Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 9

ME WE FOUNDATION

1. The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to form innovative businesses for the greater benefit of the community2. To advance education for the public benefit, including by providing training, guidance and mentoring schemes to help people from deprived areas or otherwise lacking opportunity to find work

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	*	£507	£504	£3	£62	£152	£152	3.6	4
31/03/22?		£427	£398	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/21		£439	£395	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/20		£382	£348	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/19	*	£326	£311	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/18		£176	£150	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/05/17		£36	£36	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/05/16		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/15	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 70%
Liabilities/Income: 69%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 11 years

http://www.mewefoundation.com

FINANCE@MEWE360.COM

0207 734 0971

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

4 employees

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Create Equity Accelerator
£328,734	27/09/2022	Me We is a black-led organisation that champions Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic entrepreneurs in the arts and creative industries. This grant will support Me We to deliver the Create Equity ....more Me We is a black-led organisation that champions Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic entrepreneurs in the arts and creative industries. This grant will support Me We to deliver the Create Equity Accelerator programme. This is a 24-month programme designed to provide organisational development and capacity building support to 10-15 Black-led enterprises. The project aims to support the development of racial equity in the arts and creative sector through research, which will act as a catalyst for wider change towards racial equity in the UK.
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisations
£198,588	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - MeWe Foundation - Impact of Covid-19 on BAME creative entrepreneurs
£9,800	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to MeWe Foundation
£30,000	03/04/2012	Towards the development costs of the leadership programme, which aims to address the lack of diversity in arts leadership.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-76

TAYO LEIGH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

CHANDRA MOHAN YOGENDRAN (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Executive Recruiter

JOHN NEWBIGIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

JENNIFER PEART Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Consultant, Other trusteeship: WPF THERAPY LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/07/2013, number: 1152824
Registered at Companies House on 14/12/2012, number: 08332290

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR23: 51 days late, AR19: 15 days late, AR15: 20 days late,

Main office

John Morris House
164
St. John's Hill
LONDON
SW11 1SW

Objectives

2.1 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT; INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FORM INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES FOR THE GREATER BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.2.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING TRAINING GUIDANCE AND MENTORING SCHEMES TO HELP PEOPLE FROM DEPRIVED AREAS OR OTHERWISE LACKING OPPORTUNITY WHO ARE UNABLE TO FIND WORK. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE:? THE PROVISION OF FORUMS FOR MORE EXPERIENCED ENTREPRENEURS TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND FOR MEMBERS TO SHARE EXPERIENCE, INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE. [NETWORKING]? THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION SESSIONS OR SEMINARS. [TRAINING]? THE PROVISION OF MENTORING AND COACHING. [MENTORING]? THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON HOW TO BEST DEVELOP ENTREPRENEURS FROM DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS. [RESEARCH]

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