Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

    DORCAS MINISTRIES SERVICES AND HELPS 

    The relief of poverty, the relief of persons suffering severe or prolonged shock or depression, which threatens their mental or emotional stability by the provision of counselling. The advancement of Christian religion by preaching the gospel. To provide facilities for education and training for people who have need of such facilities by reason of age, infirmity, poverty or social and economic cir
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • 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
    • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • 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*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/22*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20*£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/19*£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/18*£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£5£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£3£5£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£12£20£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£19£7£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£3£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£2£2£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£9£7£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£9£6£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£2£6£-5£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 28 years

    dorcas@mypdn.co.uk

    07972021922

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Other individual and family services
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Greenwich,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (3)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/05/1996, number: 1055427
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR23: 6 days late, AR22: 4 days late, AR21: 7 days late, AR20: 6 days late, AR19: 6 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR05: 16 days late,
    Main office

    3 Herringham Road
    Charlton
    SE7 8NJ

    Objectives

    (1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY: (11) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING SEVERE OR PROLONGED SHOCK OR DEPRESSION, WHICH THREATENS THEIR MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STABILITY, BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, (111) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, (IV) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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