Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

THE POD 

The Pod is a registered charity in Mendip meeting the needs of young carers and people with additional needs aged 8 upwards, and their families. The charity provides safe supportive sociable and enterprising spaces in Frome, as well as providing opportunities and support for members to engage in community initiatives.
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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: 9 years

www.thepodcharity.org.uk

admin@thepodcharity.org.uk

07546781615

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UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£96£70£26n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/22£72£60£12n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£51£32£19n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/20£37£40£-4n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/19£35£40£-5n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/18£44£29£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£21£20£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£26£14£12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 65 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,

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
Somerset Community Foundation£35,500
BBC Children in Need£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,730
DCMS£9,482
Masonic Trust£5,340
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£5,000
True Colours Trust£5,000
The Foyle Foundation£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Scrapstore development - phase 3
£9,730 16/09/2022
The project will support adults with learning disabilities by providing them with meaningful work training and future employment opportunities by employing a scrapstore coordinator and running ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Pod
£5,000 13/09/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Somerset Community Foundation - Social activities for adults with learning disabilities in Frome
£5,000 13/06/2022
Social activities for adults with learning disabilities in Frome
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to The Pod Youth Club
£15,000 23/03/2022
The Pod was established in 2013 to support young people with additional needs, by providing accessible social clubs and opportunities within their community. Working with people with additional needs ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000 08/07/2021
towards core costs of supporting young people and adults with additional needs and their families (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,340 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - All activities - core costs
£10,000 16/04/2021
The organisation will use the funding to continue running weekly youth clubs run their make and sell activities and assess the viability of their scrap store to support children with disabilities and ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Ensuring future viability for young people's services
£5,000 19/03/2021
Grant to The Pod Youth Club
True Colours Trust - Towards a youth club for young carers – COVID19 response
£5,000 06/10/2020
Towards a youth club for young carers – COVID19 response
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,482 18/09/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Pod
£30,000 28/05/2020
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This project will provide a play and social club for disabled children and young people. The sessions will help to improve their self-confidence, feel more independent, develop life skills and give ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - COVI19 Online social connection and support for young people with learning disabilities
£3,000 30/04/2020
2
Online social connection and support for young people with learning disabilities during coronavirus
Somerset Community Foundation - Pod Plus
£7,500 08/05/2019
23
Social club for young adults with learning disabilities in Frome
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Pod
£29,825 10/08/2017
36
This project will provide youth club activities for young people with physical disabilities. It will increase confidence, increase life skills and give them the chance to have fun with their peers.
Somerset Community Foundation - Pod Transition Programme
£2,500 01/02/2017
11
Activities for young people with additional needs in Frome
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2015, number: 1161092
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

C/O Frome Town Hall
Christchurch Street West
FROME
BA11 1EB

Objectives

?TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO IN-TEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.?

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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