Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER

The Charity operates in two sections. As part of the national Together Network, Transforming Communities Together is engaged in community development within the Diocese of Lichfield, initially within Walsall, Wolverhampton and Sandwell. It also delivers the national Near Neighbours programme within the Black Country

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 10 years

www.tctogether.org.uk.

adam.edwards@tctogether.org.uk

01543306030

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/12/22	*	£79	£138	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£181	£253	£-72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£274	£286	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£342	£238	£104	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£224	£210	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17		£188	£156	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16		£118	£104	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15		£95	£92	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14		£45	£41	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Derbyshire, Dudley, Leicestershire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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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	£141,697
DCMS	£26,411
CAF	£9,565

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Listening to our community
£9,645	23/07/2021	The funding will be used as a contribution to undertake research and development. Using an asset-based community development approach it will network and interact with grassroot organisations in the ....more The funding will be used as a contribution to undertake research and development. Using an asset-based community development approach it will network and interact with grassroot organisations in the Black Country. The project aims to make organisations more resilient and better placed to meet the local community’s needs which have evolved due to the pandemic crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing People Together COVID Extension
£10,313	15/12/2020 5	The funding will be used to cover staffing costs for a Project Coordinator to help bring people together in the Black Country Stoke and Staffordshire on a weekly basis to address concerns around ....more The funding will be used to cover staffing costs for a Project Coordinator to help bring people together in the Black Country Stoke and Staffordshire on a weekly basis to address concerns around finances health and signpost individuals onto other support services that they might benefit from. Training will be provided for those new to digital access and social media to facilitate their participation.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,411	21/09/2020	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 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 and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£17,000	24/07/2020	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 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 and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
CAF - Grant to Transforming Communities Together
£9,565	06/07/2020 3	Grant to Transforming Communities Together to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Cash Course and Bringing People Together
£20,680	18/06/2020 17	The project will be used to run a telephone service to bring together people in local communities (Black Country Stoke and Staffordshire) addressing concerns relating to money or health.
National Lottery Community Fund - Black Country Partnership against Modern Slavery (Development Grant)
£41,215	29/08/2019 12	Black Country Partnership against Modern Slavery
National Lottery Community Fund - Overcoming Shocking Debt (Development Grant)
£49,900	25/06/2019 18	This project will support individuals affected by life events which are often associated with a financial shock, such as bereavement, relationship breakdown or receiving a large unexpected bill. The ....more This project will support individuals affected by life events which are often associated with a financial shock, such as bereavement, relationship breakdown or receiving a large unexpected bill. The initiative seeks to intervene to empower vulnerable people in these situations to secure the support they need in a more sustainable way.
National Lottery Community Fund - Places of Welcome Black Country & Staffs
£9,944	23/05/2019 12	The project aims to improve the community engagement opportunities.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Wolverhampton Poverty Truth Commission
£36,000	21/01/2017 18	To enable the creation of a Poverty Truth Commission in Wolverhampton.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-71

AMANDA MALLEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Youth Worker

DAPHNE FRANCIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant

DAVID JOHN COPE BDS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: HEATHFIELD PARK COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK,

REV JASSICA CASTILLO-BURLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders

ROBERT HIGHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

THE RT REVD SARAH BULLOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Bishop Of Shrewsbury Clerk In Holy Orders, Other trusteeships: LICHFIELD THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE GENERAL PURPOSES FUND (TRUST 142), NORTH SHROPSHIRE COMMUNITY CARE TRUST, THE LICHFIELD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE (INCORPORATED),

THE VENERABLE JULIAN FRANCIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Archdeacon Clerk In Holy Orders, Other trusteeship: THE LICHFIELD DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE (INCORPORATED),

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/07/2014, number: 1157772
Registered at Companies House on 24/04/2014, number: 09010580

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR22: 57 days late,

Main office

Lichfield Diocesan BoF
St. Marys House
LICHFIELD
LICHFIELD
Staffordshire
WS13 7LD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:-TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHRISTIAN BASED CHARITIES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THEIR OBJECTS OR ANY ONE OF THEM, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION; ANDTHE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.

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