Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

SOMETHING IN KENT

We support local people and local organisations to make the most of the potential in their lives, their skills and their community. We will run activities that help to make improvements to the local community to help people who are socially disadvantaged due to factors including unemployment, disability or those who feel isolated from their community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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	£22	£75	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22	£84	£40	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21	£40	£29	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20	£23	£26	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19	£16	£19	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/18	£21	£14	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.somethinginkent.com

somethinginkent@outlook.com

01622725757

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
Sport England	£8,324
Henry Smith Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting Ready for Work
£10,000	02/06/2023	The funding will be used to provide employability support to people experiencing challenges such as long term health conditions or with disabilities. The project aims to enable people to build their ....more The funding will be used to provide employability support to people experiencing challenges such as long term health conditions or with disabilities. The project aims to enable people to build their confidence and skills improving their chances of finding work.
Sport England - Activating the Isolated
£8,324	04/05/2023	The project focus is to engage approximately 900 participants in new activities, getting them active and involved in regular sports, by meeting with a range of local community organisations ....more The project focus is to engage approximately 900 participants in new activities, getting them active and involved in regular sports, by meeting with a range of local community organisations supporting those who are most isolated both physically and financ
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Something in Kent
£5,000	06/12/2022	towards one year's salary and on costs of a Support Worker at an organisation providing support for people from disadvantaged communities in Medway and Kent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities for the Isolated
£10,000	15/10/2021	The funding will be used to run engagement events. The project aims to provide new learning opportunities to young people who are socially and financially isolated.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Something in Kent
£5,000	07/12/2017 12	towards one year's salaries for a project providing support to develop digital skills for people who are isolated and older, unemployed, disabled, or suffering from mental health conditions across ....more towards one year's salaries for a project providing support to develop digital skills for people who are isolated and older, unemployed, disabled, or suffering from mental health conditions across Kent

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MARK CHRISTOPHER DENT (Chair) Appointed: 2017

MARTIN GRECH Appointed: 2023

VINCENT JOHN JASPER Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/2017, number: 1173273

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

26 Pine Lodge
Tonbridge Road
Maidstone
ME16 8TA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS 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 SOCIETYFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL OR 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)

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