Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY ASSET PRESERVATION TRUST

The Charity was established in 2015 to protect Community Centres', and other Community Assets, (that provide social benefit) from closure due to local government spending cuts. Its has since evolved to become Darlington's voluntary infrastructure organisation, filling the gap left by the closure of Evolution, Darlington's previous infrastructure organisation which perminantly closed in 2015.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
30/04/24£237£234£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/23£176£215£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/22£200£181£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/21£238£191£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/20?£143£223£-80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/18£254£130£124n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/17£138£28£110n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

martinlanders7@gmail.com

07709804580

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other 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
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£55,124
The Earl of Northampton's Charity£35,000
County Durham Community Foundation£16,623
Sport England£4,320
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Hemlington Community Energy Saving Project
£9,860 29/06/2023
The funding will be used to carry out improvement work to the roof insulation radiators windows and hot water supply in this community building. The project aims to increase energy efficiency and ensure the building can continue serving local ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Helping Hemlington Residence
£11,623 16/11/2022
To support the Helping Hemlington Residence project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hemlington Lake Community Cafe Project
£9,900 03/12/2021
The project will use the funding to refurbish its community café and create an outdoor COVID friendly seating area to provide refreshment facilities for a range of social and recreational groups. This aims to reduce isolation improve accessibility ....more
The Earl of Northampton's Charity - Grant to Tees Valley Community Asset Preservation Trust
£35,000 02/07/2020
12
Supporting the sustainability of Hemlington Lake Recreation Centre through the refurbishment of a community hall.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£4,320 01/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
National Lottery Community Fund - Emergency Support Funding
£25,444 26/05/2020
6
The funding will provide 24-hour nursery and childcare service for NHS staff and other key workers and food distribution service to some of the more deprived areas of the community. The aim is to support key workers while ensuring the communities' ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Hemlington Nursery Project
£5,000 30/04/2020
To support the Hemlington Nursery Project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hemlington Sensory Play Children's Project
£9,920 17/01/2020
0
The funding will be used to purchase new play and safety equipment, and to make repairs to the sensory room at the community centre. The aim is to continue to provide quality play activities and sessions to aid the development of children.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hemlington Healthy Living Centre
£9,930 25/10/2018
12
The funding will be used to renovate an outbuilding which will be used as a healthy living centre. This will improve the facilities of the community centre and provide additional space for health focused community activities, and help ensure the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£95,000 05/10/2018
Refurbishing Community Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hemlington Lake & Recreation Centre Barn Nursery Project
£10,000 28/09/2016
12
The project will use the funding towards converting a building so it can be used for community activities such as dance, art, yoga, Cubs and Brownies. This will improve access to the community centre for local community groups.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTOPHER UPTON Appointed: 2015
  • ERIN POCOCK Appointed: 2023
  • JOANNE STAINSBY Appointed: 2017
  • MARTIN WOOD Appointed: 2015
  • MARTIN LANDERS (Chair) Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2016, number: 1166564
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

98 Welbeck Avenue
DARLINGTON
DL1 2DP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE TEES VALLEY 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 MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTRES, LIBRARIES OR SPORTING FACILITIES FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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