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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

COMFORT CASES UK

Comfort cases are rucksacks filled with essential and comfort items for children and young people entering the care system. Often children move with the clothes on their back or are given a black bin bag for their cherished belongings. We are working to end this practice whilst providing the essentials for a children and young people transitioning into, out of or moving around the care system.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

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
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
30/11/23£163£131£32n/a
30/11/22£79£52£28n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.comfortcasesuk.org

hello@comfortcasesuk.org

07890454640

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Support for specific schools
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
National Lottery Community Fund£9,220
Masonic Trust£7,936
Essex Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£7,936 12/09/2023
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Essex Community Foundation - Comfort Cases UK
£5,000 27/07/2023
to provide an item of basic luggage containing essential items for children across Essex who are removed from their birth family or moving fostering placement
National Lottery Community Fund - COMFORT CASES FOR CHILDREN IN CARE
£9,220 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to provide a backpack with essential items to support children and young people that are moved into or around the care system. The project aims to provide vulnerable children with a bag that contains everyday items ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ADAM JEREMY DAVISON Appointed: 2022
  • DR GIOULIANA KADRA-SCALZO Appointed: 2024
  • GURVIR HENDERSON Appointed: 2024
  • MANDY CHESTER Appointed: 2022
  • PAUL FOX (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • RICHARD MAURICE BENSON Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/11/2021, number: 1196357
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Cannon Hall
Thirsk Road
BOREHAMWOOD
Hertfordshire
WD6 5AY

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERING FOSTER CARE PRIMARILY THROUGH PROVIDING ESSENTIAL GOODS/ ITEMS AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CARE SYSTEM AND THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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