Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

PANDAS FOUNDATION 

PANDAS is the leading UK charity in supporting familie suffering from pre (antenatal) and postnatal illnesses. PANDAS vision is to support every individual and their network,suffering with perinatal mental health illnesses. We campaign to raise awareness and remove the stigma. We provide our PANDAS Help Line, Support Groups, and online advice to all and much more. We operate in England and Wales.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female
  • 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
Established: 11 years

www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

annie.belasco@pandasfoundation.org.uk

07788562037

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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
31/12/22£247£222£26n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/12/21£166£163£3n/an/an/an/an/a127
31/12/20£110£93£17n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£140£51£89n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/12/18£39£33£6£0£0£0n/a035
31/12/17?*£49£68£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£38£64£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15*£78£27£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£19£17£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£13£10£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 140 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-67
  • EDWINA TATE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Communications
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/10/2012, number: 1149485
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/08/2011, number: 07740327
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR17: 18 days late, AR15: 1 days late,
Main office

The Fort Offices
Artillery Business Park
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 4AD

Objectives

4.TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY PRE AND POSTNATAL ILLNESSES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- A)PROVIDING SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY PRE AND POSTNATAL ILLNESSES;B) FURTHERING AND BUILDING PRE AND POSTNATAL ILLNESS AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH;C)PROMOTING EFFECTIVE CARE, INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY PRE AND POSTNATAL ILLNESSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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