Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

SOUTH CHESHIRE CLASP

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress and the advancement of education amongst single parents and their families in the South Cheshire area through the provision of, but not exclusively, such services as confidential listening, advice, training courses and signposting. The services provided by the organisation are within a Christian ethos.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/23£199£196£3n/a
31/12/22£189£190£-2n/a
31/12/21£206£179£27n/a
31/12/20£122£105£17n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

southcheshireclasp.org.uk

info@southcheshireclasp.org.uk

01270250629

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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
National Lottery Community Fund£195,505
Henry Smith Charity£117,900
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£58,875
Cheshire Community Foundation£36,200
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£7,425
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - CLASP Children's Work
£10,000 16/06/2023
The funding will be used to provide a children’s worker to support children struggling with the impact of family breakdown or the loss of a parent. The project aims to improve wellbeing and relationships through counselling and group work.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to South Cheshire CLASP
£3,400 19/05/2023
Grant to South Cheshire CLASP
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to South Cheshire CLASP
£117,900 09/11/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary and on costs of the Chief Executive Officer and the Funding Manager at an organisation supporting lone parent families in Crewe, Cheshire.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to South Cheshire CLASP
£58,875 27/10/2022
50% of salary over 3-years for the Chief Executive Officer and Funding Manager at a charity supporting lone parents and their children in Crewe, Cheshire.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Family Support
£24,000 03/10/2022
Family Support
Cheshire Community Foundation - Out of School Kids Summer Trip
£1,100 08/08/2022
Out of School Kids Summer Trip
National Lottery Community Fund - Emotional Wellbeing for Lone Parent Families
£185,505 12/12/2021
South Cheshire CLASP aim to improve the emotional wellbeing of lone parents with multiple complex needs and their children in the Crewe and South Cheshire area. Funding for the group will go towards well being activities such as family therapy ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - volunteering project
£7,700 23/11/2021
Grant to South Cheshire CLASP
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/01/2021
support for lone parent families
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,425 11/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTOPHER WENLOCK Appointed: 2020
  • GRAHAM EDWARD BUSHILL Appointed: 2020
  • GEMMA HARRIS Appointed: 2021
  • JOHN COLCLOUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • RUTH GRIMSHAW Appointed: 2020
  • RACHEL JAYNE JONES Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2020, number: 1188608
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 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SOUTH CHESHIRE CLASP on 11/06/2020
Main office

South Cheshire Clasp
Mill House
Brook Street
CREWE
CW2 7DE

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND LONE PARENTS LIVING IN THE SOUTH CHESHIRE AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTING SKILLS TRAINING TO PARENTS; B) PROVIDING SAFE GROUP PLAY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CHILDREN’S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT;C) PROVIDING SUPPORT, ACTIVITIES AND SIGNPOSTING TO ADVICE WHICH DEVELOP THE CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING OF PARENTS; D) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS;E) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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