Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

KNOWLE WEST HEALTH ASSOCIATION 

The protection, preservation and promotion of good health, in particular but not exclusively, for the residents of Knowle West.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

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 is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 20 years
(23 years as a company)

www.knowlewesthealthassoc.org.uk

info@knowlewesthealthassoc.org.uk

01179639569

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£35£50£-16n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£79£75£4n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/21£90£80£10n/an/an/an/an/a41
31/03/20£97£87£9n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/19£93£88£5n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/18£111£102£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£127£142£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£124£149£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£142£160£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£142£118£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£86£92£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£95£83£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£92£103£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£172£146£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£148£147£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£185£184£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£170£140£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£104£101£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£108£92£16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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
Quartet Community Foundation£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Tudor Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£5,000 01/12/2022
For the equipment and ingredients required to run a year's worth of community cookery classes in the group's Community Kitchen on Filwood Broadway, Knowle West.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 01/07/2022
Knowle West Health Association
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£5,000 21/12/2021
11
Towards the free counselling service in Knowle West and the community cookery project.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£2,000 03/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£5,000 03/09/2020
For support costs for 15 volunteer counsellors to provide a free counselling service in response to increased demand because of the COVID crisis.
Quartet Community Foundation - Running costs
£45,000 14/10/2019
The second year of a three-year grant from the Henry Smith Charity towards running costs of a project providing activities, training in horticulture and cookery, and counselling sessions to promote ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£50,000 28/03/2019
24
over two years as continuation funding towards core salaries at a charity providing a range of support services and activities in Knowle West, Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Free counselling Service
£3,240 08/11/2018
12
Toward the annual cost of the group's free counselling services.
Quartet Community Foundation - Running costs
£44,400 21/09/2018
The first year of a three-year grant from the Henry Smith Charity towards running costs of a project providing activities, training in horticulture and cookery, and counselling sessions to promote ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£135,000 12/09/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing activities, training in horticulture and cookery, and counselling sessions to promote health and wellbeing for residents of a deprived area ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£5,397 22/05/2018
9
Towards co-ordinated holiday activities for children aged 8-12 in Bristol.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£60,000 25/07/2017
24
over two years towards core costs at an organisation that supports the physical and mental wellbeing of people in the community in Knowle West, Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£8,380 22/06/2017
8
To provide out of school holiday activities in the Knowle West area.
National Lottery Community Fund - U matter
£296,118 13/03/2013
61
This Knowle West Health Association (KWHA) project will extend their current services to accommodate smaller more supported cookery and gardening sessions for people with mental health issues, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Knowle West Health Association
£28,800 24/02/2012
salary costs of the Allotment Co-ordinator and the Gardener
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-91
  • STACEY THOMPSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Communications Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2004, number: 1104429
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/02/2001, number: 04164235
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Knowle West Health Association
49b Filwood Broadway
Knowle
BRISTOL
BS4 1JL

Objectives

THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KNOWLE WEST.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KNOWLE WEST.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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