Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    WALTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

    Provision of a building to facilitate community activities.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    • 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 £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/12/23£29£29£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/22£27£25£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/21£41£79£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/20*£38£27£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/19£22£28£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/18£52£44£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/17£38£22£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/16£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 9 years

    waltoncommunitycentreinfo@gmail.com

    01255672189

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Recreation
    GiG Classification
    • Other facilities management and maintenance
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    Where it operates
    • Essex,
    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 donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Walton Community Centre
    £500 14/02/2023
    to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Walton Community Centre
    £3,500 24/11/2022
    to provide cost effective ways of cooking and run a weekly warm hub for people struggling with the cost of living crisis in Walton
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £3,000 25/09/2020
    To replace old lighting with new LED lights
    Essex Community Foundation - Replacement of windows at the front of the building
    £5,000 05/03/2019
    0
    To replace windows and doors at a well-used community building
    National Lottery Community Fund - A warmer welcoming Community Centre
    £10,000 01/11/2017
    12
    This project will replace the old boiler and central heating system of the local community centre and prevent further closures.
    Essex Community Foundation - Computer suite and Wi-Fi system
    £5,000 21/03/2017
    2
    To help install a new IT equipment at a community centre in Walton which provides IT and Job Clubs for local residents

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • DR JONATHAN GELDARD (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
    • JACQUELINE MARGARET POBJOY Appointed: 2022
    • LINDA LOUISE EDMUNDS Appointed: 2016
    • MICHAEL PAGE Appointed: 2016
    • TRACY BETTANY Appointed: 2016
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/11/2015, number: 1164450
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Conflicting interests
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    8 returns made; AR20: 21 days late,
    Main office

    Walton Community Centre
    Standley Road
    WALTON ON THE NAZE
    CO14 8PT

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE, FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF WALTON ON THE NAZE AND SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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