Finance Score: -11

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
Dormant: -10
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -6

WESTERHOPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO

The charity has been set up in preparation for a transfer of assets of a community centre and land from Newcastle City Council as part of their divestment policy. The Charity is currently dormant awaiting Council decisions on the terms of that transfer.The Community Centre is currently managed by our charity Westerhope and District Community Association registered charity number 1044378.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£0	£0	£0	3
31/03/22		£0	£0	£0	2
31/03/21		£0	£0	£0	2
31/03/20		£0	£0	£0	2
31/03/19		£9,970	£9,970	£0	0
31/03/18		£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/17		£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/16	*	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.westerhopecommunityassociation.co.uk

westhopecommunity@btconnect.com

01912673757

Charity Commission for England and Wales

This Charity appears to be dormant

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Social clubs and similar

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Refurbishment of the flooring
£5,500	03/07/2020	Refurbishment of fabric of building at Westerhope Community Association

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANTHONY JOHN BELL Appointed: 2015

KENNETH ALBERT BURN Appointed: 2015

PATRICIA ANN BELL Appointed: 2015

RAYMOND MCCALL Appointed: 2015

DAVID HODGSON Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: WESTERHOPE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,

DAVID JOHN LYNN ARMSTRONG Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeship: WESTERHOPE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2015, number: 1160512

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
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
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; AR16: 37 days late,

Main office

Westerhope Community Association
Hillhead Road
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE5 1NE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WESTERHOPE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND ADJOINING AREAS WITHIN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND (?THE AREA OF BENEFIT?), WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE 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 OR 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.

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