Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

TELFORD AND WREKIN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

As described in Annual Report
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,035£1,011£24£6£1,178£3444.13113
31/03/22£993£853£140£0£1,217£4426.22816
31/03/21£830£773£57£0£1,098£2944.62018
31/03/20£792£817£-25£0£983£2193.23469
31/03/19£731£736£-5£0£1,037£2604.22851
31/03/18£703£686£17£0£1,033£2674.7250
31/03/17£679£752£-73£0£1,018£2664.2250
31/03/16£798£979£-182£0£1,194£4395.4350
31/03/15£1,032£1,101£-69£14£1,380£5506350
31/03/14£1,170£1,121£48£30£1,436£7337.8330
31/03/13£1,094£1,326£-233£25£1,302£7737230
31/03/12£1,583£1,297£287£14£1,535£1,0619.8450
31/03/11£1,864£1,769£95£29£1,248£6674.5510
31/03/10£2,030£1,911£119£24£1,144£7404.6460
31/03/09£1,500£1,484£15£29£1,025£7556.1460
31/03/08£1,286£1,227£59£29£1,038£6156460
31/03/07£1,222£1,161£61£33£1,027£5896.1460
31/03/06£1,362£1,135£228n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£950£884£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£939£900£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 35 years

www.telfordandwrekincvs.org.uk

debbie.gibbon@tandwcvs.org.uk

01952 916035

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£25,000
Masonic Trust£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Co-Operative Group£2,698
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£15,000 08/03/2021
Grant to fund the Creative Me Time project for Young Carers, a weekly youth club during term time, enabling them to participate in a range of activities to reduce isolation, improve mental well being and reduce stress.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Telford & Wrekin CVS – Young Carers' Service
£2,698 24/10/2020
Funds will enable us to provide social trips out and improve the emotional wellbeing of young carers (aged 5–24 years).
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£25,000 18/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The New me
£10,000 02/03/2020
12
The funding will be used to deliver a community café and volunteer opportunities for vulnerable and older people. The project aims increase participants skills and enable them to create friendships and support networks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Allsorts: Allsorts of people, Allsorts of activity
£10,000 11/07/2013
12
This is a project by a charity organisation in Telford. The group will use the funding to test the viability of the activities offered on their website. This will allow them to identify which activities the beneficiares will benefit from, what they ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-75
  • GLYNN MORROW Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Property Manager
  • RIZWANA REZA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • TERRY GEE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Vcse Development Lead
  • THOMAS WILLIAM SAMUEL HOULT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • VERLEY BRISSETT (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Family Intervention Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/02/1990, number: 702589
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/10/1989, number: 02436644
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Telford and Wrekin CVS
Suite 12 & 15 Hazledine House
Central Square
Telford Centre
TELFORD
Shropshi

Objectives

(I) TO ACQUIRE AND TAKE OVER ALL OR PART OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PRESENT UNINCORPORATED BODY KNOWN AS TELFORD COMMUNITY COUNCIL (II) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE WREKIN AREA BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVANCING EDUCATION, FURTHERING HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS OR IN PURSUING ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES. THE COMPANY MAY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EXECUTIVE, PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH SHALL IN ADDITION TO BENEFITING THE WREKIN AREA ALSO BENEFIT ANY OTHER AREA WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE (III) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

TELFORD AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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