Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 10

COMMUNITY-LED ACTION AND SAVINGS SUPPORT

CLASS provides development support to savings groups affiliated to the Community Savers network. We support and facilitate women-led community and coproduction processes focused on poverty reduction. We support savings groups to network together and with other groups through community exchanges and dialogues, to share ideas and strategies for reducing urban poverty and inequality.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
The Board is completely female

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	£123,518	£127,154	£-3,636	4
28/02/22	£110,977	£52,549	£58,428	6
28/02/21	£42,339	£19,736	£22,603	6

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.communitysavers.net/class

contactus@class-uk.com

01618349823

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

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£218,850
Tudor Trust	£120,000
Smallwood Trust	£18,750
Rosa UK	£18,750

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Savers
£209,500	04/01/2022	This project sets out to explore the potential for women-led savings-based organising to achieve transformational change in deprived communities. It aims to build up structures and networks within ....more This project sets out to explore the potential for women-led savings-based organising to achieve transformational change in deprived communities. It aims to build up structures and networks within and across communities overcoming the fragmentation and isolation which inhibits community-led action. This evolving ecosystem draws in partners politicians and policy-makers changing their relationships with low-income communities and creating long-term change for the people and places where change is needed most.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Community-Led Action and Savings Support (CLASS)
£120,000	01/12/2021 36	over three years as unrestricted funding for a Manchester-based charity providing infrastructure and development/technical support for a network of Community Savers groups
Smallwood Trust - Improving the financial resilience, mental health and wellbeing of women 18+.
£18,750	28/06/2021	£18,750 has been awarded to Community Led Action and Savings Support to empower 6 women's led savings groups in Yorkshire and establish 3 new savings groups for 200 low-income women from a range of ....more £18,750 has been awarded to Community Led Action and Savings Support to empower 6 women's led savings groups in Yorkshire and establish 3 new savings groups for 200 low-income women from a range of disadvantaged backgrounds.
Rosa UK - WTF-COMMLASS-2021
£18,750	28/06/2021	£18,750 has been awarded to Community Led Action and Savings Support to empower 6 women's led savings groups in Yorkshire and establish 3 new savings groups for 200 low-income women from a range of ....more £18,750 has been awarded to Community Led Action and Savings Support to empower 6 women's led savings groups in Yorkshire and establish 3 new savings groups for 200 low-income women from a range of disadvantaged backgrounds.
National Lottery Community Fund - Inner City Exchange and GM Savers Go Digital
£9,350	13/10/2020 6	The funding will be used to support vulnerable older people; BAME communities people with anxiety and depression; and single parents on low incomes through peer support and social welfare groups The ....more The funding will be used to support vulnerable older people; BAME communities people with anxiety and depression; and single parents on low incomes through peer support and social welfare groups The project aims to create online community-led neighbourhood forums and promote digital-community leaders to drive community welfare to reduce financial hardship and loneliness exacerbated by COVID-19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR DIANA MITLIN Appointed: 2019

DR MELANIE BRIGID LOMBARD (Chair) Appointed: 2019

JULIE CAROLINE JARMAN Appointed: 2019

MELONY PENTREATH Appointed: 2022

REV ELEANOR TRIMBLE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2020, number: 1188480

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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Complaints policy and procedures
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o MACC
Swan Buildings
20 Swan Buildings
Manchester M4 5JW
M4 5JW

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBOURHOODS IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY: A. SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT AND ESTABLISH COMMUNITY-LED SAVINGS INITIATIVES; ANDB. SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS TO WORK TOGETHER, AND TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO REALISE COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.2. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE RESIDENTS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBOURHOODS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS, AND WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

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