Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 3

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

MESH COMMUNITY COHESION SERVICES

THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF MEDIATION & CONCILIATION BETWEEN PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS & GROUPS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN DISPUTES OR INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS. ALSO THE TRAINING & EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN METHODS OF SUCH MEDIATION & CONCILIATION, IN PARTICULAR THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF SUCH DISPUTE AND THE MEANS OF MANAGING IT.

Analysis by Giving is Great

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 17 years

www.meshccs.org.uk

enquiries@meshccs.org.uk

0114 241 2771

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£41	£52	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£79	£56	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£137	£135	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20		£94	£81	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£88	£81	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£85	£93	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£57	£85	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£105	£91	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£91	£90	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£68	£83	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£85	£74	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£80	£84	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£115	£133	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£86	£139	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£141	£131	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

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
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	20/09/2019	towards the Development Manager salary during the year end March 2020
National Lottery Community Fund - Street Talk
£9,940	24/07/2019 12	The funding will be used to engage local residents through activities including litter picking, art and discussions, where people from different backgrounds will be encouraged to get together and ....more The funding will be used to engage local residents through activities including litter picking, art and discussions, where people from different backgrounds will be encouraged to get together and work to common goals.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Mesh Community Cohesion Services
£38,000	24/05/2017 24	over two years towards the cost of running a community cohesion project in Sheffield

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

BEN MCGARRY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant

DR CAROL STEPHANIE BORRILL (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Psychologist

DR JO BUCHANAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

DR LUKE ANTHONY NIGEL TILLEY Appointed: 2021

ELINOR MARY HARMAN Appointed: 2021

JESSICA RYAN-SMITH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Digital Trainer

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/10/2007, number: 1121249

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR15: 2 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 2 days late,

Main office

MESH
Scotia Works
Leadmill Road
SHEFFIELD
S1 4SE

Objectives

1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND ITS ADJACENT COUNTIES (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER, THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION BETWEEN PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN DISPUTES OR INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS WHERE THAT DISPUTE OR CONFLICT RESULTS FROM OR MAY LEAD TO ACTS OF NUISANCE, VANDALISM, PERSONAL ABUSE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE;2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN METHODS OF SUCH MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF SUCH DISPUTE AND THE MEANS OF MANAGING IT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND ITS ADJACENT COUNTIES

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