Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 2

WEST SUSSEX MEDIATION SERVICE

Provision of a range of mediation services, to those suffering conflicts in their lives, across West Sussex.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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	*	£64	£82	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/22		£81	£87	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/21		£85	£90	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/20		£90	£90	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/19		£76	£74	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/18		£90	£86	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£88	£83	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£79	£74	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£95	£80	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£75	£86	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£75	£63	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£57	£66	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£49	£63	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£53	£62	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£78	£62	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£55	£46	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£29	£46	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£50	£46	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£9	£27	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£28	£26	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.wsms.org.uk

info@wsms.org.uk

01403258900

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Henry Smith Charity	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£8,553
Allen Lane Foundation	£4,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,308

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West Sussex Mediation Service
£2,308	23/10/2021	We would like to equip our mediators for conflict resolution via video conferencing for the duration of the pandemic and beyond.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to West Sussex Mediation Service
£4,000	11/03/2021	£4,000 single grant to contribute to salaries of this service to provide community mediation so reducing community tensions, disputes and anti-social behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing mediation by video conferencing
£8,553	22/05/2020 10	The funding will be used to deliver an online medication and conflict coaching service during the coronavirus pandemic. The project aims to support family relationships.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to West Sussex Mediation Service
£20,000	11/05/2020 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing a mediation service for disadvantaged families in West Sussex
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to West Sussex Mediation Service
£2,000	15/03/2019 2	Funding was provided for mediator training costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Upgrade to IT systems due to increased workload
£3,470	21/06/2017 12	This project will upgrade their current IT equipment, enabling the organisation to run more efficiently, meet increased demand and improve the service they provide to the local community who require ....more This project will upgrade their current IT equipment, enabling the organisation to run more efficiently, meet increased demand and improve the service they provide to the local community who require mediation support.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to West Sussex Mediation Service
£18,000	11/06/2015 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing mediation services for disadvantaged families in West Sussex
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to West Sussex Mediation Service
£9,500	12/09/2012 24	towards two years' running costs of a mediation service in West Sussex

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

SAMANTHA BERTIE Appointed: 2019

SIMON CUNNINGHAM Appointed: 2020

WILL ADLER Appointed: 2022

BIMAL DESAI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: GUILD CARE,

NICOLA NEAL-SMITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Local Government Officer, Other trusteeship: ST CATHERINE'S HOSPICE LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/01/2001, number: 1084592

Gift Aid

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 22 days late,

Main office

Park House
North Street
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1RN

Objectives

I. THE SERVICE IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE SUFFERING IN WEST SUSSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MEDIATION OF CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS, AUTHORITIES OR GROUPS INVOLVED OR LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN DISPUTES. II. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN WEST SUSSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE PURPOSES AND METHODS OF MEDIATION AND RECONCILIATION OR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND IN PARTICULAR THE MANAGING OF THEM FOR THE PURPOSES OF PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IN THE INTERESTS OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.III. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN WEST SUSSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN THE METHODS OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND TO ARRANGE AND HOLD MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND LECTURES TO DISSEMINATE GOOD PRACTICE IN PEACEFUL CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND IN THE INTERESTS OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST SUSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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