Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

FORGET ME NOT MEMORY CAFÉ CHARITY

Stimulating cognitive & various physical activities for those have any memory issues, depressions or facing loneliness and their carers. Our services include various mind stimulating creative and practical activities and projects at different settings, such as in hospitals, care home, libraries etc. as well as outreach, help, advice, information & signposting to other health professionals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/24£96£78£18n/a
31/03/23£75£64£12n/a
31/03/22?£79£77£2n/a
31/05/21£64£68£-4n/a
31/05/20£88£87£1n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

https://forgetmenotproject17.co.uk

forgetmenotproject17@gmail.com

07815688335

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of London, Newham, Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
City Bridge Trust£30,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£10,000
DCMS£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,990
Co-Operative Group£3,685
Essex Community Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Forget Me Not Cafe Saffron Walden
£3,000 20/07/2023
to support the core costs of a weekly support group for people with dementia and their carers in Saffron Walden
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Forget Me Not Memory Cafe
£950 02/11/2022
Forget Me Not Memory Café
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Forget me not memory cafe
£10,000 08/06/2022
Memory unpacked
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Forget me not project
£30,000 20/01/2022
36
£30,000 (3 x £10,000) over three years for arts and crafts sessions and related project overheads.
National Lottery Community Fund - The world is beautiful again
£9,990 25/06/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a variety of activity and support sessions to older people with memory issues mental health issues or a disability. The project will reduce isolation and improve mental and physical health. The project aims to ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forget Me Not Memory Café
£3,685 24/10/2020
We would like to start a new memory café to provide cognitive and physical activities, along with help, advice and information.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 23/09/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Living life to the full' cafe @ Artizan
£10,000 25/01/2019
12
The project will run a community café in a local library for people suffering from illnesses which affect their memory. The aim is to improve wellbeing and build on coping mechanisms.
National Lottery Community Fund - FORGET ME NOT MEMORY CAFÉ
£91,000 19/12/2018
36
The organisation will use the funding to hire a Chief Officer to continue running social cafes for people with dementia and their carers. The cafes give people the opportunity to take part in different activities that benefit their wellbeing, and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ADAM SHAW Appointed: 2022
  • FLORENCE NOSAYABA EJEMAI (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • STEPHANIE MACDONALD Appointed: 2022
  • VIKAS KESARWANI Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/05/2018, number: 1178555
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

2nd floor
Cantium House
Railway Approach
WALLINGTON
Surrey
SM6 0BP

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CARERS BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR COGNITIVE STIMULATION AND FACILITIES FOR RECREATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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