Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WALTHEW HOUSE 2017

Independent local charity in Stockport providing practical and emotional support to people with sight or hearing loss. Services include a resource centre demonstrating and selling assistive equipment; social and activity groups; helpdesk and other information services in accessible formats; informal advocacy and specialist counselling for people with a sight loss.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/24£247£268£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£277£378£-101n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£388£311£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£271£268£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£328£304£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£213£229£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

http://www.walthewhouse.org.uk/

admin@walthewhouse.org.uk

01614802612

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Blind people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Stockport,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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£45,000
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£18,500
Wolfson Foundation£16,700
DCMS£15,000
Forever Manchester£12,500
Co-Operative Group£7,184
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Forever Manchester - Walthew House
£2,500 13/11/2023
Volunteer-led local charity providing practical and emotional support to people with sight or hearing loss in the Stockport area.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Walthew House
£3,651 21/10/2023
We would like to provide and promote accessible sporting and social opportunities for people with sight or hearing loss.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 31/07/2023
This funding has enabled us to keep our doors open and to support people across Stockport with sight and/or hearing loss.
National Lottery Community Fund - Advocacy support for Deaf people
£10,000 02/06/2023
The funding will be used to provide advocacy support for people who are Deaf sign language users with the aim of supporting people to access health and social care services and challenge lack of equity of access and discrimination.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 20/01/2023
Core costs 2023/4
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Walthew House
£16,700 07/12/2022
Replacement of boiler and installation of LED lights
National Lottery Community Fund - Hospital Information Service
£8,500 25/06/2021
The funding will be used to employ an information officer who's duties will include advising and signposting people with a diagnosis of sight loss to relevant agencies and services including peer support groups with the aim of promoting wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 11/06/2021
Core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Walthew House
£3,533 24/10/2020
We would like to provide opportunities for inclusive and accessible activities for people with sight or hearing loss in Stockport.
Forever Manchester - Emotional support and packages
£5,000 28/08/2020
Counselling and support aids
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 28/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 16/06/2020
"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
Forever Manchester - Covid-19 Support project
£5,000 24/04/2020
Delivery of essential items, care packages and welfare support for over 70's with vision or hearing impairments
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Walthew House
£6,723 15/11/2019
We want to provide new opportunities, inclusive activities and digital support services for people in Stockport with sight or hearing loss.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 28/05/2019
General running costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Time to spend a penny on our facilities
£10,000 04/04/2019
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The charity will renovate the downstairs toilets at their centre with the aim of improving the visitor experience for visitors, volunteers and service users.
National Lottery Community Fund - Making More Happen
£107,435 14/12/2018
36
Initially founded in 1882 before changing its name in 2009, Walthew House is an independent user and volunteer led local charity. It provides practical and emotional support to people with sight or hearing loss across Stockport and the surrounding ....more
Sport England - Tandem Cycling for Visually Impaired People
£5,688 17/12/2015
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Tandem Cycling for Visually Impaired People'. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - Get Equipped - Cycling for visually impaired people
£7,795 13/02/2014
Funding under Sport England's Get Equipped funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Get Equipped - Cycling for visually impaired people'. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-74
  • GINA HANNAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Social Worker
  • JEAN WOODWARD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • PAUL LEAKE (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chair/Trustee
  • RACHAEL ZIMBLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/06/2016, number: 1167749
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/11/2014, number: 09306241
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

WALTHEW HOUSE
112 SHAW HEATH
STOCKPORT
SK2 6QS

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND POVERTY PRIMARILY AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF STOCKPORT OR SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) PROVIDING FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, DEAF, HARD OF HEARING OR WITH A COMBINATION OF LOSS OF VISION, HEARING OR SPEECH. IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT WITH EMPHASIS ON TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND INDEPENDENT LIVING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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