Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

LEE GARDENS POOL COMMITTEE

Lee Gardens Pool Committee was set up to re-open Lee Gardens Pool, Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, RCT. The pool closed in 2013. The Committee was set up in 2015. In 2016 the pool re-opened. Lee Gardens Pool Committee carry out the day-to-day running of and fundraising for the project while Lee Gardens Volunteers carry out the general maintenance. Lee Gardens Volunteers is an intergenerational group.
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
  • 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
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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£343£136£206n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£402£67£335n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£65£79£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£44£46£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£69£47£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/18*£54£49£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

leegardenspool@yahoo.co.uk

07775792543

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Rhondda Cynon Taff,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£5,000 16/01/2023
community grant
National Lottery Community Fund - UKP Cost of Living - Lee Gardens Volunteers: Let's Get Together!
£30,286 15/12/2022
24
Lee Gardens Pool Committee will support people through the cost-of-living crisis by providing a warm room facility offering hot food refreshments and activities. They will improve social interaction and work with partners to provide information on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Caring for Communities
£9,001 22/03/2021
8
Lee Gardens Pool Committee in Rhondda Cynon Taf will continue supporting their community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic with a grant of £9001. Bydd Lee Gardens Pool Committee yn Rhondda Cynon Taf yn parhau i gefnogi eu cymuned drwy gydol pandemig ....more
People's Health Trust - Lee Gardens Pool: Learning Together
£20,255 31/10/2019
This two-year project builds on the community’s success keeping the children’s pool open in the village of Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taf, by providing activities and training for local people in the new meeting space being built on the site. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Lee Gardens Volunteers: Let's Get Together!
£479,247 25/07/2019
60
Project Summary :_x000D_ The project will be building on the organisation's current provision in Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taff. The project will create a community facility/café, upgrading pool and surrounding area, toilet, and storage ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Lee Gardens Pool Committee
£6,388 19/11/2018
We want to buy picnic tables and benches, parasols, gazebos a fridge and freezer to make our volunteer and visitor experience enjoyable.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ADAM STEPHEN FOX (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • CARA JANE TAYLOR Appointed: 2019
  • DIANE LOCKE Appointed: 2017
  • JOANNE NEADS Appointed: 2017
  • SUSAN ELIZABETH GRANDON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2017, number: 1171621
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR21: 44 days late, AR19: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late,
Main office

12 RAILWAY TERRACE
MOUNTAIN ASH
CF45 3ST

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PENRHIWCEIBER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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