Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE (MILTON KEYNES)

To provide a safe and caring environment where volunteers, including those with Learning Disabilities, can refurbish donated old tools transforming them into working tool-kits for onward distribution to developing countries. Our comprehensive tool kits help support and empower Artisan and Women's groups contributing to their community's self-reliance

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/23		£11	£12	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£60	£35	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£32	£29	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/20		£33	£29	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£35	£24	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18		£33	£36	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£39	£56	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£33	£37	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£32	£32	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£31	£31	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£57	£28	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£33	£29	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£39	£45	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£35	£54	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£43	£52	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£65	£55	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£44	£47	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£41	£47	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£35	£46	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£38	£45	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 31 years

www.tfsr-mk.org.uk

FINANCE.TFSRMK@GMAIL.COM

01908670825

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Ghana, Hertfordshire, Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-87

PAULINA ICKINGER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

DAVID GEORGE PEDDIE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant

JUDY ELSMORE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Volunteer

JAMES RONALD MONTGOMERY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

PETER RICHARD WILLIAMS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Archaeologist (Retired)

REVEREND DAVID JOHN MOORE, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT JOHN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Archaeologist (Retired)

JOHN EVAN MOFFOOT (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired Local Authority Officer, Other trusteeships: CAMPHILL MILTON KEYNES COMMUNITIES LIMITED, The Milton Keynes Rose Trust,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/1993, number: 1017363
Registered at Companies House on 15/01/1993, number: 02779982

Gift Aid

NOT 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

20 returns made; AR11: 87 days late, AR10: 23 days late, AR09: 136 days late,

Main office

MICHAEL'S AKYRE
STERLING CLOSE
PENNYLAND
MILTON KEYNES
MK15 8AN

Objectives

TO RELEIVE POVERTY AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF THE UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD BY THE PROVISION OF HAND AND OTHER TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AS A RESULT OF LEARNING DISABILITIES OR MENTAL HANDICAP BY FACILITATING AND ENCOURAGING THEIR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE WORK.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD BUCKS,BEDS,NORTHANTS, AND HERTS

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