Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

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
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Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£27£49£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22*£79£138£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£181£253£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£274£286£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£342£238£104n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£224£210£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£188£156£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£118£104£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£95£92£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£45£41£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.tctogether.org.uk.

adam.edwards@tctogether.org.uk

01543306030

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
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

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£40,638
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 Black Country. The project aims to make ....more
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 finances health and signpost individuals onto other ....more
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
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 initiative seeks to intervene to empower ....more
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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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-60
  • JESSAMNIE DACE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • JONATHAN RICHARD LEIGH HILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • REV ADAM EDWARDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • THE RT REVD SARAH BULLOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Bishop Of Shrewsbury Clerk In Holy Orders
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
  • 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 expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR22: 57 days late,
Main office

Lichfield Diocesan Board Of Finance
St. Marys House
Lichfield
Staffordshire
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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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