Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

CRAWLEY AUDIO NEWS 

Provides weekly talking newspaper for Crawley's blind and partially sighted residents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
30/04/23*£3£2£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/22£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/21£2£3£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/20£3£3£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/19*£2£4£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/18£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£6£3£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£5£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£4£7£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£2£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£4£2£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10*£3£6£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09*£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£4£6£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07?*£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06*£14£7£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£3£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

philpratt@btopenworld.com

01342719337

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Crawley Audio News (The CAN)
£1,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards rent and supply costs e.g. USB sticks.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/12/1980, number: 281358
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 86 days late, AR19: 11 days late, AR10: 150 days late, AR09: 29 days late, AR07: 158 days late, AR06: 401 days late,
Main office

1 Charlwood Close
Copthorne
Crawley
RH10 3TG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY, OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES, OR OTHER APPROVED MEDIA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CRAWLEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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