Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

MATT'S RESPITE RETREATS 

Provide Respite holidays for individuals and their families, who are suffering from cancer or terminal illness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
05/04/23£16,791£14,920£1,8718
05/04/22£17,072£12,489£4,5830
05/04/21£12,311£8,309£4,0020
05/04/20£10,142£12,967£-2,8254
05/04/19£19,290£22,519£-3,2296
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.mattsrespiteretreats.org.uk

mattsrespiteretreats@gmail.com

+447484154800

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Residential nursing care facilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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
Somerset Community Foundation - Site fees and caravan maintenance
£2,500 10/11/2020
Site fees and caravan maintenance

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2017, number: 1176431
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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

2 Vale View
Common Lane
WINCANTON
Somerset
BA9 9RB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO EASE THE SUFFERING OF THOSE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER AND TO ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF THOSE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED OR INFIRM BY PROVIDING COMFORTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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