Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

WE ARE PLAS MADOC 

We are Plas Madoc provide community engagement activities focusing on community cohesion, wellbeing, mental health and independence by recruiting volunteers within the community.Crafty Brew-craft group that gets together weekly to provide peer support over a cup of tea and crafts.Bingo- Monthly subsidisded prize bingo.Community transport and community sporting activities also annual events.
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Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • The Board is predominantly 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
31/12/22£84,942£48,761£36,18118
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.weareplasmadoc.co.uk

weareplasmadoc@avow.org

07394465113

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Wrexham,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 18 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - UKP Cost of Living - WAPM Community Transport Scheme
£43,725 19/10/2022
We Are Plas Madoc in Wrexham will develop a community transport scheme and warm hub to support the community during the cost-of-living crisis by providing low cost transport to affordable food ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Queen's jubilee Community celebration Event
£9,700 07/03/2022
We Are Plas Madoc in Wrexham will hold a Queen's Jubilee community celebration event to bring people together to ease isolation after experiencing the pandemic. £9700 will fund fairground rides ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2021, number: 1197278
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

We Are Plas Madoc c/o Avow
Ty Avow
21 Egerton Street
Wrexham
LL11 1ND

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO IS TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF PLAS MADOC:A) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF PLAS MADOC AND SURROUNDING AREA (FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT), IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.B) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.C) THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY OF PLAS MADOC AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE ENHANCED EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS, HEALTHIER LIFE CHOICES, AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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