Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

THE SPACE

To preserve and protect the mental health of children and young people, in particular, but not exclusively aged between 4-18 living in the Cheddar Valley, Somerset through:a) The provision of one to one counselling, support, advice and information;b) Recreational and leisure time activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
31/03/24£190£152£38n/a
31/03/23£167£116£51n/a
31/03/22£74£81£-7n/a
31/03/21£52£41£10n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.thespacesomerset.org.uk

johnpimblott@outlook.com

07723562125

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£265,000
BBC Children in Need£75,000
Henry Smith Charity£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Postcode Local Trust£19,000
DCMS£9,863
Somerset Community Foundation£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community of Support continuation
£225,000 30/08/2023
This funding will be used to develop a community of support for children young people and their families in Cheddar and the surrounding rural area of Somerset. The project aims to improve the wellbeing of participants and enable people to come ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Space CIO
£75,000 05/04/2023
36
This work supports children and young people experiencing mental health and emotional wellbeing challenges, and will increase positive relationships, resilience and emotional wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 23/09/2022
24
Community of Support
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Space
£75,000 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project to expand counselling support for children and young people aged 9-17 years in Cheddar Valley, Somerset.
Postcode Local Trust - The Space Running Costs
£19,000 26/04/2022
The funding extended our mental health support by expanding our age range to include 5-8 years, and developed our 9-17 years support
Somerset Community Foundation - Counselling and group activities for young people in the Cheddar area
£5,000 07/04/2022
Counselling and group activities for young people in the Cheddar area
National Lottery Community Fund - Community of Support
£40,000 24/06/2021
The organisation will use the funding over 2 years to deliver low-level preventative intervention services to children and young people aged 5-18 years old and their families.
Somerset Community Foundation - Cheddar Youth Club
£3,000 29/03/2021
11
Grant to The Space
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 26/03/2021
Community of Support
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,863 28/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DR JOHN PIMBLOTT (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • DR STEPHEN KITE Appointed: 2023
  • IAN JAMES BIGGS Appointed: 2024
  • SANDRA LEGG Appointed: 2020
  • SUZANNE SMITH Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/04/2020, number: 1188929
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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 Estate Office
Lower North Street
CHEDDAR
Somerset
BS27 3HA

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AGED BETWEEN 4-18 LIVING IN THE CHEDDAR VALLEY, SOMERSET THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF ONE TO ONE COUNSELLING, SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION;B) RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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