Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 3

BENTILEE VOLUNTEERS CIO

FOR OVER 30 YEARS OUR OBJECTIVES HAVE REMAINED THE SAME - TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF BENTILEE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY BEING IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.WE ARE PROUD TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT OF MANY COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST THE IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR DEDICATED STAFF IN HELPING US RUN OUR PROJECTS EFFECTIVELY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND TO RAISE ESSENTIAL FUNDS

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 6 years

www.bentileevolunteers.org.uk

info@bentileevolunteers.org.uk

01782863192

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/08/22		£157	£157	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/21		£67	£131	£-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/08/20		£140	£183	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/08/19		£528	£301	£227	£42	£227	£140	5.6	15	100
31/08/18	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

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

Tudor Trust	£77,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£3,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,826

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers CIO
£2,826	21/10/2023	We would like help funding our support worker, who shares skills and supports project members and volunteers in upcycling pieces of furniture. All focusing on improving mental wellbeing.
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Bentilee Volunteers
£5,000	15/03/2023	to support funding a 14-seat Minibus Driver 12 hours/week for the Neighbourlink Project, a social and lunch club for older people.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£10,000	19/01/2023	20% of the salary and running costs for a lunch club for residents in Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent to reduce isolation and improve nutrition.
National Lottery Community Fund - Neighbourlink - Social lunch club
£10,000	20/05/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a social lunch club for older residents of the local community. The project aims to counteract social isolation build confidence and reduce anxiety.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£3,000	19/10/2021 12	Small Grant unrestricted core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000	15/10/2021	Bentilee Volunteers
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£2,000	02/03/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	07/05/2020	Bentilee Volunteers
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£75,000	17/06/2019 36	over three years towards core salary costs at a community organisation in Stoke-on-Trent
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bentilee Volunteers
£10,000	29/03/2019	refurbishment of a community centre for a charity which works with disabled people in Staffordshire

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHERYL OWEN Appointed: 2020

IRENE CARDALL Appointed: 2017

JANET MARY MASON (Chair) Appointed: 2017

JOHN STEELE Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2017, number: 1175754

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR18: 191 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BENTILEE VOLUNTEERS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION on 22/12/2020

Main office

19 Brackenfield Avenue
Bentilee
Stoke-on-Trent
ST2 0DH

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BENTILEE 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 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.

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