Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 6

Reasonable growth: +1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Very static board: -5

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

COMBE COMMUNITY HUB

Combe Hub's activity is the provision and maintenance of the Combe Methodist Chapel as a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of Combe and its surrounding area in Oxfordshire including use for meetings, lectures, classes and other forms of recreation and leisure time activities. Combe Pre-School and After School Club operate from the chapel during term time.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/01/23	*	£19	£11	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/01/22		£37	£11	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/01/21		£88	£7	£81	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/01/20		£20	£11	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/01/19		£15	£10	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/01/18	*	£137	£5	£132	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.combehub.org.uk

info@combehub.org.uk

01993891273

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Recreation

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 volunteers

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,500
The Foyle Foundation	£4,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,800	11/02/2021	to complete remedial repair work
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	25/09/2020	Reordering Interior/New Entrance
National Lottery Community Fund - Combe Community Hub: a multi-use community facility
£9,500	22/04/2020 7	The funding will be used to improve the accessibility of a community building. The project aims to improve the space and allow for wider community use.
National Lottery Community Fund - Combe Hub - education & arts centre
£10,000	06/12/2017 12	This project will repair and upgrade the windows of the building in order to improve the venue for the local community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-79

ANDREW GEORGE FOLMAR HOBSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE CHARITY OF ADELA BROOKE,

ANDREW JASON WALKER-BROWN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Sales Engineering Manager

CLARE PATERSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Accountant

ROGER PURSSELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/08/2016, number: 1168702
Registered at Companies House on 07/01/2016, number: 09941513

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR23: 77 days late, AR18: 148 days late,

Main office

The Old Stable
Park Road
Combe
WITNEY
OX29 8NA

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF COMBE AND SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES;(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATIONS AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

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