Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

REPTON COMMUNITY TRUST

The Trusts vision is: Putting the heart in Communities Mission: Creating and providing excellent resources and opportunities, empowering people to connect and build community.Objectives: People find a place to belong and contribute. People are better able to manage their health and well-being. People have a better quality of life and aspirations for the future.

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
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
03/04/23		£209	£178	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
03/04/22		£179	£164	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
03/04/21		£141	£92	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
03/04/20		£129	£104	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/19		£45	£84	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	*	£102	£14	£88	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
03/04/17	*	£10	£3	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

http://reptonct.uk

info@reptonct.uk

01233808023

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£30,000
DCMS	£8,000
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)	£5,000
Sport England	£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund B
£5,000	14/02/2023	Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Repton Community Trust
£1,285	23/10/2021	We will setup a give-what-you-can cafe to help members of our local community experiencing food poverty, and to support healthy eating and wellbeing following the Covid-19 crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Peoples Pantry Community Shop
£20,000	27/08/2021	The funding will contribute to the running costs of The Peoples Panty (PP)' as a volunteer led community hub shop/social supermarket at the Repton Connect Community Centre. Costs are to cover ....more The funding will contribute to the running costs of The Peoples Panty (PP)' as a volunteer led community hub shop/social supermarket at the Repton Connect Community Centre. Costs are to cover staffing (vol support and coordination) as part of a wider project to develop an existing purpose-built container which would be used for the shop and Hub. The PP began in 2019 with a community Fridge in Repton a deprived ward and has grown to be one of Ashford's main food banks.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,000	09/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£5,000	16/06/2020 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 ....more 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
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Repton Community Trust
£5,000	22/05/2020	COVID19 : Purchase of refridgeration equipment for a charity that works with people at risk of food poverty in Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - The Peoples Pantry-24hr access
£10,000	22/05/2020 12	The funding will be used to provide people in Ashford with safe access to free fresh food 24hrs a day through an outdoor refrigerated secure locker system.
Sport England - Its a lifestyle, not just a team
£9,958	27/03/2019 24	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Its a lifestyle, not just a team. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

LEE GAYNOR Appointed: 2024

SHELLEY BATT Appointed: 2017

SARAH KATHLEEN HAYWARD (Chair) Appointed: 2020

STEPHEN TAWNEY Appointed: 2017

ELIZABETH EVELYN WRIGHT Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: ASHFORD PAROCHIAL CHARITIES, THE ASHFORD ALMSHOUSE CHARITY, THOMAS TREHEARNE CHARITY, THE THOMAS TURNER D D CHARITY (ONE OF THE ASHFORD PAROCHIAL CHARITIES),

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/10/2016, number: 1169444

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR18: 21 days late, AR17: 3 days late,

Main office

Repton Connect Community Centre
Repton Avenue
ASHFORD
TN23 3RX

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GODINTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, 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

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