Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

HEART OF LOVE 

To relieve the needs of children and young people with learning difficulties, autism and a variety of other physical or mental disabilities in London and Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas in particular but not exclusively by the provision of respite care sessions and workshops in music, poetry, art and communication and social techniques.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/04/21£15,800£15,800£010
30/04/20*£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.ucandoitfoundation.co.uk

Info@ucandoitcyf.org

07848797152

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Milton Keynes, Sierra Leone, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,900 16/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to U CAN DO IT FOUNDATION
£5,650 21/05/2020
A grant of £5,650 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/10/2019, number: 1185721
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; AR20: 19 days late,
Main office

2 Stonor Court
Great Holm
MILTON KEYNES
MK8 9AP

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, AUTISM AND A VARIETY OF OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITIES IN LONDON AND MILTON KEYNES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF RESPITE CARE SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS IN MUSIC POETRY, ART AND COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL TECHNIQUES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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