Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

HARLEQUIN CARE 

Harlequin Care offers complementary therapies , counselling and befriending to Dorset's unpaid Carers
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

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
31/12/22£14,880£10,174£4,7065
31/12/21£2,140£5,020£-2,8800
31/12/20£1,621£513£1,1080
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.harlequincare.com

info@harlequincare.com

07547136041

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Residential nursing care facilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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
Dorset Community Foundation - Harlequin Care Clinic Days
£1,230 10/02/2022
Respite days for updaid carers
National Lottery Community Fund - Harlequin Care Clinic Days
£9,840 21/01/2022
The funding will be used to continue the service of the project through the provision of free respite care. The project aims to provide free respite days for some of Dorset's many unpaid carers of ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/01/2020, number: 1187318
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

16 Colletts Close
Corfe Castle
WAREHAM
BH20 5HG

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SENSORY IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE FAMILY OR HOME BY THE PROVISION OF SHORT TERM REST AND RECUPERATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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