Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CHARITY MENTORS OXFORDSHIRE 

Our mission is to provide leaders of the Oxfordshire not-for-profit sector with high quality mentoring. The mentoring is free-of-charge, short-term (around 4 months) and focused on specific, strategic issues as presented by the mentee. Activities include; recruiting suitable mentors, developing and improving our services and making them available to the not-for-profit sector.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£15£26£-12n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/22£32£24£8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£18£15£3n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£2£16£-14n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/19£8£14£-6n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/18£17£9£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£30£7£23£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.charitymentors.co.uk

info@charitymentors.co.uk

01865 261100

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 16 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Charity Mentors
£2,000 24/11/2021
Grant to Charity Mentors

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2015, number: 1164429
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o Critchleys
Beaver House
23 - 38 Hythe Bridge Street
Oxford
OX1 2EP

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY MENTORING AND OTHER SERVICES TO THEIR LEADERS, WITH THE AIM OF ENABLING AND ENCOURAGING CLEAR STRATEGIC THINKING, PLANNING AND ACTION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE ORGANISATION.IN THIS CLAUSE, “THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: “CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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