Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

ARDAGH COMMUNITY TRUST 

To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation at the Ardagh site, with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the people who live and work in the Horfield Common area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 7 years

www.theardagh.com

info@theardagh.com

07760941672

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
31/03/23£85£76£9n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/22£85£48£36n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£133£65£69n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£84£84£0n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/19£111£81£31n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 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
Power to Change£305,458
Quartet Community Foundation£78,416
National Lottery Community Fund£19,987
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - COM-TECH - Ardagh Community Trust
£246,148 28/09/2023
360G-ptc-gr-18778COM-TECH - Ardagh Community Trust
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£4,000 24/07/2023
Towards the costs of expanding the group's community food growing project to enable increased food growing on the Ardagh site by local volunteers.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£2,000 28/06/2023
To purchase and install rainwater capture equipment across the site to reduce the use of mains water for watering the community gardens.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£5,000 09/05/2023
To backfill the CEO's post for 3 months to develop a new fundraising plan for capital improvements to facilities which will increase longterm organisational sustainability
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£600 03/05/2023
To provide activities for children living in the local area at the Ardagh site. We will work in partnership with Outdoors Project Bristol to deliver holiday clubs for 8-12yrs.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Ardagh Community Coronation Celebration!
£9,999 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to run a program of events for the Kings Coronation. The project aims to use the Coronation to bring the community together offering free events that are aimed at all of the ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£5,000 19/12/2022
For a volunteer-gardening facilitator salary to support local gardening volunteers to increase food growing on the site, for donation to local partners/food clubs.
Power to Change - Horfield Common CIC (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to Horfield Common CIC (RCF)
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£5,000 15/11/2022
Provide indoor activities for local community in a welcoming, warm place and activities that encourage local residents to come together to share, create and socialise.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£4,995 17/08/2022
To significantly improve the whole site's waste management and to produce high-quality multi-purpose compost which will be used to grow more fresh food onsite reducing the carbon emissions produced ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£4,800 12/07/2022
A collaboration involving Ardagh Community Trust, Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust and Redcatch Community Garden that will focus on delivering community events which share suppliers and resources.
Quartet Community Foundation - Platinum Jubilee (Working Title)
£10,000 30/03/2022
1
Community workshops led by artists from Misfits Theatre Company leading up to performances over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£10,000 18/03/2022
9
This grant will pay to backfill core staff posts to enable existing staff to participate in externally-funded leadership training to strengthen our organisation’s leadership capacity, skills and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Platinum Jubilee Celebrations!
£9,988 18/03/2022
The funding will be used to run a series of art workshops for local residents host an afternoon tea party for older people and people living with disabilities and community parties. These events will ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Emerging Stronger - Community Impact Plan
£2,500 21/01/2021
5
To provide responsive services for the community which support improved mental health and wellbeing.
Quartet Community Foundation - Moving Community Activities Outdoors
£9,600 17/12/2020
Enabling ACT to make better use of their outside spaces in response to covid restrictions on indoor activities, which includes extending the hours of a Project Manager to oversee this project and ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£10,000 10/11/2020
Towards increasing staff hours for a Finance Administrator and Senior Manager, and towards a financial forecasting and planning service for 6 months.
Power to Change - C-19 Response - Ardagh Community Trust
£30,000 02/06/2020
Grant to C-19 Response - Ardagh Community Trust
Power to Change - Ardagh Community Trust
£13,310 17/04/2020
Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£4,921 02/04/2020
To enable the group to rapidly respond to emerging need locally to provide a daily affordable hot food and a prescription collection/delivery service for residents self-isolating.
Power to Change - Ardagh Community Trust
£6,000 23/10/2019
5
Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
£9,474 19/11/2018
We want to develop our existing seasonal outdoor community cafe to provide a year-round facility in response to demand from local residents.
Power to Change - Ardagh Community Trust
£169,762 31/10/2017
35
Grant to Ardagh Community Trust
Power to Change - Ardagh Community Trust
£3,239 01/06/2015
Provided Capacity Support to Ardagh Community Trust
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/04/2017, number: 1172556
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE ARDAGH
ARDAGH PAVILION
KELLAWAY AVENUE
BRISTOL
BS6 7YL

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE HORFIELD COMMON AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID PEOPLE 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 AT THE ARDAGH SITE, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE HORFIELD COMMON AREA.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTIVES BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE 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
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