Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 13

Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 21

THE KEEPERS - WOTTON AREA COMMUNITY HUB

The Keepers is a community hub supporting the needs of residents of Wotton and surrounding areas, helping them to be more connected to the services, groups and professionals that can provide support for health, wellbeing or financial hardship issues. We host a number of professional organisations and classes, run our own drop-in cafe and community garden, and have a dry food store and freezer.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently 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		£75,519	£75,565	£-46	80
31/12/21		£77,963	£29,141	£48,822	100

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.thekeepers.org.uk

thekeeperscommunityhub@gmail.com

07545042794

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Amusement and recreation services

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Barnwood Trust - Glos Funders - Organisation and Group Funding
£30,000	16/08/2023	Access improvements
Barnwood Trust - Access Audits
£1,440	07/12/2022	ReciteMe accessibility software for website
Barnwood Trust - Access Audits
£905	26/05/2022	Access audit, The Keepers Community Hub
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching out further
£30,900	24/03/2022	The project is using funding to strengthen the work of the current hub in Wotton and building relationships with the community. The project will engage with organisations and individuals in ....more The project is using funding to strengthen the work of the current hub in Wotton and building relationships with the community. The project will engage with organisations and individuals in surrounding villages to assess and respond to their needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Plant to Plate
£10,000	11/06/2021	The organisation will use the funding to establish a community garden kitchen and regular drop in café for local people.
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£3,370	16/11/2020	New community hub supporting people in hardship

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

SHAENNA LOUGHNANE (Chair) Appointed: 2020

ALAN RALPH HEMINGWAY Appointed: 2023

CATHERINE BRAUN MRS Appointed: 2020

DAVID GRAHAM Appointed: 2022

DAVID JOHN LEWIS MR Appointed: 2024

GAIL STEPHENS TUFFEE MRS Appointed: 2020

KATHARINE HEARN MRS Appointed: 2020

LAURA BRITTON-GRIFFITHS MRS Appointed: 2020

PAUL RUMLEY Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/11/2020, number: 1192121

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Keepers
THE KEEPERS
SYMN LANE
WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
Gloucestershire
GL12 7BD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(I)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.(II)TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY HUB (HEREINAFTER CALLED “THE KEEPERS”) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008] .

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