Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

BULKY BOB'S FOR BUSINESS

The charity collects paper, cardboard, plastics and other office waste from offices throughout the Liverpool region and recycles as much as possible. A logistics training programme provides training and qualifications in logistics to long term unemployed people or people on relatively low income.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/23£176£174£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£156£155£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£291£303£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£233£250£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£143£168£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£75£148£-73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

https://www.bulkybobs.co.uk/commercial-waste-

info@frcgroup.co.uk

0151 702 0570

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-60
  • DR JOHN DAVID HINES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None
  • JEFFREY BARRY VERNON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None
  • NICHOLAS SPRUYT (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chair Of Trustees
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/07/2016, number: 1168088
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/08/2015, number: 09735094
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bulky Bobs for Business
1 Cartwrights Farm Road
LIVERPOOL
L24 1UY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY, WHICH ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(A) THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE RECLAMATION, RECYCLING, USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS;(B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE GENERATION, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WASTE RECYCLING;(C) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. (2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;(3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE NEED BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR SUCH PEOPLE AS ARE IN NEED CALCULATED TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVING;(4) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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