Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 18

THE ALICE CROSS CENTRE

To further the well-being of older people and the wider community in Teignmouth/Shaldon by supporting healthy living, through the provision of a community centre with meals (including a meal delivery service), activities and clubs. Activities include: fitness classes, table tennis, oriental dancing, music sessions, a memory cafe, digital skills, bingo, cookery classes, craft and social events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
30/06/23		£133	£147	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	82
30/06/22		£65	£94	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	93
30/06/21		£89	£88	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
30/06/20		£105	£92	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
30/06/19	*	£108	£86	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
30/06/18		£94	£88	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17		£111	£110	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16		£90	£99	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15		£83	£85	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14		£75	£70	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/13		£84	£75	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12		£79	£70	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11		£60	£61	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10		£43	£41	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09		£42	£47	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/08		£42	£40	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/07		£41	£43	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/06		£37	£40	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05		£24	£25	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04		£22	£29	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 35 years

www.thealicecross.co.uk

info@thealicecross.co.uk

01626 778039

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social clubs and similar

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
82 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Devon Community Foundation	£11,800
The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£7,853

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Alice Cross Community Café
£1,672	21/10/2023	We would like to start a community café to bring people together and make healthy, sustainable food affordable for everyone. Our aim is to reduce social isolation, food poverty and food waste.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000	10/07/2023	towards core costs over the next 12 months
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to The Alice Cross Centre
£2,000	28/06/2023	The provision a free hot, nutritional meal delivered to the homes of vulnerable elderly residents of Teignbridge.
National Lottery Community Fund - Meal Home Delivery Service
£10,000	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to provide a meal home delivery service to vulnerable members of the community. The project aims to enable vulnerable and elderly people to live independently in their own ....more The funding will be used to provide a meal home delivery service to vulnerable members of the community. The project aims to enable vulnerable and elderly people to live independently in their own homes for longer and reduce isolation.
Devon Community Foundation - Alice's Meet and Eat
£2,000	02/12/2021	Funding to provide subsidised lunch clubs and a singalong coffee morning to bring elderly and vulnerable people together and encourage healthy eating.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Alice Cross Centre
£2,235	23/10/2021	Our project will enable those who are unable to come to the Alice Cross Centre to take part in activities with their friends through interactive digital technology.
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Lockdown 2 in Teignmouth
£3,000	02/12/2020 6	Grant to Age Concern Teignmouth and Shaldon)
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Coronavirus emergency aid in Teignmouth
£4,800	30/04/2020 2	Grant to Age Concern Teignmouth and Shaldon)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Concern Teignmouth & Shaldon - Alice Cross Centre
£3,946	15/11/2019	We help elderly people with memory loss problems to find ways of coping and overcoming some of their difficulties.
Sport England - Trim Teign Fitness
£6,382	24/08/2018 10	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Trim Teign Fitness. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Concern Teignmouth & Shaldon
£2,867	29/11/2017	We need to hire people and transport to help older people get out of their homes and join in with a wide range of healthy activities.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-74

ANDY LONGFORD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

DAN HAWKINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

DEBORAH MINETT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

ELIZABETH BATSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant

SUZANNE MARIE HALFYARD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Associate & Chartered Legal Executive

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/1989, number: 800996
Registered at Companies House on 24/01/1989, number: 02338079

Gift Aid

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; AR19: 70 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE OPEN DAW - DAWLISH COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTRE on 13/08/2021

Main office

Alice Cross Centre
1-3 Bitton Park Road
TEIGNMOUTH
TQ14 9BT

Objectives

(a) to promote and provide for the welfare of elderly people, including the relief of poverty, ill health, suffering and distress of such people, within the area of Teignmouth and the surrounding area in any manner which now is or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable;(b) to promote for the benefit of people in Teignmouth and the surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants; (c) to preserve and protect the health of people in Teignmouth and the surrounding area, in particular (but not exclusively) by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities to improve health and fitness, and the provision of information and support in relation to healthy eating; and (d) to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purpose of this article ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society).

Defined Area of Benefit:

TEIGNMOUTH AND DISTRICT

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