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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

GIFT OF A WEDDING

Gift of a Wedding plans urgent weddings and Vow renewals for people with terminal or life-limiting illnesses living in the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely 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 ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
01/06/23*£0£0£0
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.giftofawedding.org

enquiries@giftofawedding.org

01613388000

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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTINE MAKINSON Appointed: 2023
  • JANE HALSTEAD Appointed: 2022
  • PATRICIA HARRISON (Chair) Appointed: 2011
  • THERESE CHARLTON Appointed: 2023
  • VICTORIA GALVIS DR Appointed: 2012
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2021, number: 1197188
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
1 returns made; AR23: 77 days late,
Main office

Oakdale Lodge
Mottram Road
Stalybridge
SK15 2QP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETHE RELIEF OF NEED OF TERMINALLY ILL ADULTS IN THE UK THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROVIDING AND ORGANISING WEDDING SERVICES FOR THEM AND BRINGING TOGETHER THE FAMILY UNIT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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