Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 9

THE BLACKMORE VALE CHARITY

The prevention or relief of poverty in Sturminster Newton and the surrounding areas by the operation of a community store for food and essential items and the provision of linked support, services, education and advice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

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
31/12/23		£394,015	£288,118	£105,897	50
31/12/22		£367,884	£212,641	£155,243	55

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

https://www.valepantry.co.uk

carole@valepantry.co.uk

07968348481

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Dorset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£146,985
The Clothworkers Foundation	£15,000
The Royal Countryside Fund	£12,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Dorset Community Foundation	£8,000
The Foyle Foundation	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Royal Countryside Fund - Stepping it Up
£12,000	01/01/2024	This project will expand the space they have to deliver a wider range of services to those households facing crisis and /or hardship. They will be able to offer hands-on cookery lessons, a cafe style ....more This project will expand the space they have to deliver a wider range of services to those households facing crisis and /or hardship. They will be able to offer hands-on cookery lessons, a cafe style area for people to sit and talk, run activities, run a breakfast club and open a homework corner.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Blackmore Vale Charity
£15,000	16/11/2023	Refurbishment of installation of heating system and building a mezzanine area for a charity which works with economically disadvantaged people in Dorset
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Vale Pantry (The Blackmore Vale Charity)
£1,325	21/10/2023	Contrary to popular belief we have to purchase our food – very little is donated and we have to fundraise constantly to feed around 250 households each week. We desperately need help in feeding all.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Vale Pantry Community
£134,485	24/11/2022	This funding will support The Blackmore Vale Charity (BVC) and Citizens Advice Central Dorset (CACD) to support beneficiaries at the Vale Pantry Sturminster Newton. The project aims to support people ....more This funding will support The Blackmore Vale Charity (BVC) and Citizens Advice Central Dorset (CACD) to support beneficiaries at the Vale Pantry Sturminster Newton. The project aims to support people in food poverty.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	01/11/2022	Core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	05/08/2022	The Pantry - Eat Healthy/Be Healthy
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500	21/04/2022	towards ongoing costs of the community food store (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Dorset Community Foundation - Eat Healthy Live Healthy Be Healthy
£5,000	10/02/2022	Core costs for social supermarket addressing poverty and other identified needs and issues
National Lottery Community Fund - Bags of Energy!
£10,000	28/01/2022	This project aims to prevent food poverty by providing a community store for food and essential items and the provision of linked support and advice.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Blackmore Vale Charity, The Vale Pantry
£1,000	01/12/2021	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to The Blackmore Vale Charity (aka The Vale Pantry)
£3,000	25/11/2021	Core costs for charity running a food pantry, offering low cost food for members, who are facing poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting young parents with a high needs child
£2,500	21/07/2021	The project will provide support for children who live with additional support needs that are undiagnosed and their parents. The project will provide a series of sessions which will allow parents to ....more The project will provide support for children who live with additional support needs that are undiagnosed and their parents. The project will provide a series of sessions which will allow parents to build connections with other parents with shared experiences whilst their children are supported to build social skills development skills and relationships with other children.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROLE JONES Appointed: 2021

CATHERINE JACKS Appointed: 2021

CLAIRE-MARIE HOOPER Appointed: 2024

DR WILLIAM DUNCAN WARD Appointed: 2021

JANE DAWES Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/10/2021, number: 1196306

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

35A MARKET PLACE
STURMINSTER NEWTON
DT10 1AR

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN STURMINSTER NEWTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY STORE FOR FOOD AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS AND THE PROVISION OF LINKED SUPPORT, SERVICES, EDUCATION AND ADVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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