Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

CMSS 

Provision of day services and social activities for adults with Cerebral Palsy and associated disabilities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£755£860£-104£0£1,591£1,50921.1250
31/03/22£645£811£-166£0£1,695£1,60823.8230
31/03/21£610£831£-220£0£1,862£1,76825.5280
31/03/20£1,057£1,109£-52£0£2,082£1,98621.5321
31/03/19£1,018£1,043£-24£0£2,134£2,03523.4311
31/03/18£1,014£1,005£8£0£2,159£2,06724.7310
31/03/17£1,144£1,084£60£1£2,151£2,05622.8330
31/03/16£1,169£1,102£67£1£2,090£2,04922.3340
31/03/15£1,236£1,177£59£186£2,023£1,98420.2380
31/03/14£1,277£1,112£165£169£1,965£1,91220.6360
31/03/13£1,246£1,151£96£164£1,799£1,78218.6400
31/03/12£1,267£1,215£52£176£1,704£1,70316.8370
31/03/11£1,286£1,189£98£177£1,651£1,64616.6370
31/03/10£1,143£1,011£132£158£1,554£1,54418.3350
31/03/09£1,000£918£82£164£1,423£5296.9340
31/03/08£1,002£959£42£119£1,350£1,34116.8370
31/03/07*£975£930£45£111£1,308£1,28016.5380
31/03/06£918£859£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£872£799£74£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£672£699£-27£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 21.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 21 months
Quick Ratio: 28.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 45 years

www.cmss.org.uk

kelly.flaherty@cmss.org.uk

02088663711

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric and substance abuse)
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Brent, City Of Westminster, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 25 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 64-85
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/01/1979, number: 277128
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/11/1978, number: 01402217
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 10 days late,
Main office

CMSS
WILTSHIRE LANE
NORTHWOOD HILLS
PINNER
MIDDX
HA5 2NB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELFARE, INTEREST