Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

ST GEORGES COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED 

St Georges Community Trust Limited offers: Childrens and youth work (offering drop in facilities and mentoring), support for the unemployed and for young people not in work or training, support for those who find themselves isolated and also for the elderly whose memories are fading.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period

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
30/11/22£30£23£7n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/11/21£16£24£-8n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/11/20£34£32£1n/an/an/an/an/a13
30/11/19£34£32£1n/an/an/an/an/a39
30/11/18£43£36£7£0£0£0n/a030
30/11/17£32£38£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£51£44£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£57£52£5£0£0£0n/a00

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

lisa@sgct.uk

01422353613

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Calderdale,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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
Community Foundation for Calderdale£12,560
DCMS£9,600
National Lottery Community Fund£9,464
Sir George Martin Trust£5,000
Allen Lane Foundation£4,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Fit For Life Project
£8,000 29/11/2022
Grant to St George's Community Trust
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to St. George's Community Trust
£5,000 07/11/2022
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - Operation CoL
£9,464 04/11/2022
The funding will be used to provide a range of activities and support for people who are facing economic challenges. This will improve skills and help people to reach their potential.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Post Covid 19 Recovery Programme
£4,560 22/11/2021
Grant to St George's Community Trust
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to St George's Community Trust
£4,500 05/11/2021
£4,500 single grant contribution towards the salary of the Trust Manager to fund work with older people in Halifax.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,600 25/09/2020
"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 - Time to Shine
£10,000 18/02/2015
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-74
  • DEAN COUGHLAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Council Tax Enforcement Office
  • PAUL BOWN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/08/2014, number: 1158166
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/11/2013, number: 08768049
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

St Georges House
2 Lilac Street
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX3 5BT

Objectives

A) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE OVENDEN WARD OF CALDERDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL IN WEST YORKSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.B) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY THROUGH:(I) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SUPPORT IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (II) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES THAT DEVELOP SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY. C) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).”

Defined Area of Benefit:

CALDERDALE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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