Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 6

TWO'S COMPANY KESWICK

Two's Company Keswick is a befriending scheme offered to lonely and/or social isolated adults in the Keswick and wider CA12 area. Fully trained and vetted volunteer befrienders are matched up with those referred into the scheme according to personality and interests.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
30/06/24	£9	£8	£1	n/a
01/07/23	£6	£6	£0	n/a
01/07/22	£7	£5	£3	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

awwelton@outlook.com

07855333842

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cumbria,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cumbria Community Foundation - Core costs
£5,000	14/09/2022 11	Core costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - Core costs
£5,000	01/07/2021	Core costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANTHONY WELTON (Chair) Appointed: 2021

CHRISTINE WENDY MORGAN Appointed: 2022

JOHN ROBERT HAYES Appointed: 2021

KEITH MALCOLM RIGG Appointed: 2021

PAUL ANTHONY BOWMER Appointed: 2022

REV CHARLES HENRY HOPE Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/10/2021, number: 1196319

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

BEECH BANK
BORROWDALE ROAD
KESWICK
CA12 5UP

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING ADULTS RESIDENT IN THE KESWICK CA12 POSTCODE AREA FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH: A) THE PROVISION OF A BEFRIENDING SERVICE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST SUCH PERSONS. B) RECRUITING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO BE BEFRIENDERS, DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEFRIENDER’S ROLE AND LIMITATIONS AND PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF LONELINESS AND/OR SOCIAL ISOLATION DUE TO AGE OR ILL HEALTH AND THE ABSENCE OR LACK OF A STRONG SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORK.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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