Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

THE PAPWORTH TRUST

Papworth Trust helps disabled people achieve equality, choice and independence. Papworth Trust focuses its activities in seven areas: Home; Work: Employment; Rehabilitation; Leisure; and Involvement; Care.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £2,865,000

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£14,961£13,265£1,696£116£27,448£24,17821.923863
31/03/23£15,121£13,795£1,326£104£25,542£22,76619.825048
31/03/22£14,771£13,532£1,239£213£26,682£23,7292124945
31/03/21£13,383£11,811£1,572£53£23,132£20,16220.523275
31/03/20?£13,794£12,339£1,455£50£22,836£19,75619.218780
31/03/18£13,576£13,384£192£167£20,987£17,66315.82490
31/03/17£16,941£18,051£-1,110£626£21,379£17,88311.93180
31/03/16*£22,396£20,642£1,754£813£22,472£18,57810.85040
31/03/15*£22,087£22,300£-213£1,682£25,385£21,40611.54370
31/03/14£22,411£22,712£-301£1,593£24,614£20,62710.94520
31/03/13£19,867£20,197£-330£1,928£24,613£20,42312.14160
31/03/12£20,501£20,204£297£1,370£24,248£20,05911.94750
31/03/11£18,835£18,682£153£1,107£24,104£19,85812.83820
31/03/10£15,173£15,141£32£906£23,302£18,957153370
31/03/09£13,668£13,759£-91£978£21,788£17,32515.12830
31/03/08£9,885£9,802£83£929£23,000£18,38522.51920
31/03/07£8,956£8,831£125£860£23,504£19,124261620
31/03/06£8,967£8,831£136n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£8,699£8,265£434n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£7,894£8,046£-152n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 45%
Liabilities/Income: 167%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 21.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years
(107 years as a company)

http://www.papworthtrust.org.uk

info@papworthtrust.org.uk

01480357200

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£49,194
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
Essex Community Foundation£9,969
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£9,638
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Renovating disused buildings into accessible homes for disabled people
£9,638 28/02/2024
11
to renovate a two-bedroom bungalow to make it accessible for disabled people, enabling them to live an independent life
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Papworth Trust
£3,785 21/10/2023
We would like to support adults with learning disabilities to recognise and realise their aspirations, to develop work-readiness skills and get a job; improving mental health and employability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 22/03/2023
Routeway to Work
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Papworth Trust
£5,023 22/10/2022
We wish to pay for 15 young people who all have a learning disability to attend a three-month bicycle maintenance, repairs and employability course at OWL Bikes.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Papworth Trust
£8,174 25/07/2022
Enabling Heritage for people with disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - NatureWatch
£8,559 11/11/2021
This group will use the funding to educate people attending day centres to increase their knowledge about climate change its effect on the natural environment and climate action. They will also learn about waste and recycling and participate in a ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 15/10/2021
First Steps To Success
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Papworth Trust
£9,969 07/05/2021
to support adults in Basildon with learning disabilities to become more resilient and less isolated whilst providing respite for their carers
Suffolk Community Foundation - Project Bounce Back
£5,000 25/03/2021
11
Supporting the Bounce Back project in Ipswich.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Nature Watch
£3,219 25/09/2020
4
To support the Nature Watch Project for adults with disabilities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,194 29/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund - Boccia at Papworth Trust
£4,536 01/05/2020
16
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund - Boccia at Papworth Trust. This project is a Boccia project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Papworth Trust
£5,000 25/02/2020
First Steps To Success: an employment project, designed to support the needs of adults aged 18 + who have a learning disability 1 P/T Advisor to support 15 adults with a Learning disability.
Essex Community Foundation - New kitchen at Basildon Day Service
£5,000 06/09/2018
2
To help fund a fully accessible kitchen at a Basildon Day Centre for people with disabilities
Suffolk Community Foundation - First Steps to Success
£20,000 12/07/2018
11
Towards First Steps to Success - a pilot project supporting adults with learning disabilities to find and continue employment.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Papworth Trust
£15,000 14/06/2018
Refurbishment of independent living flats in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
National Lottery Community Fund - SEL/2/1 - Community Connections
£1,380,025 03/02/2017
32
The funding will be used to support disabled people and people with a long-term health condition to move into education or training, job search, or ultimately sustainable employment. The project aims to identify the participant’s strengths ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - GCGP/1/2 - Community Connections (South)
£500,035 04/07/2016
36
This project aims to drive social inclusion by promoting employment, targeting people who are unemployed or economically inactive. It will deliver a complete package of support for people not engaged with mainstream provision.
National Lottery Community Fund - SEL/2/1 - TOWIE To Work, Independence and Equality
£49,999 26/04/2016
12
The funding will be used to develop services and offer help to disabled and older people through research, marketing, partner expenses, venue hire and staff costs. It will also include consumables and developing service level agreement as part of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - GCGP/1/2 - Barriers to Work South
£49,970 06/11/2015
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project in partnership with 17 other organisations to support people who are unemployed or economically inactive to provide them with employment skills and access to learning, volunteering and work ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Home Comfort Farm
£2,120,103 19/10/2012
31
This project will establish a retreat for families who struggle to support a disabled family member, offering disadvantaged families the opportunity to remove themselves from the problems in their life and community. This purpose built site based ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Home Comfort Farm
£74,111 20/03/2012
12
This project will establish a retreat for families who struggle to support a disabled family member, offering disadvantaged families the opportunity to remove themselves from the problems in their life and community. This purpose built site based ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-70
  • AMY CARTER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor
  • ANDREW JOHN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • BRIAN STEWART OBE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
  • GRAZINA BERRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo
  • JACK HARDIMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Associate Investment Director
  • JANE ELIZABETH CARMICHAEL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • MICHAEL CONNELLY ANDERSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • PENNY METCALF Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director
  • VANESSA CLARE STANISLAS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/04/1963, number: 211234
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/11/1917, number: 00148906
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Homes England
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
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 3 days late,
Main office

Saxongate
Bradbury Place
Hartford Road
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3RR

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO DISABLED PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING, IN SUCH WAYS THAT ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW. 4.2 FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING SUCH RELIEF, THE CHARITY WILL, IN ANY WAYS THAT THE BOARD THINKS FIT, PROVIDE ALL SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS ARE REQUIRED; CONTRIBUTE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; AND PROMOTE THE ENTITLEMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE TO EQUALITY, CHOICE AND INDEPENDENCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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