Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

DANDELION TIME 

Dandelion Time helps children struggling with the effects of trauma, abuse or neglect. Our farm setting provides a structured therapeutic sanctuary, with a wide variety of natural craft activities, where children can feel safe & valued. We work with the whole family, helping to break the cycle of abuse & to effect change. Families learn to build self-belief & create new beginnings.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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
31/08/23£838£778£60£164£1,242£1,06616.42376
31/08/22£815£716£99£168£1,182£1,04117.52055
31/08/21£1,060£567£493£171£1,083£97320.620300
31/08/20£641£427£214£146£590£41111.52070
31/08/19?£506£447£59£100£376£262715280
30/09/18£464£475£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£423£426£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£520£485£35£71£330£242690
30/09/15£393£412£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£409£397£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£477£414£64£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£360£311£49£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£392£317£75£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 20.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 21.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 16.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 5.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years
(20 years as a company)

www.dandeliontime.org.uk

info@dandeliontime.org.uk

01622814001

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who's supporting 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£190,000
DCMS£129,080
The Clothworkers Foundation£100,000
BBC Children in Need£90,500
Rothschild Foundation£50,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
LUND TRUST£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Dandelion Time
£190,000 01/02/2024
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Family Support Programme' providing an intensive, nature-based therapeutic service for children with emotional and behavioural challenges and their families ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Dandelion Time
£90,000 07/08/2023
This grant supports nature-based one-to-one and group therapy sessions for children and young people experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties. They will gain increased confidence, ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Dandelion Time
£2,188 22/10/2022
We wish to facilitate 50 therapeutic crafting sessions for vulnerable children who have suffered from abuse and neglect.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Dandelion Time
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Dandelion Time
£500 22/09/2022
General charitable purposes
LUND TRUST - Towards the charity's work
£10,000 27/07/2021
Towards the charity's work
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Dandelion Time
£50,000 02/07/2021
Capital support to Dandelion Time
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£15,000 05/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 10/07/2020
Restoring hope to young lives
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£84,000 25/06/2020
"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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£25,080 22/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 27/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Dandelion Time
£100,000 31/03/2020
renovation of a premises for a charity which works with children who have experienced sexual or domestic violence in Kent
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 08/03/2019
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 07/03/2019
Family Support Programme
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Dandelion Time
£90,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing therapeutic support and activities for children with complex emotional issues in Maidstone, Kent
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 23/10/2017
Family Support Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Dandelion Time Development Project
£10,000 27/01/2016
12
This organisation will use the funding to purchase a yurt as an additional place to host activity sessions for vulnerable children and their families. This will enable the organisation to expand ....more
Comic Relief - Restoring Hope to Young Lives
£129,800 30/09/2015
36
Young people experiencing trauma arising from abuse, domestic violence or neglect often encounter emotional and behavioural problems. This can lead to a withdrawal or exclusion from school, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Dandelion Time
£30,500 29/04/2014
The charity supports children with severe emotional and behavioural issues often resulting from domestic or sexual abuse. The funding will enable them to continue to deliver their family support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Project
£111,850 11/02/2013
36
This project aims to support children aged 7-16, where the child has significant behavioural and emotional difficulties (often the result of trauma or abuse), aiming tp help them to overcome their ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Dandelion Time
£75,000 15/12/2010
36
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of the senior project worker.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72
  • BETHAN MORGAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
  • DR LESLEY HANNEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant Systemic Psychotherapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2010, number: 1136613
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/11/2003, number: 04959632
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

Elmscroft Cottage
Charlton Lane
West Farleigh
MAIDSTONE
ME15 0NY

Objectives

TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS BEHAVIOURAL EDUCATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING THERAPEUTIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN SUSTAINABLE FARM ENVIRONMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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