Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

NORTH TAUNTON PARTNERSHIP 

Provision of Advice, Support, Information, and Activites for the benifit of the Residents of North Taunton
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 24 years

www.priorswoodcommunitycentre.co.uk

lesleycouncill@priorswoodcommunitycentre.co.u

01823353643

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
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*£71£84£-13n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/03/22£66£64£2n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/03/21£92£50£42n/an/an/an/an/a42
31/03/20*£58£70£-12n/an/an/an/an/a42
31/03/19£75£75£0n/an/an/an/an/a42
31/03/18£75£66£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£82£81£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£82£81£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£81£76£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£67£76£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£86£96£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£86£55£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£47£93£-46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£55£36£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£27£19£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/08*£13£7£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£14£6£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/06*£2£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/05*£21£25£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/04£7£23£-16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 39 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,

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
Somerset Community Foundation£27,000
National Lottery Community Fund£13,950
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£9,763
CAF£2,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Pride in Priorswood
£7,600 17/03/2023
The funding will be used in celebration of the King's Coronation to host an afternoon tea party luncheon club outings and summer holiday activity days. The project aims to bring the community ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Providing drug awareness activities as part of a range of summer events in the Priorswood area of Taunton
£1,500 10/03/2023
Providing drug awareness activities as part of a range of summer events in the Priorswood area of Taunton
Somerset Community Foundation - Contribution towards school holiday activities for low-income families.
£2,000 21/07/2022
Contribution towards school holiday activities for low-income families.
Somerset Community Foundation - Activity days and the drugs bus for local residents in Priorswood
£1,500 30/06/2022
Activity days and the drugs bus for local residents in Priorswood
Somerset Community Foundation - Core costs of running a community hub
£5,000 09/06/2022
Core costs of running a community hub
Somerset Community Foundation - Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration
£5,250 29/03/2022
Platinum Jubilee celebrations for the community
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to North Taunton Partnership
£1,000 28/02/2022
Funding to keep groups running after Covid 19
National Lottery Community Fund - Back Together
£2,150 17/09/2021
The funding will be used to restart community groups and activities in a local community centre. The project aims to invite local people including a high number of older people to rejoin group ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to North Taunton Partnership
£1,000 28/05/2021
Christmas market for the Priorswood community
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Replacing lost income and ensuring future viability
£4,550 19/03/2021
Grant to North Taunton Partnership
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to North Taunton Partnership
£9,763 24/02/2021
50% core costs for a community centre on the outskirts of Taunton, Somerset.
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Cafe to reduce isolation and support vulnerable people
£3,700 20/10/2020
5
Grant to North Taunton Partnership
CAF - Grant to North Taunton Partnership
£2,800 26/05/2020
3
Grant to North Taunton Partnership to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - North Taunton Coronavirus Relief
£4,200 17/04/2020
8
The funding will be used to support the elderly and the most vulnerable through a volunteer support network delivering essential shopping/topping up mobile phones collecting prescriptions transport a ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Coordination of local volunteers and targeted support for vulnerable groups
£1,500 03/04/2020
Coordinating support for vulnerable people in North Taunton
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2019
Priorswood Community Centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to North Taunton Partnership
£3,278 29/11/2017
We would like to support more residents by offering group and one to one sessions for those with low level mental health issues.
Somerset Community Foundation - Pride in Priorswood
£2,987 05/04/2017
1
'Pride in Priorswood' event for the local community
Somerset Community Foundation - Pop Up Sport / Golden Age Olympics
£4,180 24/06/2016
7
Equipment for the Golden Age Olympics.
National Lottery Community Fund - Priorswood Diamond Jubliee Community Gardens
£10,000 22/12/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Taunton, Somerset. The group will use the funding to build a garden area on disused ground for the community. This will create an outdoor space for the beneficiaries ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/01/2000, number: 1078827
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 12 days late, AR20: 1 days late, AR08: 200 days late, AR07: 181 days late, AR06: 289 days late, AR05: 30 days late,
Main office

Priorswood Community Centre
13-14 Priorswood Place
Eastwick Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 7JW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN NORTH TAUNTON AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTIONOF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH TAUNTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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