Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

ME & DEE 

The aims of the charity shall be to provide memory making experiences, predominantly by free holidays, for adults and children facing life threatening, life shortening and terminal conditions. To offer a memory making experience to allay from the daily stress of pain, hospitals, finances and loss, to give families the time together to make memories when their time together is so precious.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/22£256£228£28n/an/an/an/an/a28
30/09/21£219£140£79n/an/an/an/an/a28
30/09/20£308£249£59n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/09/19£213£212£0n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/09/18£160£192£-32£0£0£0n/a010
30/09/17£150£116£33£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£123£120£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£120£124£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£99£81£17£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£67£71£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£70£61£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.meanddee.co.uk

admin@meanddee.co.uk

07834546496

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 28 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£9,020
Co-Operative Group£8,459
Masonic Trust£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000 15/02/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,020 16/08/2020
"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 ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Me & Dee charity
£8,459 15/11/2019
We want to buy a memory box for each of the families who take our respite holidays so they can record their last holiday together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Daz's Beach Hut
£10,000 07/12/2018
12
A beach hut will be built for military personnel who are living with the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The project aims to help with the recovery process and family reintegration.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to me&dee Charity
£3,697 29/11/2017
We need the rent to pay for two caravans in Mablethorpe for families with children facing a uncertain future and ex-injured servicemen.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/02/2012, number: 1146147
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Me & Dee Charity
18A Castle Lane
Melbourne
DERBY
DE73 8JB

Objectives

The Relief of people with life-limiting, and life-shortening health conditions through the provision of goods, support, and services, in particular, but not exclusively arranging special moment treats, when time is precious.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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