Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

TAYLOR MADE DREAMS 

Taylor Made Dreams enables children with life threatening illnesses to achieve their dreams. It also provides therapeutic support to the families, and helps to create lasting precious memories for the families to cherish when their time together is all far too short. Taylor Made Dreams provides medical travel grants, medical sheepskin fleeces, family portraits and memory pendants.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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
30/04/23*£239£244£-5n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/04/22£279£211£68n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/21£170£121£49n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/20£178£132£46n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/04/19£147£109£38n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/04/18£148£93£55£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17*£88£56£32£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£61£32£29£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£96£9£87£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.taylormadedreams.org.uk

taylormadedreamscio@gmail.com

07806460311

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
Sussex Community Foundation£6,500
DCMS£5,000
Henry Smith Charity£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Taylor Made Dreams
£2,500 12/03/2021
4
Funding was provided towards wishlist items and counselling/holistic therapy sessions.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Taylor Made Dreams
£2,000 07/08/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of a charity providing unique experiences for children with terminal illnesses and support for the family in East Sussex.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,000 25/06/2020
"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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Taylor Made Dreams
£4,000 27/04/2020
Taylor-Made Dreams makes dreams happen for children with life limiting illness; sourcing and financially supporting empathetic therapeutic services alongside their difficult journey, helping to leave ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Taylor Made Dreams
£5,000 08/08/2018
Funding was provided for core running costs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/2014, number: 1158174
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
  • 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
9 returns made; AR23: 1 days late, AR17: 26 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CHELSEA'S ANGELS on 26/09/2023
Main office

8 Sherlock Shaw
Crowborough
TN6 2FN

Objectives

1)TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER THE CARE AND RELIEF OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WHO HAVE A TERMINAL ILLNESS OR WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A MEDICAL CONDITION SUFFICIENTLY LIFE THREATENING TO CREATE A PROBABILITY THAT THE CHILD WILL NOT SURVIVE BEYOND THEIR EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY, IN PARTICULAR TO GRANT FEASIBLE WISHES OF SUCH CHILDREN.2)TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE SAID CHILDREN AFFECTED BY THEIR CONDITION AND BEREAVEMENT BY THE PROVISION OF HOLISTIC THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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