Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

LOWESTOFT SHOPMOBILITY 

To provide manual and powered wheel-chairs and powered scooters for loan to people with impaired mobility enabling them to Socialise, Shop and visit local amenities, thereby promoting the Welfare and Independence of those people
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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: 21 years

www.lowestoftshopmobility.co.uk

lowestoftshopmob@btconnect.com

01502588857

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£42£48£-6n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/22£34£51£-17n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£46£49£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£29£24£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£32£32£0n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£32£27£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£31£27£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£27£24£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£25£28£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£31£37£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£22£27£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£18£19£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£35£38£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£48£44£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£43£47£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£50£45£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£40£40£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£36£44£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£27£48£-21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

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
Suffolk Community Foundation - Sustaining Lowestoft Shopmobility (during or following the pandemic)
£5,000 27/01/2021
6
Towards sustaining Lowestoft Shopmobility, (during and following the Covid pandemic).
Suffolk Community Foundation - Keeping Lowestoft Shopmobility Running
£5,000 19/07/2020
5
To support the costs of re-opening and running the shop. Covid 19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 19/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Replacement electric wheelchair
£2,874 01/05/2019
6
Replacement electric wheelchair
Suffolk Community Foundation - Supporting Lowestoft Shopmobility through the Winter
£3,000 26/10/2018
5
Towards the rental costs of the shop in Lowestoft.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Sustaining Lowestoft Shopmobility
£5,272 27/07/2017
6
Towards the part time Co-ordinator's salary for Lowestoft Shopmobility.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/10/2003, number: 1100208
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

LOWESTOFT SHOPMOBILITY
15 STATION SQUARE
LOWESTOFT
NR32 1BA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND INDEPENDENCE OF PERSONS WITH IMPAIRED MOBILITY IN THE TOWN OF LOWESTOFT AND IN THE WAVENEY DISTRICT BY:A) PROMOTING EASE OF ACCESS TO LOCAL FACILITIES THROUGH PROVISION OF DIRECT SERVICES AND THROUGH WORKING WITH OTHER GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS TO IMPROVE TO LOCAL, BUILT AND ATTITUDINAL ENVIRONMENT.B) PROVIDING FOR HIRE OR LOAN ELECTRIC AND MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS AND SCOOTERS TO ENABLE ACCESS TO THE SHOPS, BUSINESSES AND PLACES OF INTEREST IN LOWESTOFT AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE TOWN OF LOWESTOFT AND IN THE WAVENEY DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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