Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

OAKWORTH COMMUNITY TRUST 

Oakworth Community Trust has been setup to save the local Village Hall from closure. The trust continues to run existing services held in the village hall but will also extend the services held in the village hall. It will also extend and enhance the building for future generations of villagers with in the Parish of Oakworth.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
31/12/22£43£32£11n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/21*£52£56£-5n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/20£35£34£1n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19?*£48£61£-13n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/01/18*£34£19£15£0£0£0n/a00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

https://oakworthcommunitytrust.org.uk

secretary@oakworthcommunitytrust.org.uk

07908 770452

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oakworth Community Trust
£2,904 23/10/2021
Oakworth Village Hall already has a clean and friendly environment, but the community trust wishes to make the building safer by replacing the aged emergency lighting system.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oakworth Community Trust
£2,510 24/10/2020
We would like to modernise our village hall to enable the community to become a more cohesive and a more interactive society.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Oakworth Community Trust
£7,858 18/08/2020
4
Grant to Oakworth Community Trust
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oakworth Community Trust
£2,860 15/11/2019
We want to refurbish areas of our 1970s village hall and increase accessibility for those with mobility problems.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oakworth Community Trust
£4,455 19/11/2018
We would like to refurbish our 1970s toilet area and increase accessibility to the disabled and those with mobility problems.
National Lottery Community Fund - Storage Solutions For All
£10,000 28/06/2018
12
The group will build an extension to their main hall to maximise its use. The project will improve the facilities of the hall for the benefit of user groups, and to attract more clubs from the wider ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2017, number: 1172106
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 2 days late, AR19: 46 days late, AR18: 50 days late,
Main office

Holden Hall
Chapel Lane
Oakworth
KEIGHLEY
BD22 7HY

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF OAKWORTH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, 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.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY HALL AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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