Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Accounts overdue -5
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

SHORT STRAND COMMUNITY FORUM

The Forum is established to relieve poverty and sickness and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Short Strand area and its environs (hereinafter described as the �area of benefit�) without distinction of age, gender, ethnic origin, religious or political opinion by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 9 years

shortstrandcc@hotmail.co.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Year end	31/05/17	31/12/18	31/05/19	31/05/21	31/05/23
Income	£74,053	£127,055	£127,055	£175,292	£148,211
Spending	£88,071	£127,602	£127,602	£171,115	£179,832
Surplus/deficit	-£14,018	-£547	-£547	£4,177	-£31,621

Listed activities

The prevention or relief of poverty, The advancement of education, The advancement of citizenship or community development, Other charitable purposes

How it operates

Community development, Counselling/support, Cross-border/cross-community, Education/training, Grant making, Relief of poverty, Volunteer development, Youth development

Where it operates

Northern Ireland

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse), Adult training, Children (5-13 year olds), Community safety/crime prevention, Ethnic minorities, Ex-offenders and prisoners, General public, Interface communities, Men, Mental health, Older people, Parents, Preschool (0-5 year olds), Voluntary and community sector, Women, Youth (14-25 year olds)

Who works here?

7 employees
40 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Salary Costs for a Senior Citizens ?Home Care Worker?
£6,000	08/06/2021	Towards both Senior Citizens Home Care Worker salary costs, arts/crafts costs and lunch club costs.
Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland - Your Health is your Wealth
£14,869	17/08/2020 6	Towards the "Your health is your wealth" Programme
Community Foundation for Nthn Ireland - Community responce
£1,000	26/03/2020	Grant to shortstrand community forum
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Part Time Salary for Older People's Programme (Project Co-ordinator)
£5,000	11/06/2019	Part Time Salary for Older People's Programme (Project Co-ordinator)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 24/04/2015, number: NIC100217

Main office

Strand Community Centre, 26A Beechfield Street, Belfast., BT5 4EQ

Data Sources