Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

EATING MATTERS

The Association's objects & principal activities are:Provide - in a safe environment - professional, confidential help for people suffering from an eating disorder, including, but not limited to, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders & emotional over-eating. Raise awareness, inform & educate about the effects of eating disorders.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£718	£382	£336	£13	£336	£274	8.6	4	10
31/03/22		£557	£307	£249	£8	£481	£224	8.7	4	6
31/03/21		£378	£271	£107	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£236	£222	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£203	£187	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18		£182	£173	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	7
31/03/17		£163	£159	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£143	£132	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£109	£141	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£98	£85	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£90	£79	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£87	£85	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£101	£95	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£104	£98	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£85	£52	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£72	£65	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£88	£91	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£90	£102	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£99	£92	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£75	£67	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 8.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 111.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 3 years

www.eatingmatters.org.uk

eatingmatters@norfolkeda.org.uk

01603665974

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Norfolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
DCMS	£20,000
The Pilgrim Trust	£5,000
BBC Children in Need	£2,690

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Eating Matters
£10,000	15/07/2022	This project offers the one to one counselling in Norfolk for people with mild to moderate eating disorders. The project will fund the delivery of counselling sessions for young people and help ....more This project offers the one to one counselling in Norfolk for people with mild to moderate eating disorders. The project will fund the delivery of counselling sessions for young people and help address the increasing number of referrals. Counselling will be offered at the early stages of an eating disorder to allow young people to engage with their counsellor developing trust with a professional and work towards an agreed plan to support recovery.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Eating Matters - 30/11/21
£1,500	14/01/2022	Early Intervention Therapeutic Counselling sessions for Children & Young People with an eating disorder.
National Lottery Community Fund - Eating Matters
£10,000	06/04/2021	The funding will be used to continue the group's delivery of counselling sessions for people living with an eating disorder. The project aims to improve mental and physical health which has declined ....more The funding will be used to continue the group's delivery of counselling sessions for people living with an eating disorder. The project aims to improve mental and physical health which has declined due to the pandemic.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Eating Matters
£5,000	23/02/2021 3	A short-term grant to increase capacity of an eating disorder counselling service during Covid-19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,000	23/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Eating Matters
£2,690	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - Grant for counselling support for children affected by eating disorders and the impact of Covid-19. Sessions will increase children's self-esteem, emotional management skills and ability to ....more COVID19 - Grant for counselling support for children affected by eating disorders and the impact of Covid-19. Sessions will increase children's self-esteem, emotional management skills and ability to remove themselves from harm.
National Lottery Community Fund - Early Intervention Support Service
£10,000	14/03/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to help continue to run support sessions for young people with eating disorders and improve mental wellbeing.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Eating Matters
£20,000	13/02/2019 24	Early Intervention Therapeutic and Support Service for Women and Girls in North Norfolk
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Eating Matters
£100,800	27/06/2018 36	The project will deliver counselling support for children and young people affected by eating disorders. The project will increase physical wellbeing, build self esteem and improve relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Early Intervention Service for Young People
£10,000	08/11/2017 12	The project will support the ongoing early intervention therapeutic and support service for children and young people affected by eating disorders.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HELEN WATERS (Chair) Appointed: 2022

IMOGEN BROWN Appointed: 2022

KATHRYN ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2022

MARRYA BEN-GHARBIA Appointed: 2022

ROSEMARY THOMAS Appointed: 2022

ROSEMARY MARGARET VARLEY Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: The Arts Society Bury St Edmunds,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/01/2022, number: 1197442

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

20 returns made; AR12: 22 days late, AR07: 2 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from EATING MATTERS on 30/01/2024

Main office

Chalk Hill Cottage
19 Rosary Road
Norwich
NR1 1SZ

Objectives

THE ASSOCIATION'S OBJECTS AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES, IN NORFOLK GENERALLY AND NORWICH IN PARTICULAR, ARE TO:PROVIDE - IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT - PROFESSIONAL, CONFIDENTIAL HELP FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER, (TO INCLUDE THEIR FAMILY/CARERS WHERE APPROPRIATE), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANOREXIA NERVOSA, BULIMIA NERVOSA, BINGE EATING DISORDER, OTHER SPECIFIED FEEDING OR EATING DISORDERS AND EMOTIONAL OVER-EATING. EMPOWER USERS OF THE SERVICE TO AID THEIR OWN RECOVERY BY OFFERING REALISTIC CHOICES, PSYCHOEDUCATION AND ONGOING SUPPORT THROUGH COUNSELLING AND GOAL SETTING TO THOSE SUFFERING WITH EATING DISORDERS.PROVIDE SUPPORT WITH THE AIM OF AVOIDING RELAPSE FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM LONG-TERM CHRONIC EATING DISORDERS. RAISE AWARENESS, INFORM AND EDUCATE PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING IN THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR, ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF EATING DISORDERS.

Data Sources

EATING MATTERS

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