Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

PINK ROOSTER 

Pink Rooster provides music therapy, pre-recorded music, creative arts and assistive technology to individuals and groups living with, but not exclusively, dementia and other cognitive and physical barriers.The charity operates mainly within private and public residential care homes,not for profit residential care homes, day care centres, private residences and other healthcare facilities.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 9 years

www.pinkrooster.org

info@pinkrooster.org

01604 436 885

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UN SDGs
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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£131£133£-2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£96£83£13n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/21£112£81£30n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20£20£21£-2n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/19£32£32£-1n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£21£26£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£23£19£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£31£28£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Safe Space
£9,742 06/05/2022
The funding will be used to support Neurodiverse individuals with conditions including Autism/ADHD/Dyslexia/Dyspraxia/Dyscalculi from age 15 and up. The project aims to turn negative “traits” ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing Hub
£345,000 20/03/2020
35
The funding will be used to create a well-being hub within an empty retail unit in the Grosvenor Shopping Centre in Northampton town centre. The hub will be available to anyone wishing to participate ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing 2020
£9,900 02/12/2019
11
The funding will be used to deliver music and creative wellbeing activities. The project aims to provide support for older people experiencing isolation, dementia and other mental health conditions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Who Cares Wins
£10,000 20/07/2018
12
This funding will be used to deliver sound therapy workshops for ex-service personnel. The project aims to provide physical and mental wellbeing support and build social relationships.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Pink Rooster
£5,000 09/05/2018
13
Music for Dementia
National Lottery Community Fund - Music Therapy for Dementia
£9,980 01/02/2017
12
This is a project by a charitable incorporated organisation in Northampton with beneficiaries in Bedford. The project will trial new music therapy for groups of older people suffering from dementia. ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Pink Rooster
£15,000 11/02/2016
purchase a vehicle for a charity which works with elderly people in Northampton
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2015, number: 1161042
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

186 Billing Road
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 5RU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, NOT FOR PROFIT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, DEMENTIA, COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND OTHER NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE, WHO ARE RESIDENT WITHIN ‘NOT FOR PROFIT ‘RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES, WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES, WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED THROUGH LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND FUNDING, TO EASE THEIR SUFFERING AND / OR TO ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK AND TO PROVIDE COMFORTS FOR BENEFICIARIES, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LIVE AND PRE-RECORDED MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC THERAPY, CREATIVE ARTS, AND INTERACTIVE MUSIC SESSIONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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