Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 6
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE DADS LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Promoting WellbeingTo promote the wellbeing of residents, without distinction, in the Stirchley/Hazelwell/Kings Heath area.Building CommunityTo work with others to improve all aspects of life and to foster community spirit for the achievementof these and other charitable objects.Creating SpaceTo operate a community facility in furtherance of the charitable objects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • 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
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/22£60,035£70,206£-10,1710
31/12/21£50,197£15,508£34,68915
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.dlca.co.uk

dadslaneca@gmail.com

07909713007

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£67,980
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation£1,920
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Dads Lane Community Association - Building Community
£48,000 25/08/2022
The funding will be used to develop and broaden participation in a community led space in South Birmingham. The funding will help the organisation move this project forward by recruiting a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Platinum Jubilee: Wheelchair access for our Community Centre
£10,000 14/04/2022
The funding will be used to landscape the front and side of the community centre to make the building wheelchair accessible. The project aims to improve their building to ensure that it is more ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 17/12/2021
Bringing our Community Centre Back to Life
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Dads Lane Community Association
£5,000 05/08/2021
refurbishment of a building for a charity supporting disadvantaged community in Birmingham
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Renovating and Revitalising our Community Centre
£1,920 15/07/2021
To fund 2 ovens, a fridge and a freezer for the kitchen and café area in the renovated centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Dads Lane Community Association Regrowth Project
£9,980 13/11/2020
6
The funding will be used to transform a unused space outside the community building into a community garden. The project aims to create volunteering opportunities and improves people’s mental ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/02/2020, number: 1187905
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE DADS LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION on 17/06/2022
Main office

171 PINEAPPLE ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B30 2SY

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE WELLBEING OF RESIDENTS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION, IN THE STIRCHLEY/KINGS HEATH AREA OF BIRMINGHAM.2. TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO IMPROVE ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE (SOCIAL, MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL AND EDUCATIONAL) AND TO FOSTER COMMUNITY SPIRIT FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE AND OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS.3. TO OPERATE A COMMUNITY FACILITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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