Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

THE MULBERRY CENTRE 

Walk-in cancer centre offering support and information services to all people affected by cancer.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 19 years

www.themulberrycentre.co.uk

talk@themulberrycentre.co.uk

02083216300

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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£708£565£143£124£416£379815130
31/03/22£505£460£45£91£280£2416.315122
31/03/21£484£435£49n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/03/20£377£368£9n/an/an/an/an/a134
31/03/19£344£355£-11n/an/an/an/an/a119
31/03/18£409£370£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£327£341£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£319£323£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£317£292£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£275£288£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13?£171£166£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£279£222£57£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£227£186£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£199£194£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£165£175£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£186£190£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£181£180£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£129£162£-33£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 18.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 21.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 130 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ealing, Hounslow, Richmond Upon Thames,

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£899,148
City Bridge Trust£175,000
London Borough of Hounslow£48,321
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
London Catalyst£9,367
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Mulberry Centre
£4,081 22/10/2022
We would like to provide complementary therapies to improve the emotional and physical wellbeing of people affected by cancer in the local area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Welcome Assessment and Key Support Services for anyone affected by cancer
£499,923 11/08/2022
The Mulberry Centre is requesting £499923 over 4 years towards overall costs of £1178111 for its Welcome Assessment and Key Support Services for anyone affected by cancer.The Mulberry Centre is a ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to The Mulberry Centre
£25,000 12/07/2022
To provide support services to carers including emotional support, welfare & benefits, couselling
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 05/11/2021
The Mulberrry Centre - Revenue Costs
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Mulberry Centre
£15,000 08/07/2021
12
To kickstart a blended project of face-to-face and remote Complementary Therapies and Wellbeing services postCOVID for residents affected by cancer.
London Catalyst - The Mulberry Centre - 3
£2,000 11/05/2021
Emotional support to newly diagnosed cancer patients and their carers and families at hospital cancer clinics
London Catalyst - The Mulberry Centre - 2
£700 27/01/2021
PilotP4H + SHST additional grant for Covid costs & evaluation ing Wellbeing Therapeutic Provision
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Mulberry Centre
£175,000 28/07/2020
£175,000 over 5 years (£45,000; £40,000; £35,000; £30,000; £25,000) to support the Core running costs of the Mulberry Centre.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to The Mulberry Centre
£8,321 22/06/2020
6
COVID-19 Emergency Support, Pilot - Welfare & Benefits Counsel
London Catalyst - The Mulberry Centre - 1
£6,667 10/06/2019
Piloting Wellbeing Therapeutic Provision for End-of-Life Palliative Care at West Middlesex University Hospital
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 08/05/2019
Volunteer Development and Support Project
National Lottery Community Fund - The Mulberry Centre Welcome, Assessment and Support Services Project
£399,225 18/04/2019
36
The project will use funding to employ two Cancer Information and Support Assistants to ensure they can respond to the needs of their growing client base. The funding means the project will have more ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Mulberry Centre
£15,000 08/03/2019
12
To strengthen the volunteer programme, recruiting new volunteers, building skills and recognising volunteer contributions. Deliver a range of volunteer delivered therapies for service users.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Mulberry Centre
£15,000 19/11/2018
12
The service aims to support its service users’ ability to respond in a more robust way to the impact of cancer and preventing the development of ill health and social care needs (especially in the ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Mulberry Centre
£15,000 17/11/2017
8
To provide timely psychological support through the various counselling interventions on offer at The Mulberry Centre
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Mulberry Centre
£15,000 15/11/2017
12
The Mulberry Centre offers a range of therapies aimed at improving the quality of life of the cancer patients and their families / carers and those bereaved.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Mulberry Centre
£15,000 20/11/2015
12
Provision of complementary therapies for people who have been diagnosed with or are being treated for cancer, and their carers. The centre is based in the grounds of West Middlesex Hospital.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Mulberry Centre
£15,000 23/07/2014
12
Provision of complementary therapies for people who come to The Mulberry Centre for support
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-78
  • JOY PEARCE Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Network Technician
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/04/2005, number: 1108999
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/02/2005, number: 05349202
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
TWICKENHAM ROAD
ISLEWORTH
TW7 6AF

Objectives

4. THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:4(1) THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT, WHETHER PRACTICAL, EMOTIONAL, MEDICAL OR FINANCIAL OF:(A) PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CANCER (‘PATIENTS’)(B) THE FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF PATIENTS(C) THE FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF DECEASED PATIENTS.4 (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC (INCLUDING MEDICAL AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS) IN:(A) THE CAUSES OF CANCER, ITS PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE(B) THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS(C) THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF THE FAMILIES, THE DEPENDANTS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF PATIENTS.4 (3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ISLEWORTH, HOUNSLOW, RICHMOND UPON THAMES, EALING, MIDDLESEX.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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