Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

THE USEFUL WOOD COMPANY

1. The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment, work placements, training and volunteering opportunities 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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

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	£254,181	£228,561	£25,620	27
31/03/22	£118,343	£62,251	£56,092	12
31/03/21	£118,343	£62,251	£56,092	64
31/03/20	£37,013	£19,923	£17,090	24

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.usefulwood.org

aahewat@outlook.com

01483762589

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
27 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
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Useful Wood Company
£14,700	24/09/2020	purchase a vehicle for a charity that supports the rehabilitation of ex-offenders in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding for Transport Manager
£5,362	13/07/2020 6	Funding for a salary of a part-time Transport Manager working for a charity, based in Woking, that helps the unemployed by working with wood.
Community Foundation for Surrey - The Useful Wood Company. We need funding for start up costs, to help secure suitable premises, woodworking machinery and general running costs.
£6,000	04/09/2019 4	Start-up costs for an organisation providing woodwork training and work placements to people in economically or socially disadvantaged positions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

GEORGE WILLIAM VARNEY Appointed: 2019

STEPHEN CHARLES BARTER Appointed: 2020

ANTHONY AITKEN HEWAT (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: WOKING BESOM,

BRIAN NICHOLAS HENRY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financial Controller, Other trusteeships: FEBA RADIO, FAITH TRUTH & HOPE,

MICHAEL DAVID DEAVIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: Welcome Church,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2019, number: 1182905

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

15-29 Goldsworth Road
Woking
Surrey
GU21 6JT

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT, WORK PLACEMENTS, TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 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. THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RECYCLING AND RE-USING WASTE WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS

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