Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

BATLEY COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTRE

We want to engage with our community, meet local needs and care for those that are lonely and isolated.Through our drop-in sessions, we welcome up to 60 people each week with a freshly prepared hot meal and opportunities to make friends and learn new skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
31/01/24£44£51£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/23£52£43£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/22£42£35£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/21£48£31£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/20?£33£49£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/18£64£29£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/17£22£14£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/16£61£35£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

http://batleycommunityoutreach.org.uk

info@batleycommunityoutreach.org.uk

07719904690

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity£60,000
People's Health Trust£31,204
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Sir George Martin Trust£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Batley Community Outreach Centre
£3,000 07/11/2022
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
People's Health Trust - Batley Over 55's Community Social Club
£31,204 31/08/2021
24
This two-year project in Batley, West Yorkshire provides a weekly activity group and a community social club for the over-55s offering lunch and activities including films, bingo, bowling, karaoke, and chair aerobics; there is also a weekly craft ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to BCOC
£60,000 18/03/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support to disadvantaged people in Batley, Kirklees.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 14/02/2020
24
Batley Community Outreach Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Making a Difference Together in Batley
£10,000 13/12/2019
11
The organisation will use the funding to help train volunteers in order to provide new skills as well as help build the capacity of the group to run new sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect Project
£33,116 08/02/2019
36
This funding is for a friendships project aimed at reducing loneliness among older people by cooking meals together and taking part in activities and community fun days. The funding will help to establish extra sessions that include local families ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/11/2017
Main Grants award
National Lottery Community Fund - The Batley Everyday Enterprise Store
£9,999 20/09/2017
12
The group will renovate a space within the centre to help open a community shop, providing low cost essential items to local residents in need.
National Lottery Community Fund - BCOC Friday Outreach Project
£10,000 28/10/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to expand their drop in and breakfast club provisions, and pay for the services of a development worker to raise awareness of their services and recruit more volunteers. This will enable the group to provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Basic Needs Drop-in
£10,000 05/09/2013
12
This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Batley, West Yorkshire. The group will use the funding to run a project to tackle various issues such as depression and mental health through outreach services and drop in sessions with the provision ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW DALTON Appointed: 2016
  • DENISE FOTHERBY Appointed: 2015
  • DEBBIE WHITE Appointed: 2021
  • HAZEL WRIGLEY Appointed: 2015
  • STEPHEN STOTHART Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2015, number: 1160587
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

BATLEY COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTRE
88 WELLINGTON STREET
BATLEY
WEST YORKSHIRE
WF17 5QL

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE LIVING IN BATLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RUNNING A DROP-IN SERVICE PROVIDING HOT FOOD, SIGN-POSTING TO OTHER SERVICES AND BASIC COUNSELLING.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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