Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE CART SHED CHARITY

The Cart Shed uses the natural environment to offer opportunities to try something new, improve well-being, find friendships and a place of calm. Based in Herefordshire our activities which include coppicing, coppice crafts and horticulture lend themselves to enabling individuals to explore ways to overcome and accept episodes in their lives they find difficult to manage.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£496£437£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£706£391£315£0£535£53516.4946
31/12/21£367£373£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£328£299£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£346£327£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£331£260£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£214£196£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£132£41£91n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.thecartshed.co.uk/

info@thecartshed.co.uk

07796421373

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire, Powys, Shropshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£93,917
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Herefordshire Community Foundation£14,560
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed Charity
£1,000 18/03/2024
Grant to The Cart Shed Charity
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed Charity
£560 15/01/2024
2
Short term help with transport, with the goal of being able to use public transport again.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed
£500 22/11/2023
Grant to The Cart Shed
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Young Cart Shed
£5,000 25/05/2023
Grant to The Cart Shed
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 14/04/2023
Day places at The Cart Shed
Herefordshire Community Foundation - New Young Cart Shed site
£1,000 27/03/2023
Grant to The Cart Shed Charity
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed
£500 20/12/2022
Grant to The Cart Shed
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Cart Shed
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed
£500 23/11/2022
Grant to The Cart Shed
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed
£500 17/10/2022
Grant to The Cart Shed
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed
£500 28/09/2022
Grant to The Cart Shed
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed
£500 07/09/2022
Grant to The Cart Shed
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed
£50,000 27/04/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of The Cart Shed
National Lottery Community Fund - The Cart Shed Wellbeing Building
£10,000 21/01/2022
The group will use the funding to create a community space for activities which will help people who are living with mental health issues. This will help vulnerable people to reach their potential.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£3,000 16/09/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£93,917 11/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Cart Shed Charity
£4,000 04/05/2020
additional cost of delivering services remotely
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Cart Shed
£15,000 22/05/2019
purchase of computers, printers and AV equipment for a charity which works with people in recovery from alcohol or substance misuse in Hereford
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALEXANDER PATRICK WRIXON Appointed: 2022
  • ALLAN JAMES DAVIES Appointed: 2016
  • BILL JACKSON Appointed: 2017
  • DAVID SENDALL HUNT (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • DR CAROL GOLDSMITH Appointed: 2022
  • NICOLAS HUGH SNELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Director
  • PATRICK WRIXON Appointed: 2016
  • RACHEL MARION PENNEY Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/06/2016, number: 1167802
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE LONGUEVILLE TRUST on 13/09/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE LEE FOUNDATION on 21/11/2022
Main office

DEVEREUX WOOTTON
NORTON CANON
HEREFORD
HR4 8QN

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN HEREFORDSHIRE, THE WEST MIDLANDS AND WALES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).”2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HEREFORDSHIRE, THE WEST MIDLANDS AND WALES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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