Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

ALZHEIMER CAFÉ ISLE OF WIGHT 

Promote & protect the good health of people living with dementia, residing on the IW, their families and carers, through the provision of support groups and other such activities, services, advice and information.To advance the education of the public about dementia and about care and support for people living with dementia, their families and carersServices can be provided only to IW resident
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

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£150£67£84n/an/an/an/an/a49
31/03/22£40£49£-9n/an/an/an/an/a44
31/03/21£20£42£-22n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/20£42£58£-16n/an/an/an/an/a49
31/03/19£134£87£47n/an/an/an/an/a49
31/03/18*£61£37£24£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.alzheimercafeiow.org.uk

info@alzheimercafeiow.org.uk

01983220200

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Isle Of Wight,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 49 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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 02/10/2020
"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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Dementia Awareness Partnership Project
£10,000 19/07/2018
11
The organisation will create toolkits, and run training sessions to provide carers, volunteers and professions with information to provide an insight into Alzheimer's and dementia. The aim is to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2017, number: 1171437
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,
Main office

38 Solent View Road
Cowes
PO31 8JY

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND RESIDING ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT GROUPS AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES, SERVICES, ADVICE AND INFORMATION AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT DEMENTIA AND ABOUT CARE AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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