Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

LITTLEHAMPTON SHOPMOBILITY

To help people with mobility problems to do their shopping and allow them to live as independently as possible, our services include: the sale and hire of new and pre-used powered scooters; manual and powered wheelchairs and other aids; Any other service in furtherance of the objects as the Trustees shall determine.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£48£53£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£48£40£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£39£28£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£23£31£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£49£36£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£21£29£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£18£26£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£32£25£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£36£33£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£31£39£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£26£29£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£43£28£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£33£31£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£38£30£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£38£36£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£25£31£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£35£32£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£24£31£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£24£28£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£32£31£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

littlehampton.shopmobility@gmail.com

01903733004

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Littlehampton Shopmobility
£2,266 23/10/2021
We would like new leaflets to encourage new and old customers back to hire and buy from our charity after months of closure due to Covid-19. Also, we need a new Dutch canopy.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Littlehampton Shopmobility
£5,760 16/07/2021
12
Funding was provided towards funding their Manager's salary.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Littlehampton Shopmobility
£4,345 18/11/2019
12
Funding was provided towards core staff costs of a General Assistant post, to promote services in the local community and provide ongoing support to local residents and tourists.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Littlehampton Shopmobility
£3,532 19/11/2018
We need to a replace a much needed scooter to hire out to customers.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Littlehampton Shopmobility
£3,880 04/08/2017
We need new wheelchairs to replace older ones to help both local customers and holiday makers who spend their money in Littlehampton then.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Littlehampton Shopmobility
£3,900 14/07/2017
11
Littlehampton Shopmobility exists to help and improve the lives of people with restricted mobility allowing them to access the wide range of local services and live as independently as possible. Funding was provided for a general assistant to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALAN TERENCE BUTCHER (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • ANDREA TURNER Appointed: 2023
  • MALCOLM BELCHAMBER Appointed: 2023
  • MICHAEL WARREN QVRM VR Appointed: 2023
  • RICHARD JOHN WILKINS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/06/1998, number: 1070129
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 198 days late, AR07: 19 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 109 days late,
Main office

SHOPMOBILITY LITTLEHAMPTON
92 High Street
LITTLEHAMPTON
West Sussex
BN17 5AG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE,ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN THE AREA OF LITTLEHAMPTONAND SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR MOBILITY, ACCESS TO SERVICES ANDQUALITY OF LIFE, SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE FULLY IN SOCIETY BY PROVIDING:(A) THE HIRE OF POWERED SCOOTERS AND POWERED OR MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS;(B)THE SALE OF NEW AND PRE-USED POWERED SCOOTERS; MANUAL AND POWEREDWHEELCHAIRS AND OTHER SUCH ITEMS AND MATERIALS AS REQUIRED TO GIVE FREEDOM OFMOVEMENT;(C) ANY OTHER SERVICE IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROMTIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

LITTLEHAMPTON AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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