Overall GiG Score: 25 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

COLAB EXETER 

CoLab promotes local voluntary and community activity.Its activities support voluntary organisations to be effective; promote volunteering; enable consultation; give the voluntary sector a voice; aid community development.
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Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 20 years

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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£1,577£1,596£-19£0£458£4433.3280
31/03/22£952£926£26£0£477£3664.7190
31/03/21£710£766£-56£0£451£3615.6172
31/03/20£845£906£-61£0£506£4105.42511
31/03/19£1,035£890£145£0£568£4415.92111
31/03/18£727£777£-50£0£423£3986.1190
31/03/17£757£812£-54£0£473£4376.5200
31/03/16*£861£817£44£0£527£4837.1280
31/03/15£1,377£1,058£319£6£483£260.3300
31/03/14£1,029£1,228£-199£6£164£1171.1180
31/03/13£1,317£1,265£52£6£361£1531.5320
31/03/12£1,107£1,079£28£6£304£1942.2260
31/03/11£1,228£1,275£-47£6£275£1831.7280
31/03/10£1,251£1,262£-11£5£322£1731.6200
31/03/09£1,362£1,260£102£5£318£1081220
31/03/08£981£1,066£-85£4£233£1311.5320
31/03/07£1,047£1,042£5£6£325£1591.8240
31/03/06*£1,042£1,019£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,042£1,115£-73£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: 53%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 28 employees
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Devon,

