Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

CROXTETH GEMS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

We are a Community Centre based in the heart of a deprived area of Liverpool. We provide many activities includeing After School Club & Youth Club. We have a soft play and sensory room and provide office space for NHs and Liverpool Youth Service. We also rent out space to other organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 26 years

michelle@gemscentre.org.uk

01515472664

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
31/03/23£135£232£-96n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/22£137£195£-58n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£335£162£173n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/20£220£229£-9n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£179£214£-34n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£216£243£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£160£172£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£160£180£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£191£199£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£187£172£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£71£107£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£69£92£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£107£110£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£118£161£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£162£156£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£152£174£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£146£174£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£111£133£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£120£137£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£131£170£-39£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Liverpool City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 7 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
National Lottery Community Fund£254,635
Tudor Trust£62,000
DCMS£25,719
CAF£10,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£2,160
Co-Operative Group£1,572
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£60,000 21/05/2020
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the centre manager's salary at a youth and community centre in Croxteth, Liverpool
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - A GEM OF A SUMMER
£9,076 11/08/2023
The funding will support young people aged 11-18 years old with diversionary activities during the summer holidays by giving them the opportunity to access centre based activities and trips out. It ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Coming Together
£245,559 16/02/2023
The funding will be used to deliver workshops targeted at different age groups in reducing isolation improving mental health and skills development to allow them to go on to other opportunities. The ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Movement & Wellbeing
£2,160 04/01/2023
To run a weekly project for young people for 26 weeks that includes yoga and meditation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£1,572 22/10/2022
We would provide free breakfast and lunch for up to 70 children per day, for 10 days over two half term periods (October and Christmas).
Tudor Trust - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£25,719 29/09/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£10,000 03/09/2020
3
Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association to support the organisation through COVID19
Tudor Trust - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£40,000 15/03/2018
24
over two years towards the centre manager's salary to support youth and intergenerational work at a youth and community centre in Croxteth, Liverpool
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£88,712 02/03/2018
36
This project will employ additional youth workers to allow young children with disabilities to join in and integrate with a youth club in a deprived area. This will improve their mental well-being, ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£17,400 08/02/2018
refurbishment of soft play and sensory room for a charity which works with disabled people in Liverpool
National Lottery Community Fund - A Gem of A Community
£331,346 25/01/2017
36
The group encourages children and young people in Liverpool to work with their community to improve their quality of life. Many of them, ranging from ages 8 to 19, have low self-esteem and limited ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£50,000 04/09/2013
24
over two years towards the centre manager's salary to support youth and intergenerational work at a youth and community centre in Liverpool
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Croxteth Gems Community Association
£18,000 26/04/2013
Based in the heart of Croxteth, Liverpool, providing a range of activities and projects with an emphasis on children and young people giving them better life chances and avoiding involvement in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Gem of a Project
£275,080 19/09/2012
36
The aim of this new project is to provide a junior club and youth club to bring about positive personal changes, higher aspirations and new opportunities for children and young people in Croxteth to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/08/1998, number: 1071179
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/04/1998, number: 03551273
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 80 days late,
Main office

301 Padgate Lane
Padgate
WARRINGTON
WA1 3JU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CROXTETH GEMS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S AREA OF BENEFIT AND ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESSES AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR HEALTH, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY OBJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

AREA BOUNDED BY EAST LANCASHIRE ROAD, LOWERHOUSE LANE, DWERRYHOUSE LANE, OAK LANE TO CITY BOUNDARY IN LIVERPOOL 11

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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