Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE YEOVIL DAY CENTRE SOCIETY 

To provide social day care to the elderly and infirm within Yeovil through the provision of hot meals and social activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

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 ?

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£94£93£1n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£94£87£7n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/21£103£84£19n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/20£94£94£0n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/19£94£84£10n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18£100£83£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£112£100£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£100£96£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£105£91£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£112£83£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£107£87£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£125£86£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£95£67£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£84£66£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£75£88£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£119£115£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£114£119£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£95£104£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£99£95£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£90£96£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 55 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for the elderly
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Yeovil Day Centre Society
£2,964 04/08/2017
Help us improve the lives of elderly people in the community and banish loneliness with funding for activities, meals, staff and day trips.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/10/1969, number: 258663
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 1 days late,
Main office

Yeovil Day Centre
20 South Street
YEOVIL
Somerset
BA20 1QE

Objectives

TO IMPROVE THE CONDITITONS OF LIFE OF THE AGED AND DISABLED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF YEOVIL AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO PROVIDE A CENTRE AT WHICH RECREATIONS AND CATERING FACILITES MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BOROUGH OF YEOVIL AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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