Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 19

ASHFORD MEDIATION SERVICE

Mediation Services

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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		£73	£53	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/22		£65	£29	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/21		£60	£61	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/20		£52	£50	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£23	£29	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/18		£18	£17	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£13	£14	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£13	£19	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£17	£14	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£16	£15	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£20	£13	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£16	£28	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£16	£17	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£30	£28	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£28	£20	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£19	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£20	£19	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£13	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05?		£6	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04		£13	£17	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

www.ashfordmediation.co.uk

INFO@ASHFORDMEDIATION.CO.UK

07845914838

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
13 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	£78,060
DCMS	£17,478
Henry Smith Charity	£12,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£3,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Ashford mediation Service
£3,500	12/01/2023	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashford Mediation Service
£12,000	07/12/2021 24	towards two years' running costs of an organisation providing a free mediation service to people in the Ashford Borough of Kent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ashford Mediation Service Operations Director
£78,060	17/06/2021	Ashford Mediation Services (AMS) is a volunteer community mediation project providing services to residents in Ashford Kent free of charge or for donations. They will use the funding towards an ....more Ashford Mediation Services (AMS) is a volunteer community mediation project providing services to residents in Ashford Kent free of charge or for donations. They will use the funding towards an Operations Manger’s salary costs over 5 years with secured match from other funding. Funding would enable them to scale up their services to meet a COVID19 related rise in need by recruiting training and supporting more volunteer mediators whilst developing their long-term sustainable strategy.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£17,478	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."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHAD DAVID WHITTON Appointed: 2023

DMITRI SURENDRAN Appointed: 2023

JEREMY KING Appointed: 2023

LIZZIE HACKING Appointed: 2023

SANDRA MALONE (Chair) Appointed: 2018

SARAH CLARKE Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/11/1997, number: 1065625

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 0 days late, AR14: 3 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 0 days late,

Main office

Compass House
Tufton Street
Ashford
Kent
TN23 1EE

Objectives

THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FOR THE BETTER PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER, THE PROVISION OF A MEDIATION SERVICE FOR PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS, AUTHORITIES OF GROUPS IN THE AREA COVERED BY ASHFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL INVOLVED IN OR LIKELY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN DISPUTE OR INTER-PERSONAL CONFLICT WHERE THAT DISPUTE OR CONFLICT RESULTS FROM OR MAY LEAD TO ACTS OF NUISANCE, VANDALISM, RACIAL ABUSE, UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY, BREACH OF THE PEACE OR BREAKDOWN OF PUBLIC ORDER, AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SAID AREA IN THE PURPOSES AND METHODS OF MEDIATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF SUCH DISPUTES OR CONFLICTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ASHFORD

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