Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

DERWENTSIDE TRUST 

The charity runs and delivers local voluntary and community activities. The charity runs a local building, namely Glenroyd House in Consett, County Durham. This provides provision for a number of local and community activities such as food bank, counselling services, sexual health clinics, drug and alcohol centre and job search clubs. We also have rooms for public use for training, meetings etc.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£117£115£2n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22*£110£110£0n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/21*£131£132£-1n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20£67£65£2n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£59£57£2n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/18£47£42£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17?£48£40£8£0£0£0n/a00
19/09/16*£48£45£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15*£70£62£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.glenroydhouse.org.uk

info@glenroydhouse.org.uk

07967299102

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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 - Warm Space Activity Meetings and Coffee/Tea Days
£1,500 11/01/2023
To provide a warm space.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Glenroyd House
£3,674 23/10/2021
We would like to provide activity packs for children and adults, organise mental health awareness sessions and provide healthy eating education. These would bring people together to help each other.
County Durham Community Foundation - COVID 19 Community Food and Support
£5,000 01/04/2020
To establish food, medicine delivery service and and telephone support for those isolated.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Derwentside Trust
£4,037 15/11/2019
We want to buy some laptops to help local people develop their IT skills.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2015, number: 1160715
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/09/2014, number: 09227225
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
9 returns made; AR23: 12 days late, AR22: 2 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR16: 39 days late, AR15: 10 days late,
Main office

Glenroyd House
Medomsley Road
CONSETT
DH8 5HL

Objectives

4. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE: 4(1)TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DERWENTSIDE AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT)AND,IN PARTICULAR, ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. 4(2)TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.4(3)FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE 4:(A)THIRD SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.(B)CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. (C)VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DERWENTSIDE AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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