Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

PROJECT 229

Project 229 is a pro-active community centre for ages 0 to 99 and beyond with a whole family approach. Project 229, alongside partner organisations, provides opportunities through which people are empowered to counter isolation, build relationships, develop life-skills, be supported/support others, improve resilience, grow in self-esteem and make positive changes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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
31/03/23£202£171£31n/a
31/03/22£172£154£18n/a
31/03/21£165£165£0n/a
31/03/20£105£75£31n/a
?31/03/19£46£62£-16n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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£299,801
Harpur Trust£48,000
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£35,351
DCMS£8,325
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - SPACE
£249,304 21/12/2022
The funding will be used to support fifty 9-17year olds p.a. in Bedford Borough who have been impacted by Domestic Abuse (DA) via its fortnightly youth clubs. The project will provide therapeutic group sessions to improve mental and physical ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Contribution towards transportation, venue, activity and sustenance costs for the running of the SPACE activity programme. Over COVID-19, much of this activity had to take place either in smaller face-to-face sessions (‘Bubbles’) or on zoom, and they are looking to continue this model into ‘Planets’, a provision for ten beneficiaries per group, as it has proven to be more beneficial than larger groups.
£15,000 29/09/2022
SPACE
Harpur Trust - Grant to Project 229
£48,000 09/03/2022
SPACE
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Project 229
£4,795 02/03/2021
4
The Art Well
National Lottery Community Fund - The Art Well
£50,497 01/03/2021
36
An art therapy project for adults offering a variety of art mediums and techniques in a reflective and therapeutic space which allows individuals to share and listen to other people’s stories. It aims to encourage a positive change in mood ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - The Art Well
£8,490 23/09/2020
4
Grant to Project 229
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Both Streams 1 & 2 - Delivery or Support & Core Costs
£7,066 24/07/2020
3
Grant to Project 229
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£5,550 28/02/2020
After school swimming sessions
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£2,775 28/02/2020
After school swimming sessions. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year 2019/20
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Project 229
£6,785 13/11/2019
12
Project 229: Tampon Tax Community Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - The Art Well
£8,810 06/06/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to run an arts project for people with mental ill health and for people who are socially isolated in order to improve wellbeing.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Project 229
£5,000 09/05/2018
35
SPACE
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BIPINCHANDRA SHAH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Process Operator
  • DR HELEN JANE SISMEY-DURRANT Appointed: 2018
  • FRANCIS MCMAHON Appointed: 2019
  • LIONEL GEOFFREY STEWART M.B.E (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • SHARON PATRICIA GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2018, number: 1178577
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

PROJECT 229
227-229 BEDFORD ROAD
KEMPSTON
BEDFORD
MK42 8DA

Objectives

1. TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF KEMPSTON 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 COMMUNITY 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.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).3. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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