Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

THE COMFREY PROJECT CIO 

We provide facilities and services for the recreation or other leisure-time occupation of the general public,in particular, but not exclusively, for people who are refugees and seeking asylum, in the north of England, with the object of improving their conditions of life and general well-being, primarily through the provision of horticultural and nature based activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

http://thecomfreyproject.org.uk/

info@thecomfreyproject.org.uk

01914477801

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£284,860£258,215£26,64535
31/03/22£187,000£197,000£-10,00010
31/03/21£169,263£153,586£15,67740
31/03/20£144,013£117,054£26,95970
31/03/19£97,955£78,896£19,05929
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 35 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
Lankelly Chase Foundation£152,427
DCMS£61,738
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£60,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£41,396
Barrow Cadbury Trust£19,000
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£10,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to (The) Comfrey Project CIA
£99,760 20/01/2022
(The) Comfrey Project CIA
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to (The) Comfrey Project CIA
£22,667 01/09/2021
(The) Comfrey Project CIA
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Comfrey Project CIO
£7,500 24/06/2021
The organisation’s charitable purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Comfrey Project CIO
£1,500 17/06/2021
Core costs for work supporting asylum seekers and refugees in Gateshead
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The organisation’s work with asylum seekers and refugees in Newcastle and Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
£20,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work with asylum seekers and refugees in Newcastle and Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Comfrey Project CIO
£20,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work with asylum seekers and refugees in Newcastle and Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Comfrey Project CIO
£500 20/05/2021
The organisation's charitable objects
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Comfrey Project CIO
£500 20/05/2021
The organisation's charitable objects
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - The Comfrey Project CIO
£19,000 07/10/2020
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To provide core funding to enable Comfrey to continue supporting refugees and vulnerable migrants through the pandemic
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£61,738 23/07/2020
"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
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Core costs to support refugees and asylum seekers across Tyneside during the Covid-19 pandemic
£10,000 26/06/2020
Core costs to support refugees and asylum seekers across Tyneside during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - core costs to support refugees and asylum seekers across Tyneside during the Covid-19 pandemic
£10,000 26/06/2020
core costs to support refugees and asylum seekers across Tyneside during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the charity's running costs
£10,000 09/04/2020
the charity's running costs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Salary costs, staff and trustee development
£10,000 06/03/2020
Salary costs, staff and trustee development
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Comfrey Project (The)
£10,500 28/02/2020
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Community gardening
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to The Comfrey Project CIO
£30,000 18/02/2020
To engage in a collective Systemic Action Inquiry in Bensham, where six grassroots organisations are partnering with the Institute for Development Studies at Sussex Uni and LCF to understand their ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - The salary and expenses of a therapeutic horticulture specialist working with refugees in Gateshead
£8,203 04/07/2019
The salary and expenses of a therapeutic horticulture specialist working with refugees in Gateshead
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core funding.
£3,193 14/06/2019
Core funding.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Comfrey Project
£10,000 24/01/2019
£10,000 towards core costs. The Comfrey Project provides refugees & asylum seekers within Tyneside with a welcoming environment which promotes well-being. They run gardening & cooking ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core salary costs for two posts
£10,000 18/09/2018
Core salary costs for two posts
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Salary/core costs
£9,460 18/05/2018
Salary/core costs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Winter Programme - addressing social isolation
£6,102 26/10/2017
Winter Programme - addressing social isolation
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2017, number: 1175224
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
  • 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Windmill Hill Centre
Chester Place
GATESHEAD
NE8 1QB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND SEEKING ASYLUM, IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND GENERAL WELL-BEING, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HORTICULTURAL AND NATURE BASED ACTIVITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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