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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    ACTIVE AND IN TOUCH FROME

    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
    ?31/03/23*£69£70£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£78£77£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£71£56£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£42£43£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£30£26£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£24£16£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 8 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Performing and visual arts
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Somerset,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • 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
    National Lottery Community Fund£146,421
    Somerset Community Foundation£21,859
    Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
    DCMS£7,070
    Masonic Trust£7,000
    Allen Lane Foundation£5,000
    Co-Operative Group£843
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Somerset Community Foundation - Reducing isolation and loneliness among adults in Frome and the surrounding area
    £3,000 12/12/2022
    Reducing isolation and loneliness among adults in Frome and the surrounding area
    Somerset Community Foundation - Reducing isolation and loneliness among adults in Frome and the surrounding area
    £5,000 10/10/2022
    Grant to Active and In Touch
    National Lottery Community Fund - Active & In Touch
    £126,821 24/08/2022
    The project will be used to alleviate isolation and loneliness for adults in Frome Somerset. They aim to promote social inclusion for the public benefit across all adult age groups (18 and over) in Frome and the surrounding villages.
    Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Active and In Touch Frome
    £5,000 11/07/2022
    24
    £5,000 over two years towards the salary of the Volunteer Driver Coordinator.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £5,000 04/03/2022
    Active & In Touch Befriending
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Active & In Touch
    £843 23/10/2021
    We will organise group day trips out to encourage individuals to be more active and engage with others in order to improve their health and wellbeing.
    Somerset Community Foundation - Befriending and support services for isolated older people in Frome
    £2,000 30/09/2021
    Befriending and support services for isolated older people in Frome
    Somerset Community Foundation - Befriending and support services for isolated older people in Frome
    £2,500 23/09/2021
    Befriending and support services for isolated older people in Frome
    National Lottery Community Fund - Active & In Touch
    £9,800 10/09/2021
    The funding will be used to continue the organisation's befriending service offering phone calls meet up groups a walking group and a network of drivers providing essential services.
    Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 community drivers and other support activities
    £4,000 28/05/2021
    COVID19 community drivers and other support activities
    Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
    £7,000 26/05/2021
    Unrestricted core funding for small charities
    Somerset Community Foundation - Reducing isolation
    £859 11/02/2021
    Social connection for vulnerable people in Frome
    Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Shopping support for isolated people in Frome
    £2,000 14/12/2020
    3
    Grant to Active and In Touch
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £7,070 17/07/2020
    "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
    Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Volunteer support for isolated people in Frome
    £2,500 30/03/2020
    1
    Volunteer support for isolated people in Frome
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £5,000 21/02/2020
    Core Costs
    National Lottery Community Fund - Active & In Touch Connections
    £9,800 24/01/2020
    11
    The organisation will use the funding to develop their befriending services for younger people within the community, with a view to improving health and well-being and reducing social isolation.
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £4,000 28/11/2019
    towards ongoing costs during yearend March 2021
    Somerset Community Foundation - Core funding. 3 -5 years.
    £5,000 17/06/2019
    71
    Core running costs of combating loneliness and isolation in Frome
    Somerset Community Foundation - Active and In Touch Frome - Sustaining Service Provision
    £2,500 21/06/2018
    11
    Core costs of combating isolation and loneliness among older people in Frome
    Somerset Community Foundation - Active and In Touch Frome
    £2,500 18/07/2016
    11
    Reconnecting isolated older people to their community
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/04/2017, number: 1172434
    Gift Aid
    • 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
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    6 returns made; AR23: 1 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN FROME AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PREVENTING PEOPLE AGED 18 AND OVER 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’ INCLUDES BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ILL HEALTH, OR IN NEED DUE TO OLD AGE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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