Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

POOLE WASTE NOT WANT NOT 

Poole Waste Not Want Not runs a community shop that is intended for individuals and families that are struggling to feed themselves and their families with nutritious food due to financial hardship in Poole and surrounding areas.This includes people in poorly paid employment, in debt, and with insufficient benefits.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • 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
Established: 8 years

www.poolewnwn.co.uk

erika@poolewnwn.co.uk

07968903063

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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£250£198£52n/an/an/an/an/a52
31/03/22£173£144£29n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/21£186£153£34n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/20£79£62£17n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/19£37£56£-19n/an/an/an/an/a34
31/03/18*£59£12£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£14£11£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 52 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bournemouth, Poole,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£628,012
Dorset Community Foundation£27,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
CAF£3,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Poole Waste Not Want Not
£1,310 21/10/2023
We would like to provide more food to our community, as demand for our service increases due to the rising cost of living crisis. We can reduce one of life's worries for our members.
National Lottery Community Fund - Working Together to Thrive in our Community
£374,259 30/08/2023
This funding will support the group's social supermarket and community coffee shop helping people who are experiencing food poverty due to financial hardship. The project provides them with a safe ....more
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Poole Waste Not Want Not
£7,500 06/12/2022
Supporting social supermarket with additional funds for essential food, Christmas hampers, food delivery costs, food vouchers for volunteers and funds for winter coats/jumpers - all supporting ....more
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Poole Waste Not Want Not
£7,000 21/06/2022
Additional food and core costs for the social supermarket, cooking equipment for beneficiaries to enhance cooking on a budget at home, and food vouchers to help families over the summer holiday
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Poole Waste Not Want Not
£8,000 07/12/2021
To support all activities during the winter; food stock at the social supermarket plus a new fridge to store chilled items, ingredients and cookery classes, hampers and delivery costs, food vouchers
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/11/2021
Supporting our most vulnerable in our community
Dorset Community Foundation - Social Community Space
£4,500 12/10/2021
Funds to support the launch of face to face activities and volunteering opportunities for deprived families in Poole, to address the isolation caused by the pandemic
CAF - Grant to Poole Waste Not Want Not
£3,700 05/06/2020
3
Grant to Poole Waste Not Want Not to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Poole Waste Not Want Not Development
£253,753 20/12/2019
48
This organisation runs a community shop and drop in for people that are struggling to feed themselves and their families due to financial hardship. They offer low cost fresh food, support, advice and ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Poole Waste Not Want Not
£5,340 04/12/2018
For cooking and kitchen equipment, cutlery and utensils as part of a project to convert a store room into a kitchen at a charity providing food for people living on a low income.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/04/2016, number: 1166798
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR18: 92 days late, AR17: 2 days late,
Main office

POOLE WASTE NOT WANT NOT
70 High Street
POOLE
BH15 1DA

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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