Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

MEALS ON WHEELS CUMBRIA

Provision of meals on wheels in Cumbria
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/10/23£369£311£59n/a
31/10/22£220£189£32n/a
31/10/21£164£135£29n/a
31/10/20£141£102£39n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.mealsonwheelscumbria.org

admin@mealsonwheelscarlisle.org

01228267167

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
Cumbria Community Foundation£55,124
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£12,000
DCMS£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cumbria Community Foundation - Walk-in fridge and kitchen shelving
£5,872 03/03/2023
12
Walk-in fridge and kitchen shelving
National Lottery Community Fund - Meals on Wheels Expansion
£10,000 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to pay towards volunteer’s costs which will enable them to continue to help meet the demand for their freshly cooked hot meals delivery service primarily for older people many with mobility problems disabilities and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£6,000 30/09/2022
24
Meals on Wheels Cumbria
Cumbria Community Foundation - Create secure office space
£3,500 11/05/2022
3
Create secure office space
Cumbria Community Foundation - Meals on Wheels kitchen expansion
£3,345 08/12/2021
Meals on Wheels kitchen expansion
Cumbria Community Foundation - Well@Home Discharge Project Support
£30,000 08/12/2021
Well@Home Discharge Project Support
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£6,000 08/10/2021
24
Meals on Wheels Cumbria
National Lottery Community Fund - Meals on Wheels at Shadygrove
£10,000 27/05/2021
The funding will be used towards staff costs which will enable them to continue to provide freshly cooked hot meals to older and vulnerable people. The project aims to support beneficiaries who are unable to cook or shop for themselves access a ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 28/04/2021
towards volunteer expenses (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Cumbria Community Foundation - Meals on Wheels Wigton
£1,000 31/03/2021
Meals on Wheels Wigton
Cumbria Community Foundation - Meals on Wheels Wigton
£2,000 31/03/2021
Meals on Wheels Wigton
Cumbria Community Foundation - HS 2021 Donor Directed
£500 11/03/2021
HS 2021 Donor Directed
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 29/09/2020
"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
Cumbria Community Foundation - Kitchen refurbishment
£8,907 15/07/2020
5
Kitchen refurbishment
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • MARJORIE ALLEN Appointed: 2023
  • NIGEL PHILIP ELLIS GAMMAGE Appointed: 2023
  • VERONICA HIGGS Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/11/2019, number: 1186356
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Meals On Wheels Cumbria
Shadygrove Road
CARLISLE
CA2 7LD

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, INFIRMITY, ILLNESS OR DISABILITY LIVING IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA BY THE PROVISION OF A MEALS ON WHEELS SERVICE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PREPARE HOT, NUTRITIOUS MEALS THEMSELVES THEREBY HELPING THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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