Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

ASHFORD AND TENTERDEN UMBRELLA

The charity operates a three day informal service in Ashford (Kent) . We operate one session per week in Ashford for Arts and Craft this provision is for all using our service.see our Website: www.ashford-tenterden-umbrella.co.uk
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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
31/03/23£44£40£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£52£23£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£65£37£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£44£42£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?05/04/19£33£41£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18*£56£42£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£53£12£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16?*£52£45£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14£28£29£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/13£40£30£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/12£30£27£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/11£33£34£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/10*£34£35£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/09£42£32£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/08£34£32£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/07£33£33£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/06£31£31£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/05£23£22£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/04£29£21£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.ashford-tenterden-umbrella.co.uk

ECHAM23@HOTMAIL.CO.UK

01233756647

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashford & Tenterden Umbrella
£10,000 13/03/2024
24
towards two years' running costs of an organisation providing advice and support for isolated or vulnerable people who have mental health issues in Kent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Collect & Deliver outreach service
£10,000 09/12/2022
The funding will be used to hire transport and a venue for social outreach sessions. The project aims to provide activities for people in rural areas including older community members who experience isolation as they do not have access to their own ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Collect & Deliver outreach service
£10,000 14/01/2022
The funding will be used to continue and expand the group's delivery of support for elderly people living with mental ill health. The project aims to help build strong relationships reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Opening the Umbrella
£2,500 28/07/2021
The funding will be used to restart face to face activities for a charity which supports people who have mental health concerns as well as older people at risk of loneliness and isolation. The project aims to enable people to form connections with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Collect & Deliver outreach service
£10,000 11/12/2020
11
The funding will be used to continue running a collect and delivery service which transports older people living with mental ill health to the service which provides a range of social activities hot meals and signposting support. The project aims to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashford & Tenterden Umbrella
£15,000 19/03/2020
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing advice and support to isolated or vulnerable people who have mental health issues in Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Collect & Deliver outreach service
£10,000 11/07/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to run a collect-and-deliver rural outreach service to support to disabled elderly people who are affected by mental health issues who are socially isolated.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashford & Tenterden Umbrella
£5,500 12/12/2018
12
towards one year's running costs of a project in Kent providing advice and support to isolated and vulnerable people with mental health issues
National Lottery Community Fund - Collect & Deliver outreach service
£10,000 21/02/2018
12
The project will offer support and companionship to isolated and disengaged people living in rural areas by providing transport to informal day sessions that offer a wide range of activities that encourage social engagement.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashford & Tenterden Umbrella
£6,000 08/06/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project in Kent providing advice and support to isolated or vulnerable people who have mental health issues
National Lottery Community Fund - Collect & Deliver
£10,000 20/01/2016
12
This charity will use the funding to expand its service by providing more minibus trips to pick up service users from rural areas to bring them to activities at the local leisure centre. This will enable the organisation to provide more outreach ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DOROTHY CHRISTINE CLAYTON Appointed: 2014
  • EDWIN JOSEPH CHAMBERS (Chair)
  • EUNICE ELEANOR ANNE HORTON Appointed: 2012
  • ROSEMARY OLIVE BARTTER Appointed: 2021
  • WENDY BAKER Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/11/1991, number: 1005517
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 34 days late, AR18: 60 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR10: 129 days late,
Main office

C/O 1 Harmers Way
Egerton
ASHFORD
TN27 9DN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE (WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ASHFORD, KENT AND THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES AND NEIGHBOURHOOD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING IN PARTICULAR- (1) TO SUPPORT AND BEFRIEND WITH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR DISORDER, AND TO SUPPORT AND BEFRIEND THE AGED (11) SEE FILE FOR DETAILS

Defined Area of Benefit:

ASHFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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