Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BURNHAM/HIGHBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Provision of premises & support staff for activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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

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*£86£69£18n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£40£41£-2n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21£32£29£3n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£43£45£-2n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£29£26£3n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£31£20£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£28£36£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£27£22£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£27£32£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£30£21£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£42£40£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£32£51£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£50£54£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£25£19£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£31£14£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08?*£25£17£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£16£13£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£12£10£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£12£10£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 57 years

burnhamcc@outlook.com

01278792666

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Providing a warm space to support those experiencing fuel poverty during the cost-of-living crisis
£1,000 05/12/2022
Grant to Burnham and Highbridge Community Association
Somerset Community Foundation - Police Community Support Office (PCSO)-led event to reengage older people with their community
£250 30/06/2022
Police Community Support Office (PCSO)-led event to reengage older people with their community

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 02/05/1967, number: 304501
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR23: 48 days late, AR15: 100 days late, AR14: 39 days late, AR08: 33 days late,
Main office

Burnham & Highbridge Community Cent
5 Berrow Road
BURNHAM-ON-SEA
TA8 2ET

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY 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 OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME(WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS. (C) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION

Defined Area of Benefit:

BURNHAM-ON-SEA AND HIGHBRIDGE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY POSTCODES TA8 AND TA9

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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