Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

CHEESY WAFFLES PROJECT 

Providing activities for children, young people and adults in order to have fun, meet friends, learn new skills, visit new places by participating in sports, arts and crafts, cookery, photography, performing arts, singing, dancing, gardening, games, quizzes, history, heritage, day trips, residentials, engaging with the community and programmes to promote independence and life skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£220,716£229,015£-8,2996
31/03/22£183,691£170,999£12,6925
31/03/21£156,604£94,877£61,7274
31/03/20£126,701£107,812£18,88915
31/03/19£194,375£120,326£74,04915
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.CWYProject.org.uk

cwyproject@gmail.com

07808842205

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund£111,384
County Durham Community Foundation£54,136
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£32,976
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£30,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£19,320
DCMS£10,000
Co-Operative Group£9,448
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Project
£9,320 02/11/2023
Heritage & History
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Project
£500 01/11/2023
towards the cost of a day trip to Hall Hill Farm for 13 children with additional needs from County Durham.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Project
£1,426 21/10/2023
We would like to give children, young people and adults with additional needs the opportunity to learn important life and personal skills in a home environment and be part of the local community.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Cheesy Waffles
£30,000 22/09/2023
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Unrestricted funding
County Durham Community Foundation - Cheesy Waffles Warriors
£9,936 19/12/2022
To support the Cheesy Waffles Warriors.
County Durham Community Foundation - Coming Together
£1,995 25/10/2022
To support the Comng Together project.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Project
£3,660 22/10/2022
We aim to deliver activities and community events that raise the self-esteem and mental health of children and young people with additional needs across County Durham.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 09/09/2022
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Weston Youth Grant
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Cheesy Waffles Project CIO
£30,000 26/05/2022
Supporting staff salaries and the costs of room hire for activities with children, young people and adults from across County Durham.
County Durham Community Foundation - Cheesy Waffles Football Club
£1,000 14/04/2022
To purchase resources for a Charity Football Team.
County Durham Community Foundation - Wellbeing Personal Support
£9,828 05/04/2022
A Wellbeing Personal Support project.
County Durham Community Foundation - A Musical Celebration
£1,834 09/03/2022
A celebration of the Platinum Jubilee through music and performance.
County Durham Community Foundation - High Sheriff Award
£1,000 16/02/2022
High Sheriff Award
County Durham Community Foundation - Fun Fit Project
£1,000 10/01/2022
To support a Fun Fit Project.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 29/10/2021
24
Weston Youth Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Sessions For All
£111,384 22/09/2021
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The funding will be used by the project over three years to help people with learning disabilities in County Durham by promoting learning through a wide range of activities and experiences. It will ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Outdoor Learning & Wellbeing
£5,000 08/09/2021
To develop an outdoor play area.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Project
£10,000 29/04/2021
Mining Life
County Durham Community Foundation - Here we Are
£7,490 25/03/2021
To support the 'Here we Are' Project which will encourage social action and disability awareness.
County Durham Community Foundation - Food 4 All
£2,752 27/11/2020
To support a Food 4 All project.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Project
£4,362 24/10/2020
Our project will give the opportunity for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities to engage in positive activities.
County Durham Community Foundation - Moving Forward
£4,829 18/09/2020
To support the Moving Forward project.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 15/07/2020
"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
County Durham Community Foundation - Remote Rainbow Project - Making Music Project
£4,472 14/05/2020
To support remote rainbow project
County Durham Community Foundation - To support Cheesy Waffles deliver activties
£3,000 07/05/2020
To support Cheesy Waffles to deliver activities
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Project CIO
£490 24/04/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with parents and careres of people with disabilties in Durham
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A junior club provision in Durham enabling children with learning disabilities to access new skills
£2,976 05/11/2019
A junior club provision in Durham enabling children with learning disabilities to access new skills
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Youth Project
£9,900 20/12/2018
After the War
County Durham Community Foundation - Important Issues
£5,000 29/10/2018
To help reduce the stigma and discrimination that young people with disabilities often face in society.
County Durham Community Foundation - To develop enterprise skills
£4,980 24/10/2018
To develop enterprise skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cheesy Waffles Project
£76,102 20/09/2018
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The group provides clubs and activities predominantly aimed at people with learning disabilities and additional needs. The project will give people with learning disabilities the opportunity to plan ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Healthy Heart, Healthy Mind
£8,013 04/05/2018
To support the Healthy Heart, Healthy Mind project with providing various activities.
County Durham Community Foundation - Volunteering Opportunities in Creative Enterprise (VOICE)
£4,920 12/10/2017
Towards supporting a project that will provide opportunities for the young adults to develop and practice social skills, promote independence and confidence.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Cheesy Waffles Youth Project
£10,000 26/07/2017
The Home Front - Life in Britain during the First World War
County Durham Community Foundation - Creating Positive Links
£5,000 20/07/2017
To support the "Learning about our Local Community and Creating Positive Links" Project. l
County Durham Community Foundation - Cheesy Waffles Project
£2,709 20/02/2017
Towards staff, volunteer and senior member training, new DBS checks, Marketing and advertising, securing room hire costs and staff wages.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2018, number: 1177618
Gift Aid
  • 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 risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE WIDER WORLD PROJECT on 09/07/2024
Main office

Belmont Community Centre
Sunderland Road
DURHAM
DH1 2LL

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND EDUCATION, FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WHO HAVE DISABILITIES THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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