Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

C2C SOCIAL ACTION 

C2C Social Action supports any individual at any stage of the Criminal Justice System. We work to reduce reoffending through our specialist services across Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. These include women's centres in Northampton, Kettering and Milton Keynes, along with 1-1 and group support to adults and young people.
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £15,043 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
Established: 9 years

www.c2csocialaction.com

info@c2csocialaction.com

01604824080

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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£507£550£-43£0£79£-15-0.32535
31/03/22£470£345£126n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21£470£345£126n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£287£261£26n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£226£247£-21n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18*£333£313£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£403£409£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£245£294£-49£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -19%
Reserves/Spending: -0.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 35 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
Ministry of Justice£115,432
Lloyds Bank Foundation£85,250
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£52,906
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to C2C Social Action
£1,000 27/02/2024
Mental health and wellbeing course for the women in who have been in any stage of the criminal justice system, in Northampton Women's Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - C2C Grows
£10,000 12/05/2023
The funding will be used to pay for staff costs enabling the delivery of horticultural therapeutic sessions for women experiencing social disadvantage through previous offending; substance misuse or ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to C2C Social Action
£1,000 15/03/2023
Grant to C2C Social Action
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to C2C Social Action
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Artist in Residency
£10,000 05/12/2022
Donation of £10k to C2C for their project Artists-in-Residence program working with The Hope Centre and Sol Haven through the Arts Council England. This will be annually awarded subject to a ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to C2C Social Action
£5,000 21/11/2022
Hot Lunches – we would like to provide hot lunches for the women that are coming into the Northampton Womens Centre.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Artists in Residence work
£3,000 21/04/2022
continuation of the Artists in Residence project
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector - Services & Interventions Funding
£9,828 01/04/2022
To further increase the sustainability of the sector, and to provide funding for services and interventions.
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector - Core Costs Funding
£14,795 01/04/2022
To further increase the sustainability of the sector, and to provide funding for services and interventions.
National Lottery Community Fund - C2C Grows
£10,000 21/01/2022
The funding will be used to continue to offer a social and therapeutic horticulture project. The project aims to improve mental and physical wellbeing reducing social isolation reducing stigma ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to C2C Social Action
£50,000 29/07/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of C2C Social Action
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - C2C Grows
£19,906 05/05/2021
C2C Grows
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Core Costs Funding
£49,086 01/04/2021
To support organisations which are developing a whole systems approach to female offenders across the country.
Ministry of Justice - Women's Community Sector Funding
£41,724 18/01/2021
The womens community sector grants scheme offers £2.5 million in funding for core costs to promote greater financial stability throughout the sector.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Continue existing work
£10,000 15/01/2021
Supporting women with complex needs to be in a position to gain employment
National Lottery Community Fund - C2C Covid response
£10,000 22/05/2020
4
The funding will be used to provide food parcels and a phone support service for local people. The project aims to support the community through the Covid-19 crisis.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to C2C Social Action
£33,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support C2C Social Action to sustain their work to support work addressing Offending, Prison or Community Service Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Crisis UK - Grant to C2C
£5,000 30/04/2020
Funding for food, temporary accommodation and phone support
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 - food and essentials to isolated service users
£3,000 31/03/2020
1
To ensure that service users who have recently been released from prison, are supported with essential items, whilst self isolating on release, and are also provided with emotional and practical ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Development of Support Groups
£9,984 05/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to run support groups and English language lessons for women who have experience of the criminal justice system. The project aims to provide support to learn skills and ....more
Ministry of Justice - Community Investment Fund
£26,200 01/01/2019
To enhance services for women, through additional employment of a womens centre support worker and group work facilitators and by extending the hours of women's support
BBC Children in Need - Grant to C2C Social Action
£30,000 10/08/2017
36
The project supports disadvantaged children and young people through a range of activities including cooking, eating together and mentoring. The aims are to improve self-belief, improve health and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to C2C Social Action
£65,400 10/06/2015
36
The costs of the adult mentoring support worker to manage mentoring relationship with those involved in the criminal justice system.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to C2C Social Action
£17,900 31/05/2011
the salary costs of the Family Intervention Worker
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2015, number: 1159784
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
8 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

C2C SOCIAL ACTION
FIRST FLOOR
9
OVERSTONE ROAD
NORTHAMPTON

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING, INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

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