Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 

The Foundation's objectives, as defined in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, are the promotion of any exclusively charitable purpose in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which is in the opinion of the Council beneficial to the community but with a preference for the community in Gloucestershire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 34 years

www.gloucestershirecf.org.uk

ceo@gloucestershirecf.org.uk

07557478855

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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
31/12/22£559£734£-175£155£7,251£991.630
31/12/21£470£985£-515n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£1,717£1,382£335£117£7,902£115120
31/12/19£291£466£-174n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£353£550£-198£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£723£439£284£50£7,363£762.110
31/12/16£610£444£166£57£6,660£74210
31/12/15£506£402£105£59£5,808£762.310
31/12/14£337£445£-108£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£411£507£-96£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£517£541£-24£70£4,999£1493.320
31/12/11£504£643£-139£69£4,270£1112.120
31/12/10£1,264£668£595£54£4,612£113220
31/12/09£1,258£665£593£27£3,723£1081.920
31/12/08£794£641£154£33£2,813£1142.120
31/12/07£815£759£55£24£2,931£841.330
31/12/06£771£657£114£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£1,038£548£490£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£915£526£389£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 1%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 3 employees

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
Thirty Percy Foundation£100,000
CHK Foundation£55,000
Quartet Community Foundation£3,137
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Gloucestershire Community Foundation
£910 18/05/2023
Regional proportion of Bristol & West ‘97 Endowment Fund
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£10,000 31/01/2023
to support specified work
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£20,000 09/11/2022
to support specified work
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Gloucestershire Community Foundation
£993 29/04/2022
Regional proportion of Bristol & West ‘97 Endowment Fund
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Gloucestershire Community Foundation
£1,234 26/05/2021
Regional proportion of Bristol & West ‘97 Endowment Fund
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to Gloucestershire Community Foundation
£100,000 20/04/2020
Funding towards the Covid Emergency Response Fund
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£25,000 08/04/2020
to support the Gloucestershire Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 25-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/1989, number: 900239
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/09/1989, number: 02420411
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 23 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CARERS GLOUCESTERSHIRE on 19/11/2020
Main office

c/o
The Manor
Boddington
Cheltenhen
Gloucestershire
GL51 0TJ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH IS IN THE OPINION OF THE COUNCIL BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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