Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

HEARTS MAGIC

To support the socially excluded in Blaenau Gwent through free events and other community beneficial support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/10/23£60£29£30
31/10/22£58£51£8
31/10/21£0£2£-2
31/10/20£27£8£19
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

https://heartsmagic.org/

hearts.magic3@gmail.com

01495711157

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blaenau Gwent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Tredegar Community Task Force
£9,160 02/11/2021
Hearts magic in Blaenau Gwent will deliver medicine food parcels and undertake shopping trips for vulnerable members of the community. £9160 will fund office space and overheads mobile phones ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Tredegar Community Taskforce
£10,000 15/04/2020
12
Hearts Magic in Tredegar will provide help with shopping and essential supplies for older people single parent families and vulnerable individuals who are isolated due to the COVID-19 outbreak. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring for the Heart of the Community
£8,400 24/10/2018
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ Hearts Magic in Blaenau Gwent will use the grant to run a series of events to bring people together and build strong relationships in and across their community. They will ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW ALLEN (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • LINDSAY MARIE COMER Appointed: 2018
  • MIKE MERCER Appointed: 2018
  • RALPH ROCKMAN Appointed: 2018
  • TYRONE O'SULLIVAN OBE Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2019, number: 1185985
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE LITTLE THEATRE TREDEGAR
Suite 8
UPPER CORONATION STREET
TREDEGAR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT AND RELATIONSHIP; FAMILY BREAKDOWN.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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