Finance Score: -12
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Return overdue: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

THE CRESCENT SUPPORT GROUP 

To provide support and care both by, and for, people living with HIV/AIDS and other blood borne diseases, their partners, carers, family and friends; and secondly, to increase awareness and promote unprejudiced attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/03/22*£20£33£-13n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£47£29£18n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20*£16£16£-1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£48£66£-18n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18*£79£86£-6£0£0£0n/a08
31/03/17*£63£74£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£63£74£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£67£58£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£50£43£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£17£10£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/10£339£301£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£339£301£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£240£193£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£208£181£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£179£159£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£178£143£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£147£106£41£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years

www.thecrescent.org.uk

info@thecrescent.org.uk

01727842532

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Post covid emotional support group
£5,000 07/06/2022
5
Grant to The Crescent Support Group
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Crescent Support Group
£15,000 29/03/2021
Emotional and practical support, advice, signposting, advocacy
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - COVID 19 Improving access to support services
£5,000 13/11/2020
Grant to The Crescent Support Group
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID - 19 Support
£10,000 09/04/2020
12
The group will use funding to continue providing emotional and practical support to people living with or affected by HIV during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - support and advice for those in isolation due to COVID19
£5,000 30/03/2020
Grant to The Crescent Support Group
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Crescent Support Group
£10,000 26/05/2016
refurbishment of building for a charity which works with disabled people in St Albans

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/07/1991, number: 1003547
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; AR22: 37 days late, AR20: 4 days late, AR18: 173 days late, AR17: 80 days late, AR16: 24 days late, AR12: 19 days late, AR04: 81 days late,
Main office

19 RUSSELL AVENUE
ST. ALBANS
HERTFORDSHIRE
AL3 5ES

Objectives

(A)TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF SUFFERERS FROM ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYDROME(AIDS)INFECTION,ILLNESS AND RELATED CONDITIONS CAUSED BY HIV OR OTHER CAUSITIVE AGENTS, AND THEIR RELATIVES,DEPENDENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE AFFECTED THEREBY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND ADVICE. (B)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH IN ALL MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE HIV INFECTION AND AIDS AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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