Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WOLO FOUNDATION

Wolo Foundation help families living in Sussex through their cancer journeys. They support them by offering practical help and support to make their day-to-day lives easier. They work with local businesses and communities to offer families a wealth of services to support them through their diagnosis, treatment and beyond.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • 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
31/03/23£235£178£57n/a
31/03/22£131£131£-1n/a
31/03/21£102£75£27n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.wolofoundation.org

contact@wolofoundation.org

07834231971

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Sussex Community Foundation£30,000
Masonic Trust£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£10,000 29/01/2024
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wolo Foundation
£1,583 21/10/2023
We would like to offer regular events to build support networks among families affected by cancer, and to promote all-round wellness through therapy and mindfulness activities.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Wolo Foundation
£10,000 26/07/2023
Funding was provided towards an electric van, to help the charity and the families they support with a cheaper method of transport.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wolo Family Events
£10,000 02/06/2023
The funding will be used to run free monthly events and team building days for families going through a cancer diagnosis. The project aims to create fun family memories build friendships and reduce the feeling of isolation.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Wolo Foundation
£10,000 09/01/2023
3
Funding was provided to send families a supermarket voucher to help them through the cost-of-living crisis.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Wolo Foundation
£5,000 17/11/2021
3
Funding was provided towards core costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Wolo Foundation
£5,000 11/02/2021
Wolo Foundation help families living in Sussex through their cancer journeys. They support them by offering practical help and support to make their day-to-day lives easier. They work with local businesses and communities to offer families a wealth ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 08/07/2020
"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
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

  • ADAM WHISKER Appointed: 2023
  • CLAIRE BOORMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • CLAIRE MARIE HERMON Appointed: 2022
  • FLER WRIGHT Appointed: 2019
  • JANELLA MERRITT Appointed: 2024
  • JUSTIN WRIGHT Appointed: 2019
  • SAMANTHA AIKEN Appointed: 2021
  • STUART MACLEAN Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2020, number: 1188412
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • 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
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

SHEEP COTTAGE
CHYNGTON LANE
SEAFORD
BN25 4BT

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF FAMILIES* LIVING IN SUSSEX THAT ARE AFFECTED BY CANCER; THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GOODS/SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES.*DEFINITION OF 'FAMILIES' IS THOSE WITH A CHILD OR CHILDREN AGED UNDER 16 YEARS AT THE TIME OF DIAGNOSIS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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