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
Devon Community Foundation£532,988
National Lottery Community Fund£463,368
DCMS£36,788
Comic Relief£26,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£23,200
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter - Learning and Development programme
£3,125 03/07/2023
TO WORK AS PART OF A NETWORK OF DELIVERY ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, COMMUNITY BUILDERS, COMMUNITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANISERS AND OTHER RELEVANT STAFF IN WELLBEING EXETER ARE ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Community Connectors
£25,912 03/07/2023
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. Currently this involves staff from GP practices and ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-ordination team
£27,420 03/07/2023
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. Currently this involves staff from GP practices and ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter SPOR
£3,943 03/07/2023
Delivery of Single Point of Referral for Wellbeing Exeter programme
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Homes for Ukraine
£10,924 03/07/2023
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. As part of the wider Wellbeing Exeter programme ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter - Learning and Development programme
£3,125 04/04/2023
TO WORK AS PART OF A NETWORK OF DELIVERY ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, COMMUNITY BUILDERS, COMMUNITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANISERS AND OTHER RELEVANT STAFF IN WELLBEING EXETER ARE ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Community Connectors
£27,652 04/04/2023
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. Currently this involves staff from GP practices and ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-ordination team
£34,834 04/04/2023
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. Currently this involves staff from GP practices and ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter SPOR
£5,293 04/04/2023
Delivery of Single Point of Referral for Wellbeing Exeter programme
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Homes for Ukraine
£23,316 04/04/2023
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. As part of the wider Wellbeing Exeter programme ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Homes for Ukraine
£22,937 03/01/2023
Grant to Exeter Community Initiatives
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter SPOR
£5,190 03/01/2023
Grant to The Estuary League of Friends
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-ordination team
£34,171 03/01/2023
Grant to Co-Lab Exeter
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Community Connectors
£27,148 03/01/2023
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter - Learning and Development programme
£3,125 03/01/2023
contributing to admin core costs to help secure the future sustainability of the newly set-up community led cafe and hub which provides a safe and welcoming space and addresses loneliness and social ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Homes for Ukraine
£42,051 10/10/2022
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. As part of the wider Wellbeing Exeter programme ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter - Learning and Development programme
£3,125 06/10/2022
TO WORK AS PART OF A NETWORK OF DELIVERY ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, COMMUNITY BUILDERS, COMMUNITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANISERS AND OTHER RELEVANT STAFF IN WELLBEING EXETER ARE ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Community Connectors
£31,206 06/10/2022
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. Currently this involves staff from GP practices and ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Community Connectors
£32,435 06/10/2022
CoLab Exeter is one of a group of voluntary/community sector organisations providing and hosting the Community Connector role for Wellbeing Exeter. Currently this involves staff from GP practices and ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£1,823 06/10/2022
a) ENSURE THAT ALL REFERRALS TO WELLBEING EXETER ARE PROMPTLY AND APPROPRIATELY ACKNOWLEDGED, RECORDED AND ALLOCATED ON CHARITY LOG. b) ENSURE THAT ALL RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATING TO ....more
Devon Community Foundation - CoLab Safer Spaces for Women
£9,935 10/07/2022
Provide a variety of safe spaces opportunities for vulnerable women.
Smallwood Trust - Funding for distribution as grants to individuals
£12,500 16/12/2021
This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - What Matters Most in Complex Needs Work?
£463,368 27/05/2021
The funding will be used over 3 years to deliver activities for adults who face multiple disadvantage including including those at risk of homelessness and individuals involved in high risk ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter - Learning and Development
£7,500 05/12/2020
2
a) SUPPORT DELIVERY ORGANISATIONS IN CREATING AND PROVIDING AN INDUCTION PROGRAMME FOR ALL COMMUNITY CONNECTORS, COMMUNITY BUILDERS, COMMUNITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANISERS AND OTHER RELEVANT ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£10,786 05/12/2020
2
COORDINATION: WELLBEING EXETER IS COMMITTED TO CROSS-ORGANISATION AND SECTOR COLLABORATION AND COLLECTIVE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT. THE COORDINATION OF THE PROGRAMME SUPPORTS DIVERSE ORGANISATIONS TO ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Connector (Welcome and Good Bye)
£4,302 05/10/2020
4
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£15,500 01/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Resilient Women STAR (Support, Together, Advocacy & Recovery) Project
£15,500 30/09/2020
5
Grant to Co-Lab Exeter
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Flourish
£1,660 29/07/2020
0
Grant to Co-Lab Exeter
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Exeter CoLab
£8,200 23/07/2020
Grant to Exeter CoLab meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Connector (Welcome and Good Bye)
£4,302 16/07/2020
4
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Data and Information Assistant
£4,289 16/07/2020
4
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£10,786 14/07/2020
4
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter - Learning and Development
£7,500 14/07/2020
4
Wellbeing Exeter offers a range of community-based options to individuals, who can access what they consider is important to maintain health and wellbeing, reducing the need for statutory care ....more
Comic Relief - Exeter Homeless partnership: peer advocacy Recovery Funding
£26,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£21,288 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Laundry in Crisis
£9,990 12/05/2020
1
Grant to Co-Lab Exeter
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£5,000 29/01/2020
3
Wellbeing Exeter offers a range of community-based options to individuals, who can access what they consider is important to maintain health and wellbeing, reducing the need for statutory care ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£5,000 10/12/2019
3
Wellbeing Exeter offers a range of community-based options to individuals, who can access what they consider is important to maintain health and wellbeing, reducing the need for statutory care ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£9,632 10/12/2019
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£5,000 10/12/2019
3
Wellbeing Exeter offers a range of community-based options to individuals, who can access what they consider is important to maintain health and wellbeing, reducing the need for statutory care ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£10,014 10/12/2019
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CoLab Exeter Resilient Women Project
£2,898 15/11/2019
We aim to provide multi-agency drop ins to help vulnerable women gain support and increase their resilience.
Devon Community Foundation - Resilient Women Spectrum Project - Supporting Isolated Women in Community Settings
£10,000 12/11/2019
11
extending the successful Resilient Women model of support for vulnerable women out into the community, supporting isolated women to increase their health and well-being, resilience and social networks
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Exeter CoLab
£15,000 20/09/2019
12
Exeter CoLab is working with vulnerable women who have been involved in the CJ system. The funding is to develop a sustainability strategy and collective outcomes framework with a focus on ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£13,828 15/05/2019
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£5,000 03/04/2019
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£14,210 03/04/2019
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Comic Relief - Exeter Homelessness Partnership
£300,380 06/03/2019
36
The Exeter Homelessness Partnership, is a grassroots response aimed at ending homelessness in Exeter. The partnership will bring together people with experience of homelessness with statutory, ....more
Ministry of Justice - Community Investment Funding
£132,842 01/01/2019
To refurbish the existing building to improve the dedicated service provision for women
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£5,202 01/01/2019
The impact of this piece of work will be as follows 1) The health needs of female sex workers will be better understood and responded to 2) The voice and experiences of women involved in the sex ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£9,250 19/12/2018
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Out of the Shadows - Developing Local Support for Women in the Sex Industry
£5,202 08/11/2018
12
supporting and identifying the needs of women working in the sex industry in Exeter, providing places of safety and support, working with them to directly address the impact of sex working on their ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£9,250 02/10/2018
6
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Home Office - SOC Prevent (Local) Pilot 2018-19
£58,591 01/07/2018
To support the Home Office in delivering a commitment set out in the Governments Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) Strategy to prevent people from becoming involved in serious and organised crime. ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£5,000 28/06/2018
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£9,250 28/06/2018
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - SIMPL. Exeter (Social Investment Market Place Links)
£40,000 24/05/2018
12
A joint initiative across three infrastructure organisations to create a viable and vibrant market for social finance in Exeter and Devon.
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£9,250 10/04/2018
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£5,000 10/04/2018
3
to support the Wellbeing Exeter social prescribing project enabling people to live more fulfilled lives in their community thereby reducing isolation, increasing preventive measures and improved ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Collaboration for Collective Impact
£50,000 28/03/2018
24
Collaboration for Collective Impact
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to CVS Exeter
£15,218 22/12/2017
12
Grant to develop a research framework to evaluate the impact of the CoLab model
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter- Co-Ordination
£12,966 31/10/2017
5
Grant to Co-Lab Exeter
Ministry of Justice - Whole System Approach to Female Offenders
£61,694 01/04/2017
The WSA grant scheme of £800k provides seed funding for organisations to develop a joined-up, multi-agency approach to female offenders (and other women at risk of offending) in their local area, to ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter
£27,500 09/03/2017
5
Grant to Co-Lab Exeter
Devon Community Foundation - Wellbeing Exeter
£21,600 10/01/2017
5
Grant to Co-Lab Exeter
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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-69
  • JULIE MCLAREN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Innovation Practitioner And Research Fellow
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2003, number: 1100990
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/10/2003, number: 04928733
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

Colab Exeter
WAT TYLER HOUSE
KING WILLIAM STREET
EXETER
EX4 6PD

Objectives

3.1.1 TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN EXETER (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;3.1.2 TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN EXETER

Data Sources

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