Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 13

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:

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 well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/12/22	£188,673	£190,442	£-1,769	9
31/12/21	£205,620	£178,700	£26,920	7
31/12/20	£121,921	£105,159	£16,762	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

southcheshireclasp.org.uk

info@southcheshireclasp.org.uk

01270250629

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
9 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	£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 ....more 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 ....more 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 sessions and befriending services.
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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER WENLOCK Appointed: 2020

GEMMA HARRIS Appointed: 2021

JOHN COLCLOUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2020

GRAHAM EDWARD BUSHILL Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: OAKHANGER PROJECT,

RUTH GRIMSHAW Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: WEST STREET CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2020, number: 1188608

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 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

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