Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 13
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

ABBERTON RURAL TRAINING 

The objects of the CIO are:(a) The advancement of education, training or retraining and(b) The relief of those in need in particular but not exclusively among unemployed people in Essex by providing them with work experience, volunteering opportunities, mentoring and rural employability and craft skills courses, and by supporting their re-integration back into the Community.
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 material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 8 years

www.abbertonruraltraining.org

info@abbertonruraltraining.org

01245 975777

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/22£435£427£8n/an/an/an/an/a139
31/03/21£217£226£-9n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/20£97£84£14n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/19£93£91£2n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£140£68£72£0£0£0n/a04
31/03/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 139 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£514,423
Essex Community Foundation£166,740
Department for Work and Pensions£54,302
DCMS£9,865
Ministry of Defence£9,477
People's Health Trust£8,821
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - A place to grow
£494,675 21/06/2023
The funding will be used to support the core and running costs of their service which offers skills training mental health support and advocacy. The project provides a safe space in nature to help ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abberton Rural Training (ART)
£5,000 16/02/2023
towards women only rural skills sessions for survivors of domestic abuse in Northeast Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abberton Rural Training (ART)
£25,800 13/12/2022
to provide outdoor-based services and training for individuals with poor mental health in Braintree over two years
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Abberton Rural Training (ART)
£1,254 22/10/2022
We wish to give the young people we train an opportunity to get work experience with us by volunteering in 'Tutor Support' roles where they will learn the skills needed to be a Rural Skills Tutor.
People's Health Trust - Chelmsford Community Garden and Orchard
£8,821 10/05/2022
This two-year project provides a community garden and orchard for the residents of the Melbourne Estate in Chelmsford, Essex. A new extended allotment site will be used to create a place where people ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abberton Rural Training (ART)
£4,990 17/02/2022
towards women only craft and horticulture sessions for victims of domestic abuse in North East Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abberton Rural Training (ART)
£12,922 06/01/2022
towards the salary of an IT officer to build the digital capacity of a charity providing land based training and therapeutic support for disadvantaged, vulnerable and isolated people across Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - IT Support for Vulnerable People
£9,748 28/10/2021
The funding will be used to partially pay for the employment of a young person with Autism into the post of IT Officer to encourage support for students. The project aims to encourage all member of ....more
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£2,000 30/06/2021
Funding provided for Professional Advice Grant
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,477 18/06/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,865 18/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Abberton Rural Training (ART)
£1,350 09/07/2020
towards additional equipment and PPE to run the stay at home, grow your own project in North and Mid Essex during COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Stay at Home Grow Your Own
£8,000 24/04/2020
to run the Stay At Home, Grow Your Own project for families in Maldon and North East Essex during COVID19
Department for Work and Pensions - FSF Partnership ART- BRAINTREE & WITHAM
£14,704 01/04/2020
To move claimants either into work or closer to work.
Department for Work and Pensions - FSF Partnership ART- COLCHESTER
£19,799 01/04/2020
To move claimants either into work or closer to work.
Department for Work and Pensions - FSF Partnership ART- MALDON
£19,799 01/04/2020
To move claimants either into work or closer to work.
National Lottery Community Fund - Boosting Adult Community Learners
£10,000 23/03/2020
10
The organisation will use the funding to help continue to run training courses for people in rural areas, particularly people who are economically inactive or with additional needs. This will help to ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Rustic Recovery Programme (RRP)
£69,978 21/01/2020
35
To provide a rural mental and physical recovery programme for military personnel facing medical discharge in partnership with Colchester Garrison over 3 years
Essex Community Foundation - Braintree District Rural Training for Health and Wellbeing
£35,200 16/12/2019
23
To provide outdoor training to people who are unemployed or have mental health problems in the Braintree District over two years
Essex Community Foundation - Young Adult at Risk NEETs (YARN)
£3,500 04/04/2019
11
Towards the cost of counselling and mentoring for vulnerable adults who attend the Abberton Rural Training Wormingford Site
Essex Community Foundation - Young Adult at Risk NEETs (YARN)
£4,800 08/02/2019
11
To provide introductory land-based skill sessions for young adults who are NEET and at risk of offending
Essex County Council - Community Inititives Fund Grant
£5,471 29/11/2018
Training greenhouses to enhance rural training provision
National Lottery Community Fund - Boosting Adult Community Learners
£10,000 29/11/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to help deliver rural training for people living with disadvantage to help improve lifestyles and learn new skills.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/09/2016, number: 1169247
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Meadow View
Parkway
CHELMSFORD
CM2 7PX

Objectives

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING AND(B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN ESSEX BY PROVIDING THEM WITH WORK EXPERIENCE, VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORING AND RURAL EMPLOYABILITY AND CRAFT SKILLS COURSES, AND BY SUPPORTING THEIR RE-INTEGRATION BACK INTO THE RURAL COMMUNITY.OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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