Overall GiG Score: -5 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3

CHEER TRUST 

We offer Comfort, Hope, Empathy, Encouragement and Rebuilding through effective programmes of self-help groups, Advocacy and Counselling.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 20 years

www.cheertrust.org

admin@cheertrust.org

02078199550

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
30/03/23£104£80£24n/an/an/an/an/a18
30/03/22£87£74£13n/an/an/an/an/a18
30/03/21£94£68£27n/an/an/an/an/a9
30/03/20£99£79£20n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/03/19*£80£73£7n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18*£39£65£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£61£60£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£54£51£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£57£61£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£80£70£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£57£64£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£54£54£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£56£57£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£63£75£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£106£86£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£65£61£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£49£50£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£60£48£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£32£28£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 18 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/2004, number: 1104061
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/11/2003, number: 04960343
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 90 days late, AR18: 442 days late, AR17: 38 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR08: 14 days late, AR07: 244 days late, AR05: 121 days late,
Main office

23 Calbourne Road
London
SW12 8LW

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISTRESSED SINGLE PARENTS, EITHER DIVORCED, WIDOWED, SEPARATED OR UNMARRIED, THEIR DEPENDANTS, AND CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND OTHER TERRITORIES BY:-A) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY WITH A VIEW TO ASSISTING THEM IN IMPROVING THEIR WELFARE, AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ENTITLEMENTS UNDER LAW;B) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THEIR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WHICH MAY INCLUDE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA, RECORDING OF MUSIC, FILM, VIDEO-MAKING, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SO AS TO ASSIST THEM IN GROWING TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED;C) PROVIDING COUNSELLING AND ADVOCACY SERVICESD

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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