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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

GLOUCESTERSHIRE ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND CHELTENHAM ANIMAL SHELTER

Animal welfare and humane education
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants and contracts
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,297,183 available, equivalent to 25 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£868£1,118£-250£146£2,517£2,29724.74070
31/12/21£741£949£-208£0£2,892£2,67533.84165
31/12/20£925£901£24£0£2,987£2,78437.13745
31/12/19*£684£913£-229£0£2,845£2,83537.33970
31/12/18£1,080£875£205£0£2,931£2,92240.13570
31/12/17£912£725£186£0£2,772£2,68944.5310
31/12/16£636£726£-90£0£2,506£2,49441.2370
31/12/15£712£715£-4£5£2,534£2,52942.4250
31/12/14?£977£1,000£-22£6£2,497£2,46129.5220
30/06/13£517£589£-72£6£2,423£2,41349.2200
30/06/12£456£575£-119n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£558£597£-38£5£2,520£2,45549.4180
30/06/10£740£555£185£4£2,409£2,40952180
30/06/09£527£555£-27£4£2,074£2,07444.9180
30/06/08£712£544£168£1£2,233£2,23349.2190
30/06/07£560£494£66£3£2,066£2,06650.2190
30/06/06£348£527£-179n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05*£328£539£-211n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04*£509£498£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 26%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 24.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

www.gawa.org.uk

gm@gawa.org.uk

01242548776

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Animal welfare
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, Gloucestershire, Merthyr Tydfil, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 34-84
  • ANN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired
  • ALEKSANDRA KAPUSTYNSKA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Officer
  • COUNCILLOR GARTH WALLINGTON BARNES, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • CLAIRE HOWARD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Self Employed
  • CLAIRE TEKLA BARNES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Sales Manager
  • JANE STEWART (Chair) Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Accountant
  • PEGGY DYER Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Retired
  • STEPHEN LEONARD WHITEMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/06/2000, number: 1081019
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/10/1999, number: 03868428
Gift Aid
  • 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
19 returns made; AR19: 4 days late, AR05: 38 days late, AR04: 11 days late,
Main office

CHELTENHAM ANIMAL SHELTER
GARDNERS LANE
CHELTENHAM
GL51 9JW

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE CARE AND SHELTER FOR ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION BY REASON OF THEIR SICKNESS, NEGLECT OR MALNUTRITION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A HOME FOR STRAY ANIMALS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND FINDING PERMANENT HOMES FOR UNWANTED DOMESTIC ANIMALS.2) TO ENCOURAGE GOOD PRACTICE IN THE CARE OF ANIMALS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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