Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

HALSTEAD DAY CENTRE 

The charity provides day care (including transport,bathing, a shopping service, advocacy and recreational activities) for people over 60 and who are isolated for whatever reason living in a radius of 7 miles of Halstead town.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 44 years

www.halsteaddaycentre.co.uk

ve@halsteaddc.org

01376331234

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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£112£130£-17n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/22£91£119£-28n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/21£135£129£5n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/20£130£145£-15n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/19£131£150£-19n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£138£160£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£144£167£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£145£168£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£153£189£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£149£181£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£164£166£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£164£166£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£127£154£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£148£155£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£148£155£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£164£149£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£127£145£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£110£144£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£116£124£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£95£112£-16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 9 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,

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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Halstead Day Centre
£5,000 19/04/2023
towards the running costs of a day centre for older people in Halstead
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Halstead Day Centre
£5,000 07/04/2022
towards the running costs of a day centre for older people in Halstead
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Halstead Day Centre
£15,000 09/12/2021
24
towards staff and transport costs of a centre providing social care for the elderly in the Braintree district over two years
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Halstead Day Centre
£15,000 27/03/2020
to help sustain a Centre dedicated to providing care for elderly people in Halstead and its rural surroundings during the COVID19 crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Day Centre activities including Ambulance running costs
£5,000 03/02/2020
12
Towards activities and transport costs of a centre providing social care for the elderly in the Braintree District
Essex Community Foundation - Continuation of Day Centre activities.
£12,000 17/01/2019
12
To support the overhead and transport costs of a centre providing social care for the elderly in Halstead and the wider Braintree district
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Halstead Day Centre
£9,640 09/01/2018
12
To support the overhead and transport costs of a centre providing social care for the elderly in the Braintree District
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 14/09/2017
Halstead Day Centre
Essex Community Foundation - Part administrators salary.
£3,100 25/11/2016
12
To support the employment cost of a part-time administrator at a centre providing social care for the elderly in the Braintree District
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Halstead Day Centre
£26,200 26/04/2013
The charity offers transport and day care support to disadvantaged older people. They gain reduced isolation, access to their peers and improved physical and mental well being and their carers gain ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Halstead Day Centre
£200,000 12/05/2010
60
The main aim of Halstead Day Centre is to maintain and deliver a range of low intensity services that reduce isolation and provide support to maximise general health including mental wellbeing for ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/1980, number: 280552
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 WINDERMERE DRIVE
GREAT NOTLEY
BRAINTREE
CM77 7UB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE OVER 60 IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE BRAINTREE DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AREA OF BRAINTREE DISTRICT COUNCIL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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