Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

OATLANDS COMMUNITY CENTRE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) 

Oatlands Community Centre is a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity (No 1177578) situated on Mount Street, Harrogate. Our main aim is to provide non regulated services and activites for families, young people and the elderly across our community by providing community space available for hire to host a wide range of community and private events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

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 and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£25,171£11,774£13,39710
31/03/22£60,960£122,820£-61,8602
31/03/21£112,390£94,895£17,4953
31/03/20£121,833£109,953£11,8800
31/03/19£17,631£265£17,3661
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.oatlandspre-school.co.uk

info@oatlandspre-school.co.uk

01423871846

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Brickfields Jubilee Tree Mural
£8,569 28/03/2022
Funding for local artist, hall hire and misc equipment to make from local clay a Jubilee Tree mural, with participants processing the clay and making leaf tiles.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/03/2018, number: 1177578
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
  • 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
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from OATLANDS PRE-SCHOOL on 23/09/2020
Main office

Oatlands Pre School
Mount Street
Harrogate
HG2 8DQ

Objectives

1) THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:A) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;B) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;C) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;D) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;E) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO2) TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A COMMUNITY HALL AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF HARROGATE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE, OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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