Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 10

DAISY'S DREAM

Daisy's Dream is a professional support service which responds to the needs of children and families affected by life threatening illness or bereavement. We offer a flexible service which is tailored to meet the individual needs of each child and their family. This may include telephone support and advice, group events, home and school visits for the child or young person.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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

Established: 6 years

www.daisysdream.org.uk

info@daisysdream.org.uk

01189342604

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£391,402	£488,621	£-97,219	20
31/03/22	£352,302	£463,984	£-111,682	20
31/03/21	£411,607	£392,995	£18,612	21
31/03/20	£437,970	£424,647	£13,323	20
31/03/19	£288,146	£302,377	£-14,231	30

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, Surrey, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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	£604,736
Masonic Trust	£15,000
Cheshire Community Foundation	£12,455
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Daisy's Dream: Supporting Children Through Bereavement
£220,526	18/11/2022	This funding will support Daisy’s Dream to continue to deliver their bereavement support services for children and families in the Berkshire area.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Daisy's Dream - 20/09/22
£2,500	24/10/2022	Core Funding
Cheshire Community Foundation - Project Wellbeing
£2,500	11/08/2022	Project Wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - Bereavement Support Groups Events
£4,050	16/07/2021	The funding will be used to run bereavement group events and support groups for children young people parents and families. The project aims to enable people to share experiences and develop support ....more The funding will be used to run bereavement group events and support groups for children young people parents and families. The project aims to enable people to share experiences and develop support networks.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	26/05/2021	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Cheshire Community Foundation - Daisy's Dream - Cheshire East
£2,000	26/04/2021	Daisy's Dream support children and young people who have experienced a death or life limiting illness in the family - enabling them to move forwards in a positive way. Daisy's Dream East Cheshire - ....more Daisy's Dream support children and young people who have experienced a death or life limiting illness in the family - enabling them to move forwards in a positive way. Daisy's Dream East Cheshire - aims to continue the provision of its service in East Cheshire to ensure children and young people impacted by a bereavement or serious illness are able to get the support they need so that they are not defined by that experience. A grant will contribute to enabling the service to be extended to respond to an increase in demand for its service - especially as schools reopen and families come out of lockdown and need support. Funding will ensure that bereaved children in East Cheshire can get the help they need when they need it so that the rest of their life is not impeded and they can go on to fulfil their potential.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Daisy's Dream East Cheshire: Supporting Children Through Bereavement and Serious Illness
£7,955	12/11/2019	Daisy's Dream support children and young people who have experienced a death or life limiting illness in the family - enabling them to move forwards in a positive way. The project aims to establish a ....more Daisy's Dream support children and young people who have experienced a death or life limiting illness in the family - enabling them to move forwards in a positive way. The project aims to establish a service in East Cheshire that will ensure children and young people impacted by a bereavement or serious illness are able to get the support they need so that they are not defined by that experience. A grant will enable the service to be extended to respond to demand over 12 months, building on work undertaken to date by a locally-based Therapeutic Practitioner. A grant will go towards staff and office costs and resources.
National Lottery Community Fund - Daisy's dream
£380,160	01/07/2019 36	This organisation supports children and young people who have been bereaved or have a family member diagnosed with a serious illness. Funding will be used to continue its core work, supporting young ....more This organisation supports children and young people who have been bereaved or have a family member diagnosed with a serious illness. Funding will be used to continue its core work, supporting young people to move forward in a positive way.
National Lottery Community Fund - Daisy's Dream - East Cheshire
£7,646	14/02/2019 12	Funding will be used to offer one to one support to children and young people who have experienced a bereavement and to train parents and staff to support the children and young people accordingly.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

DAVID GUILE Appointed: 2018

DAVID WOOD Appointed: 2023

DEBBIE MUMFORD Appointed: 2023

FRANCIS MURPHY (Chair) Appointed: 2018

GLYNIS WILTSHIRE Appointed: 2023

JULIE CAMPBELL Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: Newbury Soup Kitchen,

JULIE STOLLAND Appointed: 2023

KATHERINE GREEN Appointed: 2019

LAURA PETERS Appointed: 2020

PORSCHA DAVIES Appointed: 2018

STEPHEN BENNETT Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2018, number: 1177145

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

18/07/2018 - Asset transfer in from DAISY'S DREAM
01/06/2023 - Asset transfer in from GUARDIAN ANGELS UK

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from GUARDIAN ANGELS UK on 01/06/2023

Main office

PO BOX 4738
TWYFORD
READING
BERKSHIRE
RG10 9GT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF BEREAVED CHILDREN AND THOSE FACING BEREAVEMENT AND ASSOCIATED ADULTS BY THE PROVISION OF A SUPPORT SERVICE IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF BERKSHIRE AND THE ADJOINING COUNTIES, OR ANY OTHER AREA AS AGREED BY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE NATURE OF BEREAVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT LAW AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

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