Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

DAVENTRY DISTRICT WELFARE FOUNDATION

Community Building
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/08/23£27£31£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£25£40£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£43£20£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£21£18£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£21£24£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18*£24£21£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£17£15£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/09/16£14£15£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/09/14£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/09/13£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£6£11£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£18£19£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10?*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/09*£7£9£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/08*£8£4£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/07*£7£4£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/06*£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/05£8£4£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/04£7£4£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 48 years

carella@daventryvolunteers.org.uk

01327300614

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,092 02/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - DDWF Refurbishment Project
£10,000 12/08/2010
12
This is a project by a charity in Daventry, Northamptonshire. The group will use the funding to refurbish their local community building and to provide additional seating for larger groups.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 66-89
  • CARELLA DAVIES Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Manager
  • EDWARD JAMES NICHOLL FCIS Appointed: 2024
  • PETER ALLISON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Teacher
  • TERRY TATHAM Appointed: 2010, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/06/1976, number: 271400
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/08/2010, number: 07345800
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 188 days late, AR10: 73 days late, AR09: 12 days late, AR08: 48 days late, AR07: 106 days late, AR06: 35 days late,
Main office

New Street Centre
13 New Street
DAVENTRY
NN11 4BT

Objectives

(I) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF DAVENTRY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE. (II) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAID PURPOSE AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN THE FOUNATION REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES AND ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DAVENTRY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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