Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 5

MEDWAY AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION

We run a weekly drop in for senior citizens. We hold an annual young Black achievers awards. We develop and deliver projects that promote diversity and celebrate heritage and culture. We work with partners across statutory, voluntary, private sectors to achieve our objectives. We work with young people with regards to culture, arts and education.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£54,177	£75,493	£-21,316	20
31/03/22	£141,000	£94,000	£47,000	50
31/03/21	£85,000	£76,000	£9,000	25
31/03/20	£19,663	£12,856	£6,807	10
31/03/19	£41,532	£43,729	£-2,197	30

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.macacharity.org.uk

info@macacharity.org.uk

08448849502

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent, Medway,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

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

Youth Music	£28,374
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Sport England	£6,240
Co-Operative Group	£1,869

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Medway African and Caribbean Association
£1,869	21/10/2023	We'd like to fund activities to promote health and wellbeing, such as chair exercises, drumming, dancing, and singing sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Windrush stories: connecting generations
£10,000	19/05/2023	The funding will be used to develop and deliver a series of intergenerational workshops to enable participants to learn more about the lives and contribution of the local Windrush communities. The ....more The funding will be used to develop and deliver a series of intergenerational workshops to enable participants to learn more about the lives and contribution of the local Windrush communities. The project aims to commemorate and recognise the contribution of the Windrush communities.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Activate Youth Sports programme
£6,240	09/11/2022	This project will provide weekly taekwondo and dance classes for 20 young people for 6 months.
Youth Music - A Journey to Music
£28,374	01/07/2021	A Journey to Music

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA HALPIN Appointed: 2018

CAROL STEWART (Chair) Appointed: 2018

CAROL VALENTINE Appointed: 2020

LADY IMA AMA JANE BROWN Appointed: 2023

PATRICIA COOPER Appointed: 2018

PATRICIA GAYLE Appointed: 2018

WENDELL HENRY Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2018, number: 1179545

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MEDWAY AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION on 29/05/2020

Main office

THE SUNLIGHT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
105 RICHMOND RD
GILLINGHAM
KENT
ME7 1LX

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:TO ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF KENT AND MEDWAY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PERSONS OF THE AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR ADVANCING EDUCATION AND/OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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