Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

POOLE COMMUNITIES TRUST 

We work with local communities in Poole to develop and sustain vibrant community and enterprise hubs that deliver community activities, recreational activities, social welfare services and support to new enterprises.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 8 years

www.poolecommunitiestrust.org.uk

CHRISBEALE@POOLECOMMUNITIESTRUST.ORG.UK

01202920947

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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£500£244£256£0£2,112£150.7640
31/03/22£1,831£127£1,703£0£1,857£181.7128
31/03/21£194£88£106n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£153£149£4n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£147£159£-12n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£103£108£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£67£48£19£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: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 43%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 1%
Reserves/Spending: 0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 40 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Poole,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£460,721
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Rank Foundation£44,200
Dorset Community Foundation£24,295
The Foyle Foundation£17,500
Power to Change£10,000
Co-Operative Group£6,593
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Poole Communities Trust – Moor Community Food Store
£1,671 21/10/2023
We would like to provide Christmas hampers and bags for all our regular customers at Moor Community Food Store.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Young peoples activities programme
£10,000 28/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a series of activities during school holiday periods to include martial arts street dance and exploration days where young people will be provided with structured ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500 10/07/2023
towards Community events as part of Arts by the Sea in two disadvantaged coastal areas
Rank Foundation - Col Core Poole Communities Trust 2023 Full
£21,100 27/04/2023
Poole Communities Trust received a Cost of Living Core Grant Cover help cover the cost of food and utility bills.
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grants Poole Communities Trust 2023
£3,100 27/04/2023
Poole Communities Trust received a Cost of Living Small Grant to help cover the cost of Goods/Equipment, Food and essential items for users.
Dorset Community Foundation - Babigloo Music for Babies programme
£3,000 06/02/2023
Working with Babigloo to provide an offer of specialist music sessions for babies at the new Bourne Hub - identifying parents most in need of peer support and access to other community services that ....more
Power to Change - Poole Communities Trust (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to Poole Communities Trust (RCF)
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Poole Communities Trust
£3,500 06/12/2022
To support community cafes at Bourne Community Hub and Branksome Community Centre offering a warm space with free resfreshments and soup
National Lottery Community Fund - Building capacity to increase our support to local communities
£431,020 19/10/2022
The funding will help the group with maintaining existing and recruiting new posts - a Senior Youth Worker two part-time Community Development Workers and a Welcome & Volunteer Coordinator.
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Poole Communities Trust
£6,080 21/06/2022
Funds to support core costs of Moor Community Food and for the launch of Bourne Community Food
National Lottery Community Fund - Moor Community Food
£9,970 20/05/2022
This project will develop and build capacity for a community food store to support families within the local community on low incomes by providing continued salary costs for a community food store ....more
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS POOLE COMMUNITIES TRUST 2022
£20,000 23/03/2022
The Golden Award was given to Poole Communities to provide a range of youth activities in an area of multiple disadvantage.
Dorset Community Foundation - Bourne Community Hub Gardens
£2,000 10/02/2022
Contribution towards improvement of outside green space at new Bourne Hub
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Poole Communities Trust
£6,715 07/12/2021
Christmas hampers and additional food stock for Moor Community Food
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Poole Communities Trust
£3,000 25/11/2021
A folding partition to support a new community centre, to enable a range of services to be running simultaneously
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Branksome Community Centre
£4,922 23/10/2021
We will enable the centre to return to where it was pre-COVID-19. We were a vibrant centre supplying space, activities and a meeting place for 600+ local people weekly. We will be again!
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 23/04/2021
Bourne Community Hub
National Lottery Community Fund - Moor Community Food
£9,731 09/02/2021
8
The funding will be used as a contribution to fund the core costs associated to a community food provision; supporting a community in Poole who are experiencing financial hardship exacerbated by the ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000 04/02/2020
towards the construction costs of Bourne Community Hub
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Poole Communities Trust
£60,000 26/03/2019
Construction of a community hub, café and pre-school for a charity that works with disadvantaged young people in Dorset
Power to Change - Poole Communities Trust
£300,000 17/09/2018
Grant to Poole Communities Trust
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Poole Communities Trust
£3,417 29/11/2017
We need sports equipment to develop activities that will help local people get active, keep learning and make friends.
DCMS - ALB-Sports Hall renovation
£6,737 01/05/2017
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Sports Hall renovation'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has ....more
Sport England - Sports Hall renovation
£6,737 17/03/2017
8
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Sports Hall renovation. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
National Lottery Community Fund - A new open access youth club for young people in north east Poole
£9,976 22/02/2017
12
This group will use the funding to increase their current service provision to meet the needs of young people locally. This will provide a safe space for young people to meet and socialise, as well ....more
Power to Change - Poole Communities Trust
£56,500 31/03/2016
10
Grant to Poole Communities Trust
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 46-67
  • ALEX KING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • ANDREW FROST Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Local Government Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/01/2016, number: 1165309
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/03/2015, number: 09490119
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Branksome Centre
Recreation Road
POOLE
BH12 2EA

Objectives

THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE BOROUGH OF POOLE) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP:(B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE:(D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES:(E) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS:(F) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING:(G) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES:(H) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:(I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:(J) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT:(K) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE:(L) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME:(M) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

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