Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 11

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 15

COMMUNITY ORGANISERS LIMITED

The Charity operates mainly in England. Developing the capacity and skills of members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities so they are better able to identify, help and meet their needs and participate more fully in society. The education of the public in the theory and practices of community organising. The prevention and relief of poverty.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£229	£303	£-73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£317	£326	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£323	£313	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	*	£487	£393	£93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	*	£651	£502	£149	£0	£222	£222	5.3	6	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 6 years
(12 years as a company)

https://www.corganisers.org.uk/

hello@corganisers.org.uk

01985213387

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Poland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
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

Esmee Fairbairn	£126,000
Power to Change	£38,700
Lankelly Chase Foundation	£8,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to COMMUNITY ORGANISERS LIMITED
£126,000	17/07/2024 36	Towards core costs to strengthen the action pillar of Community Organiser’s work through listening campaigns led at a local level by Social Action Hubs
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Community Organisers Ltd
£8,000	20/02/2023 12	Community Organisers Ltd
Power to Change - Social Action Hubs (L&R)
£38,700	17/11/2022	Grant to Social Action Hubs (L&R)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-61

EVE LOUISE BARRETT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Community & Strategic Manager

GLEN JENKINS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Community Organisation Facilitator

MARTA RICARDO ROCCO Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Community Worker

SACHA PAUL BEDDING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager

STEPHEN SIMON SMITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Community Organiser

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/05/2019, number: 1183487
Registered at Companies House on 15/08/2012, number: 08180454

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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; AR20: 142 days late, AR19: 51 days late,

Main office

Community Organisers
10 Silver Street
WARMINSTER
BA12 8PS

Objectives

THE COMPANY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:-3.1 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;3.2 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE PRACTICE, THEORY, AND TECHNIQUES OF COMMUNITY ORGANISING;3.3 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING SUCH SUPPORT ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

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