Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

HILLFIELDS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TRUST

HF&CT will work together with local residents to utilise and improve the community building and provide educational, health and recreational initiatives, which will generate a sustainable, creative and inclusive community for those living and working in the area. HF&CT will also work with young parents and their children, empowering and engaging them in the community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/23£262£267£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£141£161£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£109£159£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£146£141£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£67£57£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£81£20£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.hillfieldscommunity.org

Manager@hillfieldscommunity.org

0117 9657711

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Quartet Community Foundation£156,341
Power to Change£75,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Hillfields Family and Community Trust
£50,000 28/09/2023
To undertake the role of a Community Hub for Hillfields.
National Lottery Community Fund - Fire safety and security
£9,900 04/11/2022
The organisation will install fire doors and a CCTV system as well as carrying out a risk assessment in order to make their community space safer and more accessible to local community groups and users.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Hillfields Family and Community Trust
£5,000 19/10/2022
Towards a shortfall in a building refurbishment project at this valuable community hub.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Hillfields Family and Community Trust
£24,839 22/09/2022
Towards the provision of a coordinated community response towards the cost of living crisis.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Hillfields Family and Community Trust
£900 12/07/2022
Coaching and mentoring support for the centre manager, which will include a focus on developing wider community networks.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Hillfields Family and Community Trust
£14,998 12/04/2022
Continuing the Centre Manager role for one year, plus project management and legal fees associated with developing affordable homes on land adjacent to the community hub.
Quartet Community Foundation - Anchor Project Salaries 2021 - 22
£30,180 24/03/2021
12
To continue the centre manager and admin/keyholder posts for 12 months, plus receive a package of support to the staff and board, which will support a community hub with its long term strategy for financial sustainability. Key milestones to be ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Hillfields Family and Community Trust
£25,424 14/08/2020
To allow the organisation to recover and resume providing a local community hub after a period of lockdown restrictions.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Hillfields Family and Community Trust
£5,000 06/05/2020
Towards coordinating support in the local community during the Coronavirus outbreak that involves transportation of food and essential items, ICT equipment for residents without online access and activity packs for young people.
Power to Change - Hillfields Family & Community Trust
£75,000 14/12/2019
0
Grant to Hillfields Family & Community Trust
Sport England - Refurbishment Of Sports Hall
£60,000 20/11/2019
14
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Refurbishment Of Sports Hall. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Quartet Community Foundation - Management & support Salaries
£25,000 23/09/2019
11
Providing staff to manage educational, health and recreational opportunities at the hub promoting a creative inclusive community and developing a long term strategy for financial stability and sustainability in Hillfields.
Quartet Community Foundation - Salary for Manager
£20,000 18/09/2018
13
Resource to develop and deliver a strategic vision for the organisation leading to financial resilience.
Quartet Community Foundation - Junior Club
£5,000 18/09/2018
12
Towards taking over running a weekly junior youth club for 8 - 11 year olds, previously run by Creative Youth Network.
Quartet Community Foundation - Staff Capacity & Vivid
£5,000 26/02/2018
8
Towards the Development Workers salary - giving them working hours to manage the building and grow and expand the space for the community to meet and access services.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ZOE ANNE STROUD Appointed: 2023
  • ZOE FRY (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • ZOE SHERIFF Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/02/2016, number: 1165795
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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hillfields Community Hub
Thicket Avenue
FISHPONDS
BRISTOL
BS16 4EH

Objectives

1. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN THE HILLFIELDS AREA, IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY: A. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT YOUNG PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY BY DISSEMINATING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. B. WORKING WITH STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ESTABLISH PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND ADVICE WITH THEM. 2. PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN TO ESTABLISH PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THIS PURPOSE. 3. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HILLFIELDS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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