Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 6

No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: -2

COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE

We offer information, advice, guidance and technical support to voluntary organisations and community groups. Services include: funding advice; management of grants schemes; contract/programme management; training and support on organisational management; support for collaborative service delivery, rural advocacy, support for community buildings, community oil buying scheme.

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 2 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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	*	£441	£407	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£630	£519	£111	£0	£316	£197	4.6	7	0
31/03/21		£532	£463	£69	£0	£205	£142	3.7	12	215
31/03/20		£399	£399	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£329	£352	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£328	£327	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£360	£313	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£258	£212	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£312	£369	£-57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£514	£527	£-12	£27	£123	£123	2.8	9	0
31/03/13		£566	£698	£-133	£46	£132	£132	2.3	15	0
31/03/12		£727	£877	£-150	£46	£262	£262	3.6	19	0
31/03/11		£1,793	£1,795	£-3	£45	£412	£412	2.8	26	0
31/03/10		£1,840	£1,748	£93	£31	£414	£390	2.7	28	0
31/03/09		£1,888	£1,949	£-61	£40	£315	£281	1.7	30	0
31/03/08		£2,239	£2,220	£19	£33	£383	£338	1.8	33	0
31/03/07		£2,342	£2,325	£17	£34	£369	£320	1.7	34	0
31/03/06		£2,085	£2,089	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£1,737	£1,724	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,867	£1,933	£-65	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.comfirst.org.uk

info@comfirst.org.uk

01684312730

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Herefordshire, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Fore - Grant to Community First in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
£14,957	01/12/2020 36	Community First in Herefordshire & Worcestershire supports rural communities with mental health, wellbeing and social isolation by providing coaching, training and advice to frontline ....more Community First in Herefordshire & Worcestershire supports rural communities with mental health, wellbeing and social isolation by providing coaching, training and advice to frontline organisations. Community First is using funding from The Fore to set up five 'Safe Spaces' in village halls across the region. These spaces will offer vital counselling and other support to local people experiencing mental illness, loneliness or domestic abuse.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,561	08/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£44,439	08/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£50,000	08/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Phoenix Connectors
£31,325	23/07/2020 7	The project will use the funding to support frontline organisations to provide advice and information business coaching and training and help with monitoring and evaluation.
National Lottery Community Fund - One Step Out!
£100,000	19/02/2019 36	This project will support over 300 village halls across Herefordshire and Worcestershire to share best practice and offer awareness raising to other rural community facilities such as churches. The ....more This project will support over 300 village halls across Herefordshire and Worcestershire to share best practice and offer awareness raising to other rural community facilities such as churches. The aim is to increase community use of village halls and shared spaces, as well as recruit more volunteers to help achieve this. This will bring more local people together to build relationships and reduce loneliness.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Community First in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
£8,773	19/11/2018	We want to tackle loneliness and isolation in young people. Money would enable us to recruit and support young people and committees.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellness Works in the Community
£10,000	01/04/2011 12	This is a project by a charity in Malvern, Worcestershire, serving Herefordshire. The group will use the funding to provide mental health first aid training for volunteers as well as a series of ....more This is a project by a charity in Malvern, Worcestershire, serving Herefordshire. The group will use the funding to provide mental health first aid training for volunteers as well as a series of workshops for people living with mental health issues in rural areas.

Amount

When
Months

To be used for

The Fore - Grant to Community First in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

£14,957

01/12/2020
36

Community First in Herefordshire & Worcestershire supports rural communities with mental health, wellbeing and social isolation by providing coaching, training and advice to frontline ....more

DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund

£5,561

08/10/2020

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more

DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund

£44,439

08/10/2020

DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund

£50,000

08/10/2020

National Lottery Community Fund - Phoenix Connectors

£31,325

23/07/2020
7

The project will use the funding to support frontline organisations to provide advice and information business coaching and training and help with monitoring and evaluation.

National Lottery Community Fund - One Step Out!

£100,000

19/02/2019
36

This project will support over 300 village halls across Herefordshire and Worcestershire to share best practice and offer awareness raising to other rural community facilities such as churches. The ....more

COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE

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Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 74-78

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DCMS	£100,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£31,325
The Fore	£14,957