Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

BUTTERFLIES MEMORY LOSS SUPPORT GROUP 

We hold a number of workshops across Hull and East Riding offering a range of activities, including:- arts and crafts, music, walking, social meetings, digital arts, luncheon clubs and outings and day trips. These are supported by our staff and trained volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • 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 3 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
31/05/23£149£107£42n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/22£119£91£29n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/05/21£65£56£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/20£54£57£-3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/19£43£50£-7n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/18£51£55£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£58£42£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£72£58£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.butterflies.org.uk

butterfliesmlsg@yahoo.co.uk

07821519212

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Riding Of Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old 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
Masonic Trust£7,000
CAF£6,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£7,000 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid-19
£2,000 23/04/2020
Funding for venue costs and wages to be able to support people with dementia, their families and carers via daily phone calls and social media
CAF - Grant to Butterflies Memory Loss Support Group
£6,000 21/04/2020
3
Grant to Butterflies Memory Loss Support Group to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - The Butterfly Effect
£10,000 06/09/2016
15
The Butterfly Effect

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/11/2015, number: 1164316
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/05/2015, number: 09598408
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DEMENTIA FRIENDLY EAST RIDING on 06/07/2023
Main office

3rd Floor
Stonefield House
16-18 King Edward Street
Hull
HU1 3SS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH MEMORY PROBLEMS, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:-·OFFERING EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS THEY CAN ATTEND WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED;·PROVIDING A SUPPORT NETWORK AND ADVICE;·RAISING AWARENESS AND REDUCING STIGMA; ·MAINTAINING TWO WAY COMMUNICATION TO AID SERVICE MONITORING AND RESEARCH; AND·SHARING INFORMATION WITH CARERS GROUPS LINKING WITH OTHER SUPPORT ORGANISATION EG. ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY ETC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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