Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

BUILDING CIRCLES

Building Circles works to transform the lives of people with learning disabilities (LD) are isolated and lonely byDeveloping friendships between volunteers and people with LDHolding regular social eventsProviding hobby workshops and gardening opportunitiesRunning training sessions for people with LD on sexual, financial and online abuseDelivering anti bullying training to school children

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 well diversified in terms of gender

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£131,509	£119,567	£11,942	30
31/03/22	£79,494	£126,112	£-46,618	51
31/03/21	£157,891	£128,258	£29,633	40
31/03/20	£174,046	£191,964	£-17,918	75
31/03/19	£219,601	£159,993	£59,608	90

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

http://www.buildingcirclesglos.org.uk

admin@buildingcircles.org.uk

01453 568155

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

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

Barnwood Trust	£29,690
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£10,000
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Barnwood Trust - Access Audits
£1,440	09/12/2022	ReciteMe accessibility software for website
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£28,250	18/07/2022	Gig Buddies: helping vulnerable access cultural activities
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Building Circles
£10,000	26/04/2021 12	Covid additional main grant unrestricted core costs
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Building Circles
£5,000	17/06/2020	Empowering marginalised and excluded individuals and groups
Woodward Charitable Trust - Volunteers to help people with learning disabilities
£1,000	15/11/2019	Towards training costs for volunteers to help people with learning disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Circles - Reaching Communities
£119,600	21/03/2019 48	The funding will support the project's core activities, with an emphasis on developing the training element of their work. The project provides support to adults with learning difficulties across ....more The funding will support the project's core activities, with an emphasis on developing the training element of their work. The project provides support to adults with learning difficulties across Gloucestershire through the promotion of social inclusion.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDY ROZWADOWSKI Appointed: 2021

FRANCES ROSEMARY WATSON Appointed: 2018

JONATHAN FRANCIS MINALL Appointed: 2020

SOPHIE AYRE Appointed: 2020

LADY LINDA MORRIS Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: NEW COLLEGE WORCESTER,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/05/2018, number: 1178538

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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

The Mills
Upper Mills Estate
Bristol Road

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST THOSE WHO MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL SENSORY OR COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES AND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITY TO EXPERIENCE MORE FULFILLING LIVES THROUGH SUCH TRAINING, EDUCATION AND SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE.THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE SAFER LIVES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO PROTECT THEM FROM ABUSE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

Data Sources