Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteer base +5
    • Overall weighted support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    THE TONBRIDGE CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

    The Tonbridge Child Contact Centre is nationally accredited by the NACCC. It gives children the opportunity to meet and build relationships with parents that they no longer live with. The Centre focuses on giving children time to spend with their parent in a controlled, relaxed and fun environment, making a potentially hard situation easier.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • Over half the Board have joined recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    • 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
    31/12/23£16£9£7n/a
    31/12/22£6£8£-2n/a
    31/12/21£10£6£3n/a
    31/12/20£5£6£-1n/a
    31/12/19£9£6£3n/a
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 5 years

    www.tonbridgechildcontactcentre.org.uk

    tonbridgecontactcentre@gmail.com

    07389 868637

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    GiG Classification
    • Practical support, advice & companionship
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Kent,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Tonbridge Child Contact Centre
    £3,526 23/10/2021
    We are now open to welcome families back! We are following government COVID-safety guidelines. Staff will wear masks and we expect visiting parents to do so too. We use COVID Track & Trace.
    Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
    £2,670 01/01/2020
    To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
    Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
    £2,805 01/04/2019
    Provide support for contact centres

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • ANASTASIOS STOGIANNIS Appointed: 2024
    • GUELDA JANE ROGERS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Secretary
    • JACK IVENS-GARDINER Appointed: 2022
    • KATHARINE PEERLESS Appointed: 2024
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2019, number: 1184164
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • 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
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    St. Stephens Church Office
    35 Waterloo Road
    Tonbridge
    TN9 2SW

    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM PARENTS AND/OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN TONBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A CHILD CONTACT CENTRE TO FACILITATE CONTACT ARRANGEMENTS WITH NON-RESIDENT PARENTS (AND OCCASIONALLY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS) IN A SAFE, SECURE AND NEUTRAL LOCATION.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LOCAL

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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