Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +8

PLOT 22 

We host communal gardening and outdoor cooking opportunities, seasonal celebration events for our community of garden volunteers, outdoor skills sharing workshops.We offer our garden space as a unique outdoor venue for therapeutic activities.We share learning through hosting skills sharing opportunities, visual tools, books and learning resources, and an online collaboration platform.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 including the Government and a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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: 8 years

www.plot22.org

info@plot22.org

07717467862

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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
30/09/22£112£100£12n/an/an/an/an/a200
30/09/21£72£68£4n/an/an/an/an/a140
30/09/20£23£40£-17n/an/an/an/an/a300
30/09/19£46£40£6n/an/an/an/an/a175
30/09/18£47£34£13£0£0£0n/a050
30/09/17£19£19£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 200 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove,

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£180,000
Department for Work and Pensions£69,794
DCMS£36,000
Sussex Community Foundation£17,740
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Plot 22
£6,250 14/07/2023
Funding was provided for staff and core costs.
Department for Work and Pensions - SHIVOM VENTURES
£61,780 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Department for Work and Pensions - SHIVOM VENTURES LTD
£8,015 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
National Lottery Community Fund - PLOT 22
£180,000 15/03/2021
35
The funding will be used to continue and develop their award-winning work with isolated groups strengthening community connections through gardening food growing and cooking shared meals at their ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£36,000 09/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Plot 22
£6,490 10/12/2019
11
Funding was provided for project costs associated with running 'Thyme & Space' , providing year round therapeutic gardening sessions for more vulnerable and hard to reach women.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Plot 22
£5,000 05/07/2019
12
Funding was provided to help pay for 18 therapeutic gardening and support sessions for a range of beneficiaries including female survivors of sexual abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - PLOT 22 Resilience Project
£10,000 13/12/2017
12
This project will run a programme of community sessions for diverse groups within the local area, with the aim of improving wellbeing and community relationships.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to PLOT 22
£6,991 29/11/2017
We want to provide 'Grow and Play' sessions for parents and pre-school children to explore the seasons in our community allotment garden.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Plot 22
£10,000 17/11/2017
12
PLOT 22 is a place to be together with the land in community. Funding was provided towards the costs of the project co-coordinator, volunteer development and training as well as engaging a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2016, number: 1165624
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

32 Ruskin Road
Hove
BN3 5HA

Objectives

1. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION BY PROVIDING AN AREA FOR USE AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND ALLOTMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN BRIGHTON & HOVE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECTS OF HORTICULTURE, HEALTHY EATING, CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND IMPROVEMENT OF WILDLIFE DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY GARDEN/ALLOTMENT.3. TO ADVANCE HEALTH BY THE PROMOTION OF I) PHYSICAL EXERCISE THROUGH GARDENING II) THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE III) HEALTHY EATING, FOR INDIVIDUALS IN BRIGHTON, HOVE AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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