Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

THE STRETTONS MAYFAIR TRUST 

A community and healthy living centre providing services in arts & crafts, befriending, complementary therapies, creche, day care, health & exercise, IT & educational classes, leisure activities, information & advice on services for older people, community transport, support advice & health groups, restaurant, volunteering opportunities, walking for health schemes and youth activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Income generation is well diversified
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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
31/12/22£647£705£-58£0£1,373£1,21520.739244
31/12/21£562£669£-106£1£1,464£1,26522.735434
31/12/20£1,009£654£355£0£1,548£1,20422.139228
31/12/19£677£714£-37£1£1,180£86914.636350
31/12/18£635£675£-40£1£1,203£93516.636321
31/12/17£550£640£-91£0£1,250£97418.3340
31/12/16£722£612£110£0£1,340£1,00819.8310
31/12/15£900£497£403£54£1,230£54513.2140
31/12/14£674£521£152£55£827£56613130
31/12/13£485£499£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£508£607£-99£2£688£60612130
31/12/11£467£520£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£552£539£13£2£840£70815.7140
31/12/09£517£558£-41£2£827£73215.7150
31/12/08£478£542£-64£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£516£514£2£2£932£82819.3170
31/12/06£538£524£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£526£453£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£451£437£14£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 20.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 16 months
Quick Ratio: 15.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 27 years

mayfaircentre.org.uk

information@mayfaircentre.org.uk

01694722077

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Shropshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 39 employees
  • 244 volunteers

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£58,287 08/07/2020
"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
Dunhill Medical Trust - Lighting the Beacon
£39,967 10/12/2018
36
To pilot a new model of service for older people with care and support needs in a community setting and to reduce loneliness and isolation for older people in south Shropshire as a result
Dunhill Medical Trust - Lighting the Beacon
£39,967 30/11/2018
To pilot a new model of service for older people with care and support needs in a community setting and to reduce loneliness and isolation for older people in south Shropshire as a result
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 24/10/2018
Mayfair Makeover - 21st Birthday Safe and Smart Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Strettons Mayfair Trust
£73,624 20/07/2016
36
Providing information, advice and support to people in their own homes, including volunteer befrienders and a hospital avoidance project. The grant will fund the salary for a Project Co-ordinator.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mayfair Community Centre Refurbishment
£10,000 27/04/2016
12
The group will use the funding to refurbish their community centre. This will enable local residents and organisations to make greater use of the building for events and activities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-81
  • BEN HILLIARD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MEREDITH VIVIAN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lay Member Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/03/1997, number: 1061049
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/01/1997, number: 03307951
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Strettons Mayfair Trust
Mayfair Community Centre
Easthope Road
CHURCH STRETTON
SY6 6BL

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF CHURCH STRETTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR THE ELDERLY, THE DISABLED AND THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE LOCAL INHABITANTS IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:- (1)TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS. (2)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS. (3)THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST AND GENERAL CARE FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHURCH STRETTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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