Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO MAIDSTONE LTD 

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 integrate into society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 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
Established: 8 years

www.madm.org.uk

madmstone@gmail.com

01622687414

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

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
31/05/22£301£332£-30n/an/an/an/an/a37
31/05/21£213£186£28n/an/an/an/an/a31
31/05/20£182£146£35n/an/an/an/an/a41
31/05/19£127£117£9n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/05/18£103£64£38£0£0£0n/a075
31/05/17£65£39£26£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 37 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,

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
Henry Smith Charity£29,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,500
Co-Operative Group£4,842
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Making a Difference to Maidstone (MADM)
£10,000 14/06/2023
towards one year's salary and running costs of an organisation supporting people experiencing social isolation, homelessness, addiction and crisis in the Maidstone area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing the Community Together
£10,000 24/02/2023
This funding will provide emotional support and mentoring to the community. The project aims to improve physical and mental wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 17/12/2021
Even More for Maidstone
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Making a Difference to Maidstone
£4,842 23/10/2021
We will support the community with clothes, toiletries, and essentials through our foodbank and offer counselling, signposting, and advice.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Outreach Support
£9,500 28/01/2021
12
The funding will be used to cover the running costs of their service which will continue providing practical and emotional support and essential items to vulnerable people in crisis. The project aims ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Making a Difference to Maidstone (MADM)
£19,000 08/12/2020
24
towards two years' running costs of an organisation providing support to people experiencing homelessness, addiction and social isolation in the Maidstone area.
CAF - Grant to Making a Difference To Maidtsone
£2,500 27/04/2020
3
Grant to Making a Difference To Maidtsone to support the organisation through COVID19
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Making a Difference to Maidstone (MADM)
£5,000 14/03/2018
24
towards two years' salary costs of a charity supporting homeless and vulnerable people in crisis in Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Reach Out.
£8,455 06/09/2017
12
This project will provide a project manager to co-ordinate activities and expand support and advice for people who are homeless.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 48-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/09/2016, number: 1169055
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/05/2015, number: 09598558
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

49 Church Street
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1DS

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 INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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