Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

IPSWICH17 GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME 

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, SOCIAL ISOLATION OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, BY MEANS OF PRACTICAL SERVICES, INFORMATION AND ADVICE AND SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER AGENCIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 3 trustees

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
31/03/23£194,311£59,394£134,917130
31/03/22£58,660£50,246£8,414157
31/03/21£41,073£19,287£21,786157
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.ip17gns.com

secretary@ip17gns.com

01728604595

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 130 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
Suffolk Community Foundation£14,000
National Lottery Community Fund£3,500
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 18/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Suffolk Community Foundation - Increasing the hours of our Operations Co-ordinator
£4,000 17/04/2021
8
For core salary costs of the Operations Co-ordinator.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Further service evolution to 31 August 2020
£5,000 05/06/2020
3
To enable the organisation to continue to deliver their community emergency Covid 19 services.
National Lottery Community Fund - IP17 Good Neighbour Scheme
£3,500 30/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to purchase equipment and training for this newly founded organisation. The project aims to support people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Suffolk Community Foundation - IPSWICH17 Good Neighbour Scheme (IP17GNS)
£5,000 08/04/2020
6
To support the IPSWICH17 Good Neighbour Scheme (IP17GNS). Covid19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2020, number: 1188755
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

IP17GNS Saxmundham Town Council
The Town House
Station Approach
SAXMUNDHAM
Suffolk
IP17 1BW

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THOSE PEOPLE IN SAXMUNDHAM AND KELSALE-CUM-CARLTON IN EAST SUFFOLK WHO ARE IN NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE AND FOLLOWING ANY PANDEMIC

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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