Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 10

Future income +5
No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

FORGET-ME-NOT BUDDIES (TAMESIDE)

Forget-Me-Not Buddies is a group run by Carers and Volunteers that specifically offers subsidised social activities and interaction for persons living with Dementia and their Carers. It offers support from people who have walked the full path of the Dementia journey, from diagnosis to beyond demise of the diagnosed. The group is based in Tameside and accepts members from surrounding areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently 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	£42,524	£30,592	£11,932	11
31/03/22	£23,741	£18,342	£5,399	15
31/03/21	£6,483	£5,562	£921	9
31/03/20	£31,587	£19,645	£11,942	9

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

https://forgetmenotbuddies.wordpress.com/

forgetmenotbuddies@outlook.com

07525822874

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Tameside,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
11 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Gower Street - Education Programme in Ghana
£100,000	20/09/2023	Programme funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Forget-Me-Not Buddies (Tameside)
£10,000	28/07/2022	The funding will be used to support people living with Dementia and their families. The project aims to provide social activities day trips and entertainment run by volunteers that brings the group ....more The funding will be used to support people living with Dementia and their families. The project aims to provide social activities day trips and entertainment run by volunteers that brings the group together on the Dementia journey.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BERYL WALKER Appointed: 2019

CARROL ASHTON Appointed: 2019

JOANNE MCDONALD Appointed: 2024

ROY WILLIAM BATE Appointed: 2019

VIVIAN ANNE SHILTON (Chair) Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2019, number: 1183245

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

61D LEICESTER ROAD
FAILSWORTH
MANCHESTER
M35 0GW

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA TOGETHER WITH THEIR CARERS LIVING IN TAMESIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION AND ADVICE, SOCIAL EVENTS AND OUTINGS AT REGULAR SESSIONS, AND TO HAVE A RESOURCE OF ACTIVITIES WHICH PROVIDE STIMULATION FOR THOSE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA TO HELP IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEM AND THEIR CARERS.

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