Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

DEPTFORD METHODIST MISSION DISABLED PEOPLE'S CONTACT

We offer good food, good fellowship, help and support to persons in the community, who are elderly, solitary, sick or who have a disability. We are not just a day centre, we are a place where people of all ages can feel they have something to offer and that life has not passed them by. In addition we are a place where volunteers, students and the elderly can meet and interact. Charity Shop also.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£199£212£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£192£151£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£174£162£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£176£191£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£148£165£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£115£155£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£148£145£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£130£131£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£159£104£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£127£120£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£123£142£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£112£144£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£112£123£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£134£126£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£104£99£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.disabledpeoplescontact.org.uk/

dpc@1dpc.co.uk

020 8692 5599

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
DCMS£10,000
The London Community Foundation£9,950
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/07/2023
Core costs and Activities
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting volunteering at Deptford Mission Day Centre
£10,000 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to support volunteers and enable the group to continue to deliver their day centre service which provides lunches entertainment and door to door transport for older people and people living with disabilities. This will also ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 16/07/2021
Core Costs - Day Centre for the elderly and disabled
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Deptford Methodist Mission Disabled Peoples Contact
£500 26/05/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering at Deptford Mission Elderly Day Centre
£10,000 14/05/2021
The funding will be used to deliver their day centre service provide lunches and door to door transport for older people and people living with disabilities. The project aims to reduce the feeling of isolation and create volunteering opportunities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 15/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Deptford Methodist Mission Disabled People's Contact
£9,950 29/07/2020
This funding is for equipment and materials to make our Day Centre COVID-safe for our elderly disabled service users when we reopen later in the year. It includes part-funding of the Day Centre Manager salary to implement these changes, facilitate a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Social contact and warm healthy lunches for older people
£10,000 24/01/2020
11
The project, which aims to provide social opportunities for older people, will use the funding to deliver lunches at the day centre.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting and developing volunteers
£10,000 08/11/2017
12
This project will employ a volunteer coordinator who will assist in the running of their day centre, providing support to people with issues including mental ill health and social isolation.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Deptford Methodist Mission Disabled People's Contact
£13,900 13/01/2016
towards purchasing a minibus for a charity which works with elderly people in London
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 69-85
  • EDWIN WILLIAM LANGDOWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • IAN PHILIP STEWART (Chair) Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MARGARET SMITH Appointed: 2008, Occupation: P A
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2008, number: 1123390
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/12/2007, number: 06450710
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
15 returns made; AR18: 13 days late, AR16: 11 days late,
Main office

Deptford Methodist Hall
Creek Road
LONDON
SE8 3BT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE ELDERLY, SOLITARY, SICK OR WHO HAVE A DISABILITY BY PROVIDING MATERIAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL FACILITIES AND DOING ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THESE OBJECTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE GREENWICH, LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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