Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2

SAFFRON WALDEN MENCAP SOCIETY 

Our charity provides social activities, respite assistance and information and help with everyday problems for our members with learning disabilities. We have a weekly social club for all members in the area from aged 18 upwards. We also operate a weekly allotment group and a 15-25 weekly activity group.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 31 years

www.mencap.org.uk/saffronmencap

patrickdraper11@gmail.com

01799521598

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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
30/09/22£25£7£18n/an/an/an/an/a40
30/09/21£17£4£13n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/09/20*£12£7£5n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/09/19*£8£8£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/18£14£11£3£0£0£0n/a025
30/09/17£11£5£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£12£8£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£5£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£8£2£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£4£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£6£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£11£13£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£8£9£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£8£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£5£4£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£4£8£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£15£2£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 40 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,

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 - Plot to Plate
£9,663 01/07/2022
The funding will be used to run a series of gardening and cooking sessions aimed at people with physical and mental disabilities. The project aims to support people's health nutrition and wellbeing ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/09/1993, number: 1025836
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 87 days late, AR19: 1 days late,
Main office

22 Landscape View
Saffron Walden
CB11 4AU

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, AND 2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE UTTLESFORD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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