Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

BRIDGNORTH GENERAL MUNICIPAL CHARITY 

Provides affordable housing in Bridgnorth
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
Established: 61 years

bridgnorthhousingtrust.com

clerk@bgmc.co.uk

01746766555

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?

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£427£407£20n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£403£230£174n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£393£205£189n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£389£323£66n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£387£249£138n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£299£163£136£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£258£139£119£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£258£216£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£263£152£111£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£231£129£101£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£222£136£86£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£202£185£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£188£174£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£174£102£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£159£137£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£193£124£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£184£92£92£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£161£231£-70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£154£108£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£142£59£84£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Shropshire,

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
Dunhill Medical Trust - Funding Towards Building 22 Extra Almshouses
£25,000 12/06/2017
2
Building grant: for 22 new almshouses

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/06/1963, number: 217544
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bridgnorth Housing Trust
Spinners Court
off St. Stephens Place
Severn Street
BRIDGNORTH
WV15 6AE

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT AND SUBJECT THERETO, FOR THE RELIEF IN NEED,

Defined Area of Benefit:

AREA COVERED BY THE BRIDGNORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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