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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

WMVS CHILDREN IN CARE FOUNDATION 

Helping young people within the public care system to develop skills and capabilities to participate in society as independent, mature individuals. Providing support, training and personal development opportunities to build aspirations. Helping socially excluded young people in the care system overcome inequality and disadvantage.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • 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
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
05/04/23£173,783£189,343£-15,5600
05/04/22£138,393£119,047£19,3460
05/04/21£233,656£129,760£103,8960
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

peter@pcox.org.uk

01789262329

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for young people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/04/2020, number: 1189151
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • 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
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o Setsquare Solutions Ltd
1 Shrieves Walk
Sheep Street
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Warwickshire
DY3 4DF

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECT(S) OF THE CIO ARE:3.1.1 TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN THE PUBLIC CARE SYSTEM ACROSS (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE WEST MIDLANDS REGION INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN THE PUBLIC CARE SYSTEM BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO AN EXTENDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME, EDUCATIONAL TASTER SESSIONS AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AND(C) PROVIDING SUPPORT, TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD ASPIRATIONS AND DEVELOP THE INDEPENDENCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF YOUNG PEOPLE;3.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WITHIN, OR HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PUBLIC CARE SYSTEM, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION):(A) HELPING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE OVERCOME INEQUALITY AND DISADVANTAGE ARISING AS A RESULT OF THOSE PEOPLE BEING IN, OR HAVING EXPERIENCED, THE PUBLIC CARE SYSTEM; AND(B) PROMOTING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES BY PROVIDING THE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE SAME CHANCES TO OBTAIN QUALIFICATIONS AND HAVE SUCCESSFUL FUTURE CAREERS AS THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN OR EXPERIENCED THE PUBLIC CARE SYSTEM.3.2 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE 3, THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:3.2.1 SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING WITHIN THE PUBLIC CARE SYSTEM.3.2.2 WEST MIDLANDS REGION SHALL INCLUDE SUCH GEOGRAPHICAL OR LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT SHALL INCLUDE BIRMINGHAM, COVENTRY, DUDLEY, HEREFORDSHIRE, SANDWELL, SHROPSHIRE, SOLIHULL, STAFFORDSHIRE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, TELFORD AND WREKIN, WARWICKSHIRE, WALSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON AND WORCESTERSHIRE.

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
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