Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

HOOLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Further the residents of Hoole and surrounding neighbourhoods, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race, age or of political, religious or other opinions in a common effort to advance education and to provide facitities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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: 10 years
(12 years as a company)

www.hoolecommunitycentre.org.uk

admin@hoolecommunitycentre.org.uk

01244341936

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
28/02/23	£163	£179	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
28/02/22	£161	£134	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
28/02/21	£156	£141	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
29/02/20	£182	£161	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
28/02/19	£167	£166	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
28/02/18	£156	£155	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17	£142	£141	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/16	£144	£144	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/15	£117	£115	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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

Power to Change	£22,700
DCMS	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£8,457
National Lottery Community Fund	£2,590

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Friday Table Tennis Club
£2,439	21/10/2023	We would like to offer community table tennis at Hoole Community Centre. We have the tables but they require some maintenance. We would also offer refreshments.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hoole Community Centre
£2,635	23/10/2021	We want to buy PPE, as well as appropriate hygiene and cleaning equipment, to continue to support the community, particularly our 55 & Over club and Hoole Young Chefs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hoole Community Centre
£3,383	24/10/2020	We would like to continue to provide services that help ease social isolation within the community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	22/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - Hoole Community Centre
£22,700	16/07/2020	Grant to C-19 TISS - Hoole Community Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Hoole Young Chefs
£2,590	31/01/2020 1	The project aims to run cooking sessions during the summer for children and young people to learn about food and cooking skills. Funding will go towards food and consumables.
Power to Change - Hoole Community Centre
£10,000	19/01/2018	Grant to Hoole Community Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing Social Isolation in the community of Hoole, Chester
£9,600	11/01/2017 12	The funding will be used to purchase catering equipment and upgrade storage facilities at a community centre in Cheshire. The project aims to strengthen the community by helping the organisation to ....more The funding will be used to purchase catering equipment and upgrade storage facilities at a community centre in Cheshire. The project aims to strengthen the community by helping the organisation to expand its catering support and services to groups and events using the centre and attract new activities for isolated older people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hoole Community Hub
£49,500	27/11/2014 12	Not Available

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

ALEXANDER BLACK Appointed: 2013, Occupation: None

ANNA LEWIS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Business Partner

MICHAEL BUTLER Appointed: 2023

NOEL FRITH Appointed: 2023

PATRICIA HIGGINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

RODERICK HEATHER (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

ROGER DAVEY Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2014, number: 1157709
Registered at Companies House on 15/02/2012, number: 07950960

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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

Westminster Road
Hoole
Chester
Cheshire
CH2 3AP

Objectives

1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HOOLE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, AGE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.2. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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