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

ST SAMPSON'S CENTRE 

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Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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 ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/09/23£186,302£196,572£-10,27030
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

https://stsampsonscentre.co.uk/

centre@stsampsonscentre.co.uk

01904652247

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 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
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Friendships, Fun & Healthy Minds
£4,894 20/10/2022
Funding towards staff and equipment costs to run the Friendships, fun and healthy mind project helping to combat social isolation and loneliness in older individuals.

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 11/05/2022, number: 1198921
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

ST. SAMPSONS CENTRE
CHURCH STREET
YORK
YO1 8BE

Objectives

THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE WHICH WILL PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS IN AND AROUND YORK, WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AS AFORESAID BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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