Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

GLADSTONE DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

We offer confidential advice in the following areas:Welfare benefits, Immigration & Asylum, Education, Consumer and General, Nationality, Indefinite leave to remain and appeals.We also offer English classes from Pre-entry Level to Level 2.Enrichment activities like yoga classes, coach trips, sewing classes and flower arranging courses are also offered.
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£291£281£9n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£317£285£32n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£311£236£75n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£224£225£-1n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£200£212£-12n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£235£202£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£205£213£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£261£251£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£300£293£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£205£274£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£276£284£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£238£245£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£390£370£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£319£266£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£221£240£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£272£283£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£259£315£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£315£296£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£212£268£-57£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£162£177£-14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 49 years

www.gladca.org.uk

info@gladca.org

01733 566343

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Peterborough City,
Who it helps
  • 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
  • 12 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Home Office£75,670
DCMS£54,455
Tudor Trust£42,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,502
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£18,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Tackling Health Inequalities
£13,500 15/11/2023
to fund projects which raise awareness within communities that are hesitant about engaging with health services due to a lack of understanding and language / digital barriers - benefitting 600 people
National Lottery Community Fund - Migrants and Refugees – Work and Wellbeing Programme
£9,717 27/01/2023
The project will provide a social and wellbeing programme for recently arrived asylum seekers. The funding will be used to provide advice and support on health and wellbeing family advice welfare and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - 50 years of service
£9,785 17/12/2021
The funding will be used to celebrate 50 years of a local community hub through a variety of events. The project aims to bring local people together and extend their existing reach.
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
£40,890 01/04/2021
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Gladstone District Community Association
£2,000 29/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£54,455 02/09/2020
"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 ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Gladstone District Community Association
£40,000 18/06/2020
24
over two years towards the core costs of a charity supporting refugees, asylum seekers and other newly arrived groups through English language classes, advice and cohesion events at a community hub ....more
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to GLADCA
£5,000 06/05/2020
2
to deliver a cooked meal and groceries to 420 vulnerable people prioritising people who are older, homeless, refugees or asylum seekers
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
£34,780 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 2019-20
£36,350 01/04/2019
This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Gladstone District Community Association
£29,800 31/05/2013
GLADCA provide a range of training and community support to communities in the Gladstone area of Peterborough. The grant will support the salary of a Welfare Benefits Advisor, supporting 400 people ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Health for Life
£10,000 07/07/2011
12
This is a project by a registered charity in Peterborough. The group will use the funding to provide a programme of exercise activities for hard to reach BME women. This will reduce isolation and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/06/1975, number: 268326
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 3 days late, AR05: 44 days late,
Main office

316-318 Gladstone Street
Peterborough
Cambs
PE1 2BX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE GLADSTONE DISTRICT OF PETERBOROUGH WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIM OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLADSTONE DISTRICT OF PETERBOROUGH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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