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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

DOSE OF NATURE

Dose of Nature is a mental health charity that promotes the mental health benefits of engaging with the natural world. We offer a 10-week nature prescription to individuals with mental health problems referred to us by their GP. In addition, we deliver wellbeing workshops to non-clinical groups in which participants learn about and experience the benefits of an increased connection with nature.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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£314£239£75n/a
31/03/22£178£133£44n/a
31/03/21£128£91£37n/a
31/03/20£32£22£10n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.doseofnature.org.uk

02083327067

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
Prudence Trust£150,000
Richmond Parish Lands Charity£35,000
The London Community Foundation£9,500
Community Foundation for Surrey£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Nature Prescriptions
£7,000 19/06/2024
12.950819672131
Funding for an organisation providing support to people with mental health difficulties by using the natural world.
Prudence Trust - Social Prescribing 2022 - Dose of Nature
£150,000 24/11/2022
Further design and delivery of their Dose of Nature Prescriptions programme to young people.
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Dose of Nature
£35,000 01/09/2022
12
Contribution to staff costs of delivering the Dose of Nature programme to improve mental health and wellbeing of individuals through increased engagement with the natural world.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Dose of Nature
£9,500 17/12/2020
6
The funding is for the training, management and supervision of 18 new volunteers to support a further 90 individuals experiencing mental health problems.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • AMELIA LUCY GOSAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • DR AMELIA KIDD Appointed: 2019
  • DR FAISAL ISLAM Appointed: 2021
  • KERRY GODDEN Appointed: 2019
  • MEENA BOND Appointed: 2018
  • PROFESOR MARTIN MILTON Appointed: 2019
  • SIR MARK ROWLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • TOBY SETH Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2018, number: 1181216
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

51 Gloucester Road
RICHMOND
TW9 3BT

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ENGLAND THROUGH, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH NATURE TO TREAT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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