Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE 

To promote use of the Centre as a community facility and resource for the social, leisure, and educational interests of all residents of Torbay and the surrounding area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 4 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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

www.acorncentre.org.uk

DAVID.MARTIN@ACORNCENTRE.CO.UK

01803328819

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£135£142£-7n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£157£137£20n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£133£102£31n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20*£145£142£3n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£149£163£-15n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£147£169£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£190£193£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£175£177£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£208£194£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£189£179£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£158£163£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£179£187£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£175£179£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£148£168£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£178£194£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£210£147£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07?*£147£145£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£137£146£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£146£123£23£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Torbay,

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
People's Health Trust£24,333
National Lottery Community Fund£19,424
Sport England£16,560
Devon Community Foundation£4,480
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Active @ Acorn
£4,480 12/12/2022
promoting access to nature and a communal space for local residents, including those with limited mobility, by enhancing the newly created pond area at the village school
National Lottery Community Fund - Compassion In Action's
£9,900 22/10/2021
The funding will be used to run therapeutic sessions twice weekly for parents foster carers and guardians who are supporting young people suffering with poor mental health. The project aims to ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£8,050 22/04/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£8,510 30/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Badminton project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
People's Health Trust - Our Space
£24,333 16/05/2019
This two-year project will provide weekly social activities and training, plus regular social events, for local people living in Torquay, Devon. Activities will be delivered at the organisation’s ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Space @ Acorn
£9,524 26/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide people with the skills to create an urban green play space which will be used for weekly social, educational and wellbeing activities. The project aims to build ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wonders of Science
£9,192 22/11/2017
12
The project will run after school science workshops for children, where they can take part in activities to encourage the development of new skills and confidence.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Barton Acorn Youth Community & Sports Centre
£1,500 31/07/2017
towards a day trip to an outdoor education centre for a group of disadvantaged children from Devon
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Barton Acorn Youth Community & Sports Centre
£3,536 04/04/2017
12
extending activities and increasing capacity to support young people in a heavily oversubscribed setting, giving those who attend an opportunity to learn and develop new skills to support their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Acorn to Oak
£49,982 27/11/2014
12
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/10/1962, number: 300991
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR20: 44 days late, AR16: 5 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR11: 313 days late, AR10: 678 days late, AR09: 1043 days late, AR07: 268 days late, AR05: 382 days late,
Main office

Acorn Youth Community & Sports Cent
Lummaton Cross
TORQUAY
TQ2 8ET

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF TORBAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE, BARTON FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF TORQUAY AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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