Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

LOVE GLASTONBURY

Love Glastonbury exists to - alleviate food poverty; and reduce our environmentalimpact - for those living in, or resorting to, the town of Glastonbury and surroundingenvirons.We do this through redirecting fresh food daily that would otherwise be going to landfillto our community fridge and offering a heavily subsidised/free-to-use communitypantry stocked with long shelf-life food.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/23£29£29£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22?£23£18£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21?£22£11£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£13£5£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£9£9£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£9£9£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£11£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£9£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08?£10£9£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

loveglastonbury.com

lovegcharity@gmail.com

07920406153

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Running a community fridge and community pantry for those experiencing food poverty
£3,000 12/12/2022
Running a community fridge and community pantry for those experiencing food poverty

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALASTAIR LAWLER Appointed: 2023
  • DR MIRANDA MILLAN Appointed: 2021
  • ELIZABETH PEARSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • JULIET DARNELL Appointed: 2024
  • MARY ELIZABETH POWELL M ED Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2022, number: 1198035
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR14: 0 days late, AR10: 187 days late, AR06: 737 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from GLASTONBURY FIRST on 18/07/2023
Main office

Love Glastonbury
Richard Whiting House
9 Silver Street
GLASTONBURY
Somerset
BA6 8BS

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN GLASTONBURY BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUPLIC BY:A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCESB) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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