Overall GiG Score: -50 ?
Finance Score: -50
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • In administration/insolvent: -50
  • No PartB

    ACTION WITH COMMUNITIES IN RURAL KENT 

    General advice to rural communities
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • This charity is in Administration or Insolvent
    Established: 40 years

    www.ruralkent.org.uk

    info@ruralkent.org.uk

    01303 813790

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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
    31/03/21£457£448£8n/an/an/an/an/a51
    31/03/20£459£442£17n/an/an/an/an/a43
    31/03/19£404£412£-8n/an/an/an/an/a56
    31/03/18£441£460£-19£0£0£0n/a043
    31/03/17£491£476£15£0£0£0n/a022
    31/03/16£460£467£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£507£465£42£33£102£621.680
    31/03/14£612£615£-3£63£116£200.4100
    31/03/13*£646£798£-153£65£119£230.3110
    31/03/12*£818£712£105£64£262£571110
    31/03/11£522£886£-364£68£167£190.3120
    31/03/10£1,038£1,003£35£74£519£1351.6110
    31/03/09£723£562£161£12£466£1342.990
    31/03/08£582£545£37£14£330£1272.890
    31/03/07£586£565£22£36£301£1292.7110
    31/03/06£625£628£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£486£465£21£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£407£403£4£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    Who works here?
    • 51 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Kent, Medway,

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Thriving Village Halls in Kent
    £90,000 22/11/2021
    The funding will support the Thriving Village Halls in Kent (TVHIK) project which is a specialist support service to all 404 community-owned village halls spread across Kent & Medway to ensure ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Surviving and Thriving in Rural Kent
    £26,750 29/07/2020
    5
    The funding will provide financial support for many of Kent's community-ran village halls ensuring their existence for future use with fundraising opportunities minimal at this current time.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Kent Coffee Project
    £282,789 12/12/2019
    36
    Action with Communities in Rural Kent (ACRK) will use funding for the continuation and development of the Kent Rural Coffee (Caravan) Project. The funding will support a three year project to ....more
    DCMS - Building Connections Fund
    £29,086 02/01/2019
    Expansion project in rural Kent, providing a free pop up caf and information hub. Will reach 2,380 people per year. Particular focus on older beneficiaries who live alone in rural Kent and Medway. ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Kent Coffee Caravan
    £37,018 26/11/2018
    24
    Kent Coffee Caravan
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Wealth of Health in Rural Kent
    £9,890 14/03/2018
    12
    This organisation will deliver a range of fitness activities to their local rural community with the aim of improving well-being and reducing isolation.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Action with Communities in Rural Kent
    £10,000 08/12/2016
    12
    towards one year's running costs of 'Nature's Gym' a project providing support to homeless people and those with substance misuse issues in Kent
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Kent Rural Coffee and Information Pilot Project
    £10,000 06/04/2016
    12
    This charity will use the funding to engage with local people living in rural communities through a pop-up café, to inform them and make them aware of the local services that exist. This will ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 7/8 persons

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/02/1984, number: 212796
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    18 returns made; AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 14 days late,
    Main office

    Action With Communities in Rural
    Kent
    The Old Granary
    Penstock Hall
    Canterbury Road
    TN25 5LL

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF KENT AND THE BOROUGH OF MEDWAY BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVANCING EDUCATION, FURTHERING HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS, OR IN PURSUING ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF KENT AND THE BOROUGH OF MEDWAY

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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