Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE)

The charity works with communities in Yorkshire to develop sustainable support. It does this by delivering health and wellbeing activities as well as working with parents and children. In addition to this it provides organisation and funding support nationally
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/10/23£129£87£42n/a
31/10/22£104£75£29n/a
31/10/21£73£84£-11n/a
31/10/20£125£57£68n/a
31/10/19£102£86£17n/a
31/10/18£0£0£0n/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.community-matters.org.uk

office@community-matters.org.uk

01134504866

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£280,629
Leeds Community Foundation£10,837
DCMS£5,700
Sir George Martin Trust£1,210
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Community Matters Yorkshire
£1,210 09/11/2023
Capital and core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - You've got this
£9,948 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to organise a weekly drop-in session with a range of craft baking and musical activities for families with children who have additional. The project aims to help families with children who have additional needs build better ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Community Matters Yorkshire
£1,171 22/10/2022
We would like to pay for a health and wellbeing coordinator to organise activities that are identified through community engagement and networking.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Wellbeing Champions
£210,212 16/09/2022
This funding will support Community Matters (Yorkshire) CMY’s Community Wellbeing Champions project to deliver a full programme of activities training and a ‘hub’ of learning to support the local community. This project aims to improve the ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Story Snacks
£1,200 30/06/2022
Funding for staff, food, equipment and overheads for five healthy eating session for 12 families, tying in the food to a well-known children's story.
Leeds Community Foundation - Togther We Can Make it Happen
£1,377 14/12/2021
Our activity will bring families who have children with additional needs together through the enjoyment of music and movement, craft activities combining them with an opportunity to befriend marginalised members of the community who often feel ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Mutual Aid Support
£9,530 05/11/2021
The funding will be used to create a suite of documents and policies to support mutual aid groups formed by volunteers. The project aims to ensure that they have systems in place to protect themselves and the people they are working with.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,700 25/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Step Up
£9,306 20/07/2020
6
This project will provide information and support to not for profit organisations specifically those managing community buildings. This project will increase the capacity of the team to offer more clear written advice and guidance as well as run ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Well-being Champion program
£9,460 26/05/2020
24
Grant to Community Matters Yorkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Phoenix Project
£41,633 19/03/2020
12
Community Matters provides training, support and related guidance to community groups, families, children and young peoples organisations with the aim of extending, re-evaluating and re-developing their Wellbeing Champions Project. This project will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Voices
£9,814 27/03/2019
12
The funding will provide training for volunteers in the local community to help identify key issues and ways to bridge gaps in service provision, with the aim of improving the community as a whole and bringing people together.
Leeds Community Foundation - Lets get Moving
£5,469 06/06/2018
11
A family based intervention program which will improve the knowledge and understanding of physical activity and well-being for the whole family.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ELIZABETH ALISON SUNDERLAND Appointed: 2019
  • LINDA NORTHFIELD Appointed: 2020
  • MARTIN FRANK WHITE Appointed: 2023
  • PHILIP MARTIN JONES Appointed: 2022
  • SUSAN EMMA HUTCHINSON Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2018, number: 1177705
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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

CLAYTON WORKS BUSINESS CENTRE
MIDLAND RD
LEEDS
LS10 2RJ

Objectives

(1) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN YORKSHIRE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(2) TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.(3) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGION OF YORKSHIRE & HUMBER AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF 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) 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.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:(A) THIRD SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.(B) CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.(C) VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, 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 STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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