Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

THE HINGE CENTRE LIMITED 

A charity with a community centre based on the Havenfield Estate in Bridlington. Offering services such as benefits and welfare advice, resettlement support (including access to emergency accommodation for young people), independent living skills, community food store, emergency food parcels, and activities and events for children, young people and the wider local community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 12 years
(16 years as a company)

www.thehinge.org.uk

jo@thehinge.org.uk

01262679671

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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
31/12/22£419£322£97n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/21£360£284£75n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/12/20£310£250£60n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/19£268£273£-5n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/18£327£251£76£0£0£0n/a018
31/12/17£364£232£132£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£155£153£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£159£180£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£239£211£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£247£232£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£187£185£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Riding Of Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£552,898
Henry Smith Charity£105,600
Tudor Trust£93,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation£60,300
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Seafarers UK£9,950
Co-Operative Group£7,099
Lloyds Bank Foundation£5,893
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Survive and Thrive
£229,654 18/11/2022
This funding will support The Hinge centre to continue their existing project and expand its comprehensive support for people of all ages within the communities of Bridlington in East Riding of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Independent Living Skills
£7,714 07/10/2022
This funding will be used to deliver independent living sessions twice a week for adults with learning difficulties. The project aims to teach a number of life skills such as cooking home safety ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Cross-service support worker
£45,000 18/08/2022
Grant to The Hinge Centre limited
Seafarers UK - Grant to The Hinge Centre
£9,950 07/07/2022
Grant funding for a 12-month pilot project to identify, design, and deliver support to seafarers and their dependents in Bridlington.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Fitness 4 Kids!
£3,974 11/03/2022
This project will engage children and young people aged 5-12 in a range of weekly fitness activity and increase the children's physical and social skill set.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Hinge Centre Limited
£93,000 29/11/2021
36
over three years towards the salary and associated costs of an inclusion worker at a community centre in Bridlington
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Hinge Centre
£105,600 23/09/2021
36
towards three years' salary of a Resettlement Officer at a project supporting homeless people or those at risk of homelessness in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - After School Matters - Healthy Living Sessions
£4,000 14/09/2021
Funding for food-related after school club sessions, including hygiene, health eating and cookery skills for children in Bridlington.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000 14/08/2020
Communities Together
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Hinge Centre Limited
£5,893 24/07/2020
Grant to The Hinge Centre Limited meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid-19
£9,300 17/06/2020
Funding would enable the Bridlington based group to purchase two laptops, cover the cost of mobile phone top-ups and cover additional costs related to remote working. Support offered includes ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£2,000 25/03/2020
Funding for food, fuel, toiletries etc to support individuals and families, and for equipment to allow for remote working.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Hinge Centre
£7,099 15/11/2019
We want to buy large games, cooking equipment, art and craft materials for fun sessions that support local vulnerable kids.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Together
£315,530 23/09/2019
36
Community Together
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£9,285 09/01/2019
1) Through taking part in the activities and agency visits the girls will be faced with new experiences and learn life skills such as cooking, D.I.Y and explore career options. By encouraging them to ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Us Girls
£9,285 10/12/2018
Funding to continue to run 'Us Girls' sessions aimed at disadvantaged girls in Bridlington. The sessions will include a variety of activities alongside educational sessions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Hinge Centre Limited
£75,000 16/10/2018
36
The purpose of the grant is to cover the majority of the salary costs to fund a Resettlement Manager to support those aged over 17 and are homeless or facing homelessness.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Supporting Communities
£20,000 04/07/2018
Funding to employ a community support worker to enable The Hinge to provide support to those who need help most. 
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 15/01/2018
The Hinge Centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Hinge Centre Limited
£4,264 29/11/2017
Fund will pay for materials needed to ensure daily sessions aimed at improving health, well-being, employability and social inclusion.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Hinge Centre Limited
£72,000 24/05/2017
36
over three years for the salary and related costs of an additional Community Support Worker for an estate-based community project in Bridlington, Yorkshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Havenfield Social Enterprise.
£10,000 11/04/2017
12
The group will establish a new social enterprise, with a focus on sewing, knitting, patchwork and crochet. This will enable volunteers to create and repair clothing and soft furnishings, with the aim ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Chances for life - Bridlington
£326,190 02/11/2016
35
This continuation and expansion project will provide a range of activities for local residents to help improve their life chances. Activities will include independent living skills, budgeting and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hinge Centre
£63,195 11/10/2016
36
The Youth Inclusion project will deliver after school and holiday activities on the Havenfield estate as well as trips outside Bridlington, to young people experiencing disadvantage with the aim of ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Hinge Centre Limited
£74,748 12/11/2014
provides help and support to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. They helping individuals access suitable & safe accommodation and also help people develop the skills needed to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Chances for Life - Goole and Bridlington
£409,664 19/09/2012
48
This project provides advice, information and support to young people and the local community. It deals with people at crisis point and works with them to develop life skills, improve employability, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Hinge Centre Limited
£16,000 24/02/2012
the lease of the Bridlington premises
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-74
  • NEIL WATSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/2012, number: 1146714
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/02/2008, number: 06507894
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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

19-21 Field Road
BRIDLINGTON
YO16 4AU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BRIDLINGTON IN THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, AND ITS ENVIRONS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH, TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND THE DISTRESS ARISING THERE FROM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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