Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

SHARE FROME

SHARE Frome is a Library of Things. People come to borrow things they use infrequently rather than buying them and them sitting redundant most of the year. The benefit of borrowing over buying is that it frees up space in our homes, saves us money and creates a positive sense of community that is working together to protect the planet. SHARE also repairs and repurposes items and materials.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
05/04/23*£38£20£17n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

https://sharefrome.org/

borrow@sharefrome.org

07983639611

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • 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
Somerset Community Foundation - Running costs of a Library of Things that helps local people reduce waste and save money
£1,500 21/07/2022
Running costs of a Library of Things that helps local people reduce waste and save money
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to SHARE:Frome
£17,500 11/10/2021
SSEF Loan
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to SHARE:Frome
£8,500 11/10/2021
SSEF Grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW JONES Appointed: 2022
  • ANNE MARIE HILLS Appointed: 2022
  • FRANCES KRIGE Appointed: 2022
  • JULIET SOLOMON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • WILLIAM GUNBY Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/04/2022, number: 1198691
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; AR23: 4 days late,
Main office

3a THE BRIDGE
FROME
SOMERSET
BA11 1AR

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN FROME AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY WORKING FOR REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, RAW MATERIAL USE, AND MANUFACTURING WASTE THROUGH THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE SHARING, RE-USE AND REPAIR INITIATIVES; AND(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND A CIRCULAR OR ‘REGENERATIVE’ ECONOMY IN FROME AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS, EVENTS AND INFORMATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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