Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

SPACE (AYLESBURY)

Space (Aylesbury) aims to promote and protect good physical and mental health of the people of Buckinghamshire who are experiencing relationship breakdowns, loneliness, bereavement, homelessness, unemployment, ill health, isolation or other mental or emotional stress.
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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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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£61£50£11n/a
31/03/22£39£52£-13n/a
31/03/21£57£52£5n/a
31/03/20£48£47£1n/a
31/03/19£37£36£1n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

http://www.spaceaylesbury.org

project-coordinator@spaceaylesbury.org

01296432769

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire,
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
Rothschild Foundation£10,000
DCMS£8,270
CAF£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to SPACE
£10,000 28/07/2021
Funding for SPACE to provide support and care to vulnerable adults in Aylesbury Vale through counselling, drop-in support groups and creative activities including a choir.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,270 26/09/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Space (Aylesbury)
£4,000 22/06/2020
3
Grant to Space (Aylesbury) to support the organisation through COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTINE FROST MRS Appointed: 2024
  • GRACE ZAWADSKI Appointed: 2024
  • HAFEEZAH SADIQ AMEEN Appointed: 2021
  • KATHARINE LAWTON Appointed: 2018
  • MALCOLM JOHN ABBOTT Appointed: 2018
  • MARK TREVOR BATEMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • PAMELA MAUREEN RUSSELL Appointed: 2018
  • ROBERT TAYLOR Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/04/2018, number: 1177979
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

ST. MARYS CHURCH
ST. MARYS SQUARE
AYLESBURY
HP20 2JJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWNS, LONELINESS, BEREAVEMENT, HOMELESSNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, ILL HEALTH, ISOLATION OR OTHER MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STRESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROVIDING WEEKLY DROP IN GROUPS OFFERING A LISTENING SERVICE- PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE AND OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OTHERS GOING THROUGH DIFFICULTIES- PROVIDING SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS FOR SPECIALIST SUPPORT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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