Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income -1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Very static board: -5
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

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 strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • Why is the Board composition very static?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
  • 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
31/01/24£18£12£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/23*£19£11£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/22£37£11£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/21£88£7£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/20?£20£11£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/18*£137£5£132n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.combehub.org.uk

info@combehub.org.uk

01993891273

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • 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
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: 54-80
  • ANDREW JASON WALKER-BROWN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Sales Engineering Manager
  • ANDREW HOBSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Solicitor
  • 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
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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