Overall GiG Score: -4 ?
Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

EBCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Provide facilities for leisure time recreation and education of the inhabitants of Ebchester
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 50 years

www.ebchester.org

geoff@geoffmarshall.plus.com

01207560555

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
31/12/21£23£8£15n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£20£14£6n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/19£11£12£-1n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/18£8£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£13£15£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£17£17£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£11£7£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£12£7£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£11£8£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£10£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£6£8£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£12£8£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£16£16£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£13£17£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£10£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£8£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Recreation
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Durham,

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
County Durham Community Foundation - Warm Spaces for Ebchester
£1,000 23/11/2022
To provide Warm Spaces for Ebchester.
County Durham Community Foundation - Porch Refurbishment
£4,000 03/05/2017
Towards a porch refurbishment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/1974, number: 503569
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 SPRINGHOUSE LANE
EBCHESTER
CONSETT
DH8 0QF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF EBCHESTER AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

EBCHESTER AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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