Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 8

GROUP FIVE

Group Five redistributes unwanted furniture and household effects free of charge to needy families in West Wiltshire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/01/23	*	£14	£15	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/01/22		£15	£13	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/01/21		£12	£13	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/01/20		£12	£14	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/01/19		£16	£14	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/01/18		£14	£16	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/17		£11	£14	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/16		£22	£16	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/15		£12	£16	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/14		£17	£16	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/13		£20	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/12		£15	£16	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/11	*	£11	£12	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/10		£13	£12	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/09		£16	£15	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/08		£13	£12	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/07	*	£12	£12	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/06		£11	£12	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/05		£12	£12	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/04		£10	£9	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

www.groupfive.org.uk

info@groupfive.org.uk

01225 764849

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
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
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Group 5
£3,000	01/12/2022	helping to support our volunteers with daily lunch money & any travel costs. Organisational running costs; rent, electric, phone, safety equipment, van running costs, etc
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Group 5
£5,000	21/04/2021 11	Contribution to the running costs of the delivery van for the next 12 months.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Group 5
£15,000	19/07/2018	Group5 is a furniture recycling charity that redistributes unwanted furniture and household items to families living within the 5 towns of West Wiltshire. The grant will go towards the running costs ....more Group5 is a furniture recycling charity that redistributes unwanted furniture and household items to families living within the 5 towns of West Wiltshire. The grant will go towards the running costs of the group’s vehicle and contribute to overheads.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Gender Split

DAVID JOHN GOWEN

FRANCES LEWIS

JANE CAROLYN STEER Appointed: 2022

JOHN LAUDER Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE DAUBENY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY,

ROBERT ALLEN BARRY SELMAN (Chair)

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/04/1994, number: 1037024

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 27 days late, AR11: 114 days late, AR07: 11 days late,

Main office

Ashton Mills
West Ashton Road
Trowbridge
BA14 7BB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVISION OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS TO THOSE PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH ITEMS BY REASON OF THEIR NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE THE FIVE WEST WILTSHIRE TOWNS OF TROWBRIDGE,WEST

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