Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

MEGAN BAKER HOUSE LTD

To advance the education and relieve suffering of children and adults with motor disorders and provide information, advice, training and guidance to their families, carers and other stakeholders in their wellbeing, in particular by means of conductive education.
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:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23£412£400£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£266£333£-68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£489£335£153n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£344£352£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£311£370£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£321£327£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£320£315£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£269£290£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£336£366£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£489£409£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£464£449£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£376£223£153n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years
(17 years as a company)

www.meganbakerhouse.org.uk

lee@meganbakerhouse.org.uk

07801900518

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£65,686
Barnwood Trust£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Herefordshire Community Foundation£10,000
BBC Children in Need£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Megan Baker House
£5,000 21/03/2024
11
Grant to Megan Baker House
Barnwood Trust - Glos Funders - Organisation and Group Funding
£60,000 15/08/2023
Conductive education to improve motor skills
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 11/12/2020
Main Grants award
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£65,686 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Megan Baker House Ltd
£5,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will contribute to the salaries of two staff members to allow online activities to take place for disabled children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and it will improve their physical movement.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Megan Baker House
£5,000 03/06/2020
adapting for social distancing
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 25/01/2019
Independence Pathway
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Megan Baker House Ltd
£115,620 02/03/2018
36
The project will provide conductive education sessions for disabled children. The project will improve life skills, build confidence and improve inclusion.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Megan Baker House Ltd
£100,000 10/03/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support services for children and adults with motor disabilities in the West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Reach Out
£362,029 13/04/2011
36
The project aims to provide an outreach service, providing conductive education out in to the community to adults with Parkinson's disease, and young people and children with motor-disorders in rural areas of Worcester, Gloucestershire, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-71
  • CLIVE BROOKS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • DR DAVID GEORGE GLEAVES PHD Appointed: 2018
  • DR RICHARD CHARLES JAMES WILEMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Trustee
  • JULIE MEARS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Delegations & Protocol, Fil
  • LUCINDA AUGER-SMALL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
  • TIMOTHY OAKLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Trustee
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/05/2011, number: 1141827
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/01/2007, number: 06052737
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Orchard Lane
Ledbury
Herefordshire
HR8 1BY

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE SUFFERING OF PRIMARILY CHILDREN WITH MOTOR DISORDERS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN PARTICULAR BY MEANS OF CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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