Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

INVOLVE - VOLUNTARY ACTION IN MID DEVON

To support the efficiency and effectiveness and the effective use of charitable resources of third sector organisations in Mid Devon by:1. Providing support to assist in their good governance.2. Building their capacity through support, advice and information services.3. Liaising and co-ordinating with them to provide charitable services to improve the lives of the citizens in Mid Devon
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£297£185£112n/a
31/03/22£167£145£23n/a
31/03/21£98£85£14n/a
31/03/20£136£116£19n/a
31/03/19£135£91£44n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.involve-middevon.org.uk

admin@involve-middevon.org.uk

01884210933

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Cullompton Youth Development Partnership
£9,776 09/01/2023
Subsidy of therapy sessions within 2 Wilcombe and Tidcombe Primary schools.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALISON PADFIELD Appointed: 2024
  • AMELIA GRACE HORTON DAVIES Appointed: 2024
  • DENNIS JOHN KNOWLES Appointed: 2018
  • DR DAISY KATHERINE ROBINSON Appointed: 2023
  • FELICITY JANE COLTHORPE (Chair) Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/02/2018, number: 1177169
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Coggans Well House
Phoenix Lane
Tiverton
EX16 6LU

Objectives

TO SUPPORT THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS IN MID DEVON BY:1. PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ASSIST IN THEIR GOOD GOVERNANCE.2. BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY THROUGH SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICES.3. LIAISING WITH AND CO-ORDINATING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS IN MID DEVON.4. FACILITATING CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE THEIR SERVICES BY BRINGING THEM TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES IN MID DEVON.5. IDENTIFYING GAPS IN CHARITABLE SERVICES AND SUPPORTING THEM TO FILL THOSE GAPS.6. PROVIDING ADVOCACY FOR THEM AND THEIR ULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO HAVING THEIR VIEWS HEARD BY POLICY MAKERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND FUNDERS.7. MAINTAINING A DATABASE OF THEIR SERVICES AND PROJECTS WHICH BENEFIT PEOPLE IN MID DEVON.IN THESE OBJECTS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS APPLY:A) “THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS” MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.B) “CHARITIES” ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.C) “VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES” ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.D) VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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