Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 2

SPARK COMMUNITY SPACE

Spark Community Space is there to help people who feel socially isolated find a safe space, through our charity shop and cafe, where they can feel a sense of belonging and acceptance and develop their self-worth. We offer people the chance to volunteer and receive training that might help them get back into society, as well as providing a place where anyone can make new friends, chat, play games.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers including the Government recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
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
31/03/23		£100,860	£69,559	£31,301	32
31/03/22		£64,172	£25,110	£39,062	25

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.sparkcommunityspace.co.uk

info@sparkcommunityspace.co.uk

02394217141

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Hampshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
32 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	£19,013
Power to Change	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,599

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Spark Community Space
£1,599	21/10/2023	We would like to help vulnerable, isolated and lonely people spark back into life and reconnect with their local communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cuppa Cake and Community Together
£10,000	25/11/2022	The funding will be used to deliver creative activities and provide hot food drinks and cakes to people who are isolated during the winter months. The project aims to build confidence and social ....more The funding will be used to deliver creative activities and provide hot food drinks and cakes to people who are isolated during the winter months. The project aims to build confidence and social relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cuppa & Cake in the Community
£3,785	30/09/2021	The funding will be used to provide a community café for people that experience isolation and loneliness. The project aims to offer a safe meeting space for people that will offer opportunities to ....more The funding will be used to provide a community café for people that experience isolation and loneliness. The project aims to offer a safe meeting space for people that will offer opportunities to meet new people reduce isolation and improve mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Spark Community Space
£1,750	10/08/2021	This funding will be used to support volunteers who are isolated to build their confidence and help them feel supported to tackle fears develop new skills and re-engage them with their community. ....more This funding will be used to support volunteers who are isolated to build their confidence and help them feel supported to tackle fears develop new skills and re-engage them with their community. They will do this by working to deliver a regular coffee mornings in the Portsmouth area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Cafe
£3,478	23/04/2021	The funding will be used to set up a community café for socially isolated people in the Portsmouth area. The project aims to provide a safe space for vulnerable people with poor physical or mental ....more The funding will be used to set up a community café for socially isolated people in the Portsmouth area. The project aims to provide a safe space for vulnerable people with poor physical or mental health to meet find friendship and improve their well-being.
Power to Change - Crowdmatch - Spark Community Space
£5,000	02/03/2021	Grant to Crowdmatch - Spark Community Space

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HARRIET KATHRYN LUNNEMANN Appointed: 2023

JACKIE EVANS Appointed: 2021

LOUISE MANT Appointed: 2020

REBECCA SIMMONS Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/10/2020, number: 1191751

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unit 12
The Pompey Centre
Fratton Way
SOUTHSEA
Hampshire
PO4 8SL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND TO DO SO THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY FACILITY IN HAMPSHIRE PROVIDING PRACTICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT AND REINTEGRATION.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH OR OLD AGE, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL), DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR ETHNICITY, DISABILITY, POOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN, CRIME, (EITHER AS A VICTIM OR AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY) .

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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