Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

CARDIGAN CENTRE 

The Cardigan Centre's public building is used for community activities, educational courses and constructive leisure and welfare programmes, and has offices leased to local enterprises. Specialist work includes services for young people, older people, healthy living, handyperson and gardening services, practical help for groups, networks and enterprises, and provision of community information.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 33 years

www.cardigancentre.co.uk

finance@cardigancentre.org.uk

01132759282

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/08/22£201£214£-12n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/08/21£271£239£32n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/08/20£379£375£4n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/08/19£468£530£-61n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/18*£708£671£37£0£136£661.22010
31/08/17£426£442£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16*£539£578£-39£0£115£440.9190
31/08/15*£655£683£-29£683£154£130.2200
31/08/14?*£966£1,088£-122£4£183£871370
31/03/13£464£684£-221£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£657£617£40£15£526£3116190
31/03/11£872£843£29£15£486£3224.6190
31/03/10£929£870£59£12£457£2944.1240
31/03/09£771£806£-35£14£398£2784.1240
31/03/08£733£738£-5£15£433£2634.3240
31/03/07£794£777£17£17£438£2413.7210
31/03/06£756£623£133£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£590£521£69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£546£483£63£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 7 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,

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
Power to Change£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,930
DCMS£9,150
Leeds Community Foundation£6,132
Sir George Martin Trust£3,000
Co-Operative Group£2,501
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Elders Connect
£9,930 05/05/2023
The funding will be used to deliver various activities including mindfulness crafts exercise cooking and day trips for people over 50 living in Leeds West Yorkshire. The project aims to provide a ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cardigan Centre
£2,501 23/10/2021
We would like to deliver mindfulness activities that will support people after the coronavirus epidemic is over, enhancing their health and wellbeing.
Power to Change - Renewal - Cardigan Centre
£20,000 17/03/2021
Grant to Renewal - Cardigan Centre
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cardigan Centre
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Cardigan Centre
£3,000 07/12/2020
Core costs for Local Community Centre/Village Hall
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,150 31/07/2020
"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 ....more
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - Cardigan Centre
£20,000 01/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - Cardigan Centre
Leeds Community Foundation - Adult Learning - Creche Service to make course accessible to those with young children
£6,132 18/10/2019
10
Funding to enable us provide a crèche service to support disadvantaged adults with childcare needs engage in accredited vocational learning (Childcare Level 2) and a Mindfulness for Wellbeing Course ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cardigan Centre
£120,000 26/03/2019
36
over three years towards the salary and associated costs of a general manager at a community centre and social enterprise in Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - Adult Learning - Creche service removving barriers to learning
£5,148 26/10/2018
18
Funding to enable us provide a crèche service to support disadvantaged adults with childcare needs engage in accredited vocational learning and aspirations raising opportunities. Funding will also ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cardigan Centre
£3,118 29/11/2017
We want funds to provide a safe space for young people (particularly unaccompanied refugees and children on the autistic spectrum).
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-82
  • NEIL WALSHAW (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Councillor
  • TALIB HUSSAIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/06/1991, number: 1003087
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/05/1991, number: 02608879
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 29 days late, AR16: 192 days late, AR15: 77 days late, AR14: 219 days late, AR04: 67 days late,
Main office

Cardigan Centre
145-153 Cardigan Road
Leeds
LS6 1LJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NW LEEDS AND THE PARTS KNOWN AS SOUTH HEADINGLEY AND BURLEY IN PARTICULAR (HEREIN AFTER REFERRED TO AS THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH HEADINGLEY AND BURLEY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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