of migration. The project aims to raise awareness of the issues asylum seekers ....more
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Connecting Communities: people enabling change
£2,723 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10047827
Cumbria Community Foundation - Workshops and training regarding welcoming refugees and asylum seekers
£10,808 23/02/2022
Workshops and training regarding welcoming refugees and asylum seekers
DCMS - GRCF2021 PLACE: Paths to Learning: Active Community Engagement
£124,300 21/06/2021
The PLACE project will primarily focus on connecting people with nature through projects that focus on deep connection to 'place', nature restoration and nature based solutions. PLACE will empower ....more
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Create a facilitated virtual platform for teachers to access local religious and non-religious representatives, both for classroom use and as an opportunity for teachers to develop their own subject knowledge and understanding. 
£10,000 23/10/2020
Cumbria SACRE representatives have committed to the provision of facilitated events on a regular basis for up to 18 months –potentially on average fortnightly. The events will allow pupils to ....more
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Create a facilitated virtual platform for teachers to access local religious and non-religious representatives, both for classroom use and as an opportunity for teachers to develop their own subject knowledge and understanding. 
£10,000 23/10/2020
Cumbria SACRE representatives have committed to the provision of facilitated events on a regular basis for up to 18 months –potentially on average fortnightly. The events will allow pupils to ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£40,000 04/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Discovered Stories, Shared Community
£101,596 17/10/2019
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Discovered Stories, Shared Community
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cumbria Development Education Centre
£9,600 26/09/2019
Encountering Wordsworth's Legacy
National Lottery Community Fund - Hidden Stories, Shared Lives: extending the conversation
£10,000 12/04/2018
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The group will tour an exhibition of the history of migration in Cumbria, focussing on recent history. Alongside the exhibition they will run workshops which will allow people to explore issues ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cumbria Development Education Centre
£46,700 27/04/2016
Hidden Stories - Shared lives: a community resource exploring Cumbrian Migration
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2014, number: 1156649
Gift Aid
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

CDEC
Low Nook
Rydal Road
Ambleside
Cumbria
LA22 9BB

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT MATTERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN CUMBRIA WHICH RELATE TO THE HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER ASPECTS OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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