Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    FAVERSHAM UMBRELLA 

    Faversham Umbrella is a community organisation that supports and enhances the mental health and emotional wellbeing of all vulnerable people of Faversham and surrounding villages. We aim to provide facilities for all in need but in particular vulnerable people, in a safe and non judgemental environment, for recreation, education, companionship, friendship and support.
    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

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
    Established: 5 years

    https://favershamumbrella.org/

    becky@favershamumbrella.org

    01795 229143

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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Kent,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 24 volunteers

    Who's supporting 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£55,000
    DCMS£9,999
    Allen Lane Foundation£2,500
    Co-Operative Group£2,256
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Faversham Umbrella Centre
    £2,256 22/10/2022
    We'd like the chance to offer families an opportunity to come together and socially interact with others; to experience fun and learning together and improve mental health and wellbeing.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Faversham Umbrella Community Support
    £55,000 04/11/2021
    The funding will be used to contribute towards a community café that will offer low cost (and for some people free) healthy nutritious meals in a warm and caring environment where people can meet ....more
    Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Faversham Umbrella
    £2,500 11/03/2021
    £2,500 single grant towards running costs of this mental health drop-in and support service
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,999 03/08/2020
    "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

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2018, number: 1180736
    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
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from FAVERSHAM UMBRELLA on 10/02/2020
    Main office

    Faversham Umbrella Charity
    Court Street
    FAVERSHAM
    Kent
    ME13 7AT

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FAVERSHAM KENT AND THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING IN PARTICULAR 1) TO RELIEVE MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS DISABILITY OR DISORDER AND TO RELIEVE THE AGED. 2) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE MENTAL HEALTH.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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