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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE DARLINGTON TOWN MISSION

To relieve poverty, sickness, hardship and distress of those in need in the Borough of Darlington through the provision of practical and material assistance, advice, information and support and by any other charitable means, in order to improve the quality of life.To advance the Christian faith particularly but not exclusively by holding services of worship
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£23£37£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£93£28£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£22£28£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£29£31£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£26£22£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£32£13£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£23£18£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£28£18£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£24£17£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£26£18£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£16£19£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£15£19£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£13£14£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£14£21£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£19£19£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£12£16£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£12£18£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£12£11£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£12£17£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 60 years

www.darlingtontownmission.org.uk

dtm@darlingtontownmission.org.uk

07943251357

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - helping tacle lonliness and isolation in Darlington's elderly
£1,000 18/11/2021
To helping tackle loneliness and isolation in Darlington's elderly.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Darlington Town Mission
£5,711 04/08/2017
Funding will pay for trips that relieve the isolation of elderly people by getting them out of their house to enjoy new experiences.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BRIAN SIMPSON BED Appointed: 2015
  • DEREK MILLS
  • DERMOT WINTERS Appointed: 2021
  • JULIA BEAN Appointed: 2012
  • JOHN DOBBIN Appointed: 2020
  • MARY DRURY Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/06/1964, number: 235572
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

3 Idaho Gardens
DARLINGTON
County Durham
DL1 2RG

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE A)TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF THOSE IN NEED IN THE BOROUGH OF DARLINGTON THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT AND BY ANY OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS THAT THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE SAID BENEFICIARIES QUALITY OF LIFE. B)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY HOLDING SERVICES OF WORSHIP WHEREVER APPROPRIATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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