Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 7
  • Spending declining: -1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

COTTESMORE VILLAGE HALL TRUST 

Cottesmore Village Hall provides local, recreational, charitable, social and commercial organisations with facilities for hire at competitive rates within the village. Residents and other individuals or organisations can hire the facility for their own use or to participate in events organised by other hirers Currently the hall is used for a variety of activities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£24£18£6n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£21£21£0n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£23£22£1n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£25£23£2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£26£20£6n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£30£29£1£0£0£0n/a050
31/03/17£22£33£-11£0£0£0n/a080
31/03/16£23£21£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£26£23£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£21£26£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£21£20£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£22£19£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£21£17£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£19£21£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£22£19£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£19£17£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£14£12£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£14£13£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£14£11£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£15£11£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

Biggs292@gmail.com

01572813367

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Rutland,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 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
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000 28/04/2023
towards replacing and consolidating the electrical distribution boards

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/06/2021, number: 1194997
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from COTTESMORE VILLAGE HALL TRUST on 23/08/2022
Main office

Community Centre
23 Main Street
Cottesmore
OAKHAM
LE15 7DH

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE HALL FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF COTTESMORE PARISH COUNCIL WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR:(A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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