Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

HOMEMAKERS COMMUNITY RECYCLING 

Furniture and white goods recycling and sale of household goods at affordable cost. Awareness raising of environmental issues.Provision of work experience and training to offenders, mental health patients and other disadvantaged persons.Helping homeless people through a Hardship scheme along with helping people living on the streets.
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Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
Established: 21 years

www.hmcrecycling.co.uk

robhomemakers@aol.com

01873857618

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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£223£28n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£280£229£51n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£293£248£44n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20£290£281£9n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£254£266£-12n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/18£287£236£51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£273£220£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£267£208£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£258£205£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£237£201£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£248£171£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£220£154£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£173£140£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£142£89£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£90£88£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£75£78£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£99£96£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£114£110£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£119£108£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£58£50£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport City, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Privacy / Security Fencing
£3,800 23/10/2020
4
Homemakers Community Recycling in Abergavenny will secure their site after a spate of break-ins. £3800 will fund security measures. Bydd Homemakers Community Recycling yn y Fenni yn diogelu eu safle ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Homemakers Community Recycling
£25,000 22/05/2019
Sewage improvement works for a charity which works with prisoners and ex-offenders in Monmouthshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Concrete Ramp for Parking facilities
£10,000 11/02/2018
12
Concrete Ramp for Parking facilities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 05/12/2017
Stage 3 Development of Recycling / Reuse Yard
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Homemakers Community Recycling
£15,000 17/05/2017
24
Funding of a Project Development Officer to lead on developing a new site in order to allow the charity to expand it`s services and support more individuals.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Homemakers Community Recycling
£12,000 29/10/2012
volunteer expenses

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/05/2003, number: 1097505
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/03/2002, number: 04400718
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 2 days late, AR05: 18 days late, AR04: 24 days late,
Main office

THE CHAPEL
THE OLD WORKHOUSE
UNION RD WEST
ABERGAVENNY
NP7 7RL

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF RE-USE AND RECYCLING, THE REDUCTION OF POLLUTION, THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE SAME TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.(2) THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE (PHYSICAL AND NATURAL) ENVIRONMENT BY THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION (BPEO)[IN THIS CLAUSE SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INCLUDE WASTE MINIMISATION, MINIMISATION OF POLLUTION AND HARM FROM WASTE, REUSE OF WASTE, WASTE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES AND CLEARING OF POLLUTANTS FORM CONTAMINATED LAND AND BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION (BPEO) SHALL HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO IT IN THE WHITE PAPER WASTE STRATEGY 2000 FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.]

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE POWYS AND MONMOUTHSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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