Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

PENZANCE AND WEST PENWITH OLD PEOPLES WELFARE TRUST 

Provision of Day Care facilities and Meals on Wheels for the elderly in Penzance and West Penwith
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 52 years

www.pengarth.co.uk

pengarth_day_centre@hotmail.com

01736364307

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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£251£282£-31n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22*£236£279£-43n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£304£261£43n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£249£251£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£223£223£0n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/18*£201£203£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£190£191£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£188£191£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£184£194£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£215£228£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£205£230£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£239£244£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£266£270£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£204£235£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£158£187£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£165£191£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£200£222£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£211£237£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£200£222£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£190£189£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£30,139
Cornwall Community Foundation£18,000
Masonic Trust£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 22/11/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Penzance & West Penwith Old People's Welfare Trust
£6,000 02/12/2020
Additonal cleaning and transport costs for Pengarth day centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Support through covid
£30,139 27/11/2020
3
The funding will contribute to the core running costs of Pengarth Day Centre. It will ensure that people will continue to receive support so they can access essential items for survival and dignity. ....more
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid 19
£10,000 19/06/2020
12
To bring back off furlough three permanent members of staff for the next three months while they trial what can be achieved for their beneficiaries.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 29/05/2020
Health & well-being of our local community.
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid 19
£5,000 01/05/2020
7
To provide 70 meals per day 7 days a week.
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid 19
£3,000 27/03/2020
5
To meet the additional demand for their meals on wheels and to provide outreach services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ageing Well in West Penwith
£9,612 22/02/2019
12
The project aims to provide additional support to older people experiencing mobility and other issues. The funding will be used to improve the group's venue and service provision.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Pengarth Day Centre
£10,205 19/11/2018
To reduce the isolation of older people, we need funds for social activities, exercise classes, cognitive therapy and other activities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£30,000 05/10/2018
Renewing Accessability - 2 new vehicles to bring elderly people to day-care and replacement of the easy access bathing facility for them
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Penzance and West Penwith Old People's Welfare Trust
£4,821 04/08/2017
We want to maintain and extend a day centre that provides older people with well-being, friendships and reduced isolation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 06/07/2017
Pengarth Day Centre
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Pengarth Day Centre
£36,000 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a day centre service for older people in a disadvantaged area of Cornwall
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/11/1971, number: 263223
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 6 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR07: 28 days late, AR06: 393 days late, AR04: 30 days late,
Main office

PENGARTH
MORRAB GARDENS
PENZANCE
TR18 4DA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF PENZANCE AND THE RURAL DISTRICT OF WEST PENWITH THE WELFARE OF THE AGED IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF PENZANCE AND RURAL DISTRICT OF PENWITH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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