Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

SHERBORNE COMMUNITY KITCHEN 

Sherborne Community Kitchen is a non-profit charity providing healthy, locally cooked lunches to elderly & vulnerable people in Sherborne and the surrounding area. Funds we raise enable beneficiaries who are referred to us by partner agencies to enjoy healthy free meals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 2 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/07/22*£36,130£51,647£-15,51745
30/07/21*£62,950£43,070£19,88070
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

https://www.sherborne.kitchen/

communitykitchenteam@gmail.com

07929884041

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 45 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 - Sherborne Community Kitchen
£3,000 05/04/2022
Support for general service delivery costs to maintain community meals and home delivered meals whilst beneficiary numbers and income streams are building to support the charity in the long term
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 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

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 17/07/2020, number: 1190451
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; AR22: 44 days late, AR21: 12 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE SENIOR LUNCH CLUB on 25/11/2022
Main office

Raleigh Hall
Digby Road
DT9 3NL

Objectives

RELIEVE ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE LIVING IN SHERBORNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP (BENEFICIARIES), IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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