Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    COMMUNITY ADVICE SERVICE 

    Community Advice Service (CAS) Provides activities including Advice Information & Guidance; Health, Sports, & Physical Training; Skills & Employability Advice and Support; Climate Change & Energy Advice; Interactive ESOL Language Classes; Community Capacity Building; Community Cultural Events and Community Media Shows.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

    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£27,787£24,021£3,7664
    31/03/22£50,095£47,068£3,0276
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 3 years

    www.communityadviceservice.com

    info@communityadviceservice.com

    01215531820

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Secondary schools
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 4 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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Future Leaders
    £9,920 06/04/2023
    This funding will help to bring together a diverse group of young people to develop their skills attitude and knowledge to become Community Champions. The project aims to support young people to ....more
    New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund B
    £5,000 14/02/2023
    Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
    National Lottery Community Fund - Well Women’s Club
    £9,872 30/09/2021
    The funding will be used to deliver interactive exercise and time to mingle sessions for socially isolated migrant women. The project aims to boost their confidence to encourage them to be more ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (3)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2021, number: 1195934
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    LODGE ROAD YOUTH CENTRE
    LODGE ROAD
    WEST BROMWICH
    B70 8PJ

    Objectives

    THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE BLACK COUNTRY (SANDWELL, WALSALL, DUDLEY AND WOLVERHAMPTON), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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