Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 5

DEWSBURY COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Dewsbury Community Outreach is a group of Christians from various local churches who have come together to help the vulnerable and less fortunate in our community by providing practical, emotional and spiritual support in a loving and caring environment. We are especially focused on helping those who are lonely, homeless and marginalised.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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
28/02/23	£36,827	£29,107	£7,720	15
28/02/22	£44,866	£39,640	£5,226	10
28/02/21	£30,502	£18,342	£12,160	20

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.dewsburyco.org.uk

dewsburyoutreach@gmail.com

07395178343

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Kirklees,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 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
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Dewsbury Community Outreach
£3,000	28/02/2022	Capital costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Dewsbury Community Outreach
£3,000	28/02/2022	Capital costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - Heritage Open Day
£400	03/08/2021	The funding is for drama costumes to be used for the Heritage Open Day in Dewsbury. The project aims to make people and communities by bringing people together to embrace the history of the town. It ....more The funding is for drama costumes to be used for the Heritage Open Day in Dewsbury. The project aims to make people and communities by bringing people together to embrace the history of the town. It will bring vulnerable and lonely members of the community together by putting on costumes to tell the story of the town.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

BRIAN LAPWORTH MR Appointed: 2020

RAYMOND BAKER Appointed: 2020

ROWAN TAYLOR Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: MORLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH TRUST,

SUSAN LEE Appointed: 2022

SUZANNE AMANDA BAKER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: DEWSBURY AND DISTRICT SICK POOR FUND,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/02/2020, number: 1188158

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
Financial reserves 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

3 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE LUKE AND MARCUS TRUST on 13/09/2022

Main office

74 DAISY HILL
DEWSBURY
WF13 1LS

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG NEEDY, VULNERABLE AND DESTITUTE PERSONS ANYWHERE AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE TOWN OF DEWSBURY.1.2 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF POVERTY, CRIMINALITY, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND ADDICTIONS BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT INCLUDING SIGNPOSTING TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WHERE APPROPRIATE.1.3 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY SOCIAL ISOLATION, LONELINESS, HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR SICKNESS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SAFE MEETING SPACES; FACILITATING CREATIVE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; AND PROMOTING THE SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.1.4 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG THOSE WHO ARE RETIRED, UNEMPLOYED OR HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS, THROUGH I) NURTURING AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO LIVE PURPOSEFUL LIVES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY, II) FACILITATING AND ENCOURAGING SKILLS SHARING, AND THE LEARNING OF NEW SKILLS THROUGH HELPING WITH COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS SUCH AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL SEE FIT AND III) IF APPROPRIATE BY PROVIDING SUPPORTED LIVING ACCOMMODATION WHERE STRUCTURED LIFE SKILLS CAN BE DEVELOPED. 1.5 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLAUSE 1.3:'SOCIAL ISOLATION' IS AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE. ITS ABOUT THE QUANTITY AND NOT THE QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS.'LONELINESS' IS A SUBJECTIVE FEELING ABOUT THE GAP BETWEEN A PERSON'S DESIRED LEVEL OF SOCIAL CONTACT. IT REFERS TO THE PERCEIVED QUALITY OF THE PERSON'S RELATIONSHIPS.'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: RETIREMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; BEREAVEMENT OR OLD AGE; DISABILITY OR ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL) SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; 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).

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