Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 4

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE CONNECTIONS BUS PROJECT

The charity is a provider of youth work services across Cambridgeshire. This includes rural youth clubs in buildings and on our converted double-decker youth buses, a babysitting course and the Generation game course (volunteering with older people).

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Why are there only 4 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

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	£137	£126	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£95	£110	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£84	£79	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£145	£139	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£168	£172	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£101	£30	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.connectionsbusproject.org.uk

admin@connectionsbusproject.org.uk

07853795256

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£8,000
The Foyle Foundation	£7,500
Herefordshire Community Foundation	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - The Connections Bus Project
£2,000	08/05/2024 8	Youth Buses
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500	01/03/2024	towards replacing two aging youth buses
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000	16/12/2022	Service Expansion through Refurbishment of 2nd Youth Bus
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£5,000	07/05/2021	Youth Club in a Van

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNA RACHEL JOLLY Appointed: 2022

EDWARD JOHN CAMERON (Chair) Appointed: 2016

JILLIAN JANE SLATER Appointed: 2023

MARK DOMANIC STANYER Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2016, number: 1168343

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

P.O. BOX 344
HISTON
CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB24 9WZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 19 LIVING IN CAMBRIDGESHIREAND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISINGPROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:1. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIESAND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATUREAND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;2. ADVANCING EDUCATION;3. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FORPEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TOIMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS.

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