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Governance Score: 0
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    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    ENGAGE VOLUNTARY SECTOR DEVELOPMENT 

    Established: 16 years
    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
    ?

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
    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
    30/09/21?£97£99£-2n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/20£139£156£-17n/an/an/an/an/a11
    31/03/19£136£135£1n/an/an/an/an/a16
    31/03/18£128£127£1£0£0£0n/a013
    31/03/17£113£112£1£0£0£0n/a015
    31/03/16£110£107£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£82£93£-11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£90£80£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£88£80£8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£62£97£-34£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£243£246£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10*£144£126£19£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Somerset,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 5 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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Reestablishing a furniture recycling scheme
    £4,000 28/09/2020
    5
    Grant to Engage Voluntary Sector Development
    Somerset Community Foundation - Engage Voluntary Sector Network
    £2,500 14/06/2019
    11
    Networking and information sharing for voluntary groups in Somerset West and Taunton
    Somerset Community Foundation - Local infrastructure support
    £5,000 04/02/2019
    10
    Providing enhanced support to local voluntary and community sector groups

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2008, number: 1123668
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    13 returns made; AR10: 81 days late, AR09: 68 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF WEST SOMERSET AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (HERINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BEING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SOMERSET

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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