Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

PACT HOUSE STANLEY

Pact House Stanley is hub for community access to help to reduce isolation, support people with well being, address and support local people in poverty. We support people in the local community in food poverty with food packs and through low cost and free meals in the community cafe. We help people to access services, training and information they need to improve their quality of life.
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
  • 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

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*£206£207£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£241£172£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£187£130£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£71£83£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£60£43£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£71£47£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

https://www.facebook.com/PACTHouseStanley/

pacthousestanley@outlook.com

07720650533

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
County Durham Community Foundation£118,888
Department for Work and Pensions£13,996
The Greggs Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - Waste 'NOT' Food and Community Meals
£10,000 08/03/2023
To support the Waste 'NOT' Food and Community Meals.
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£10,000 25/11/2022
£10,000 over one year towards the salary of their Cafe/Foodbank Coordinator and utilities
County Durham Community Foundation - Fit for Purpose
£2,000 19/10/2022
To address issues faced by people accessing foodbank.
County Durham Community Foundation - PACT Warm Space
£1,000 14/10/2022
To provide a warm space.
County Durham Community Foundation - Strengthening Stanley
£30,000 22/04/2022
Training for Trustees and Board members.
County Durham Community Foundation - Managing Emotions
£20,000 31/01/2022
The Managing Emotions project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Therapeutic Photography Group
£6,623 03/11/2021
To offer a Therapeutic Photography Group.
County Durham Community Foundation - Strengthening Stanley
£20,000 08/07/2021
Training for Trustees and Board members.
Department for Work and Pensions - PACT HOUSE STANLEY
£13,996 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
County Durham Community Foundation - Community Meals on Wheels
£5,000 19/03/2021
To provide Community Meals on Wheels.
County Durham Community Foundation - Weekends, Warmers and Wellbeing
£11,301 16/12/2020
Weekends, Warmers and Wellbeing
County Durham Community Foundation - Winter Warmers on Wheels
£2,964 27/11/2020
To support the Winter Warmers on Wheels project.
County Durham Community Foundation - SOS Stanley
£5,000 13/10/2020
SOS Stanley
CAF - Grant to PACT House
£1,720 29/06/2020
3
Grant to PACT House to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Stanley's fight against COVID-19
£10,000 07/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide food parcels to support people during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to help provide basic necessities to vulnerable people facing financial hardship.
County Durham Community Foundation - Isolation / Food Support
£5,000 06/04/2020
To provide food support.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to PACT House
£5,000 21/09/2018
12
Core costs - salary
County Durham Community Foundation - PACTivate
£7,500 24/05/2018
To support the PACTivate project from one night a week to two nights a week.
People's Health Trust - people Acting Community Together PACT
£30,178 23/05/2018
This two-year project supported volunteers from the local community to deliver a range of activities and events at a community hub in the centre of Stanley town in County Durham. A Community Facilitator supported the charity and volunteers to build ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - PACT HOUSE " Breaking Bad Project"
£7,500 30/05/2017
To support Breaking Bad Project reducing anti social behavior across the Stanley area workers funded through Stanley Town Council. The monies will be used for engagement and social activities from any other source over the summer and winter months.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • BRYAN FERGUS IRVING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Self Employed
  • DANIEL CLARK Appointed: 2023
  • DAVID CLARKE (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None
  • JULIE GREEN Appointed: 2023
  • SHARON MCILVANEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Learning Mentor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/04/2017, number: 1172612
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/03/2016, number: 10059977
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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; AR23: 8 days late,
Main office

39 Front Street
Stanley
Durham
DH9 0JE

Objectives

4. THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:4(1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY INTHE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF STANLEY, COUNTY DURHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE ÔAREA OFBENEFITÖ) AND, IN PARTICULAR, ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL RESIDENTS TO IMPROVE LIFE OPPORTUNITIES, TO BUILD THECAPACITY OF COMMUNITY GROUPS, THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT,INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.4(2) TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR,STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.4(3) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE 4:(A) ÔTHIRD SECTORÖ MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.(B) ÔCHARITIESÖ ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES INACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.(C) ÔVOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISESÖ ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH AREESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THECOMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORYAUTHORITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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