Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    CRAWLEY CAP CENTRE 

    Crawley CAP Centre works in partnership with local churches and with the national charity, Christians Against Poverty (CAP). The Centre provides a high quality debt counselling service in association with the national CAP charity, helping clients to become debt free. We offer a CAP Money Course to develop budgeting skills, and we may develop further CAP services over time.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

    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 ?

    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£82,860£58,135£24,72555
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 2 years

    crawleycapcentre.org

    racheldawson@capuk.org

    07749938443

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Christian congregations
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • West Sussex,
    Who it helps
    • Other Defined Groups

    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
    Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Crawley CAP Debt centre
    £4,625 17/11/2023
    Funding was provided towards core costs.
    Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Crawley CAP Centre
    £10,000 21/07/2022
    Funding was provided towards staff costs to enable them to cope with increased demand.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2022, number: 1197933
    Gift Aid
    • 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
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • 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
    1 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    c/o Elim Church
    Trinity Centre
    The Mardens
    Crawley
    West Sussex
    RH11 0AQ

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR PERSONS LIVING IN AND AROUND CRAWLEY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING AND PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC LIVING IN AND AROUND CRAWLEY IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ANDC. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DOCTRINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN AND AROUND CRAWLEY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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