Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

THE FORGET ME NOT'S (CRAWLEY)

The Forget Me Nots ensure no carer, loved one, friend or family member of someone living with dementia in Crawley and surrounding area would ever feel alone. We exist to provide friendship, help, advice and a hand to hold when needed.We meet twice a week offering lunch and supper, meaningful activities and support for carers within Govenment COVID guidelines.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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	£27	£20	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/22	£22	£17	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/21	£24	£16	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/20	£49	£21	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/19	£23	£20	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/18	£29	£8	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

https://forgetmenotclub.org

info@theforgetmenots.org

07486869939

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Surrey, West Sussex,

Who it helps

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

Who supports 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

Sussex Community Foundation	£10,352
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£6,925

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Forget Me Nots
£5,000	20/03/2023 11	Funding was provided to cover the salaries for their coordinators, over a period of 12 months.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lunch club/Salary
£10,000	08/04/2022	The funding will be used to support carers of someone with dementia. The project’s aim is to continue to improve their wellbeing and support carers to promote stimulating activities for people with ....more The funding will be used to support carers of someone with dementia. The project’s aim is to continue to improve their wellbeing and support carers to promote stimulating activities for people with dementia their friends and family. This funding will go towards running the lunch club that runs twice a week and to cover cost of two part-time salaries.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Forget Me Nots
£5,352	18/11/2019 24	Funding was provided towards staff costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Forget Me Not Club, Crawley
£6,925	15/11/2019	We want to buy high-backed supporting chairs with arms that are suitable for our elderly members suffering from dementia.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON BURKE Appointed: 2017

BEVERLY JEAN LOXSTON-BOWN Appointed: 2015

CARLOS PORTAL CASTRO Appointed: 2021

STEPHEN REMFRY Appointed: 2015

WENDY ELIZABETH WILSON (Chair) Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2017, number: 1173729

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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

24 Clive Way
CRAWLEY
West Sussex
RH10 7AH

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CARERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS OR COLLEAGUES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA IN CRAWLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY:1) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFE SOCIAL INTERACTION, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT, THEREBY REDUCING SOCIAL ISOLATION2) RAISING AWARENESS OF DEMENTIA AMONGST THOSE AFFECTED AND WITH VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH DEMENTIA3) EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO DEMENTIA AND THEREBY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE SUPPORT AND EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA

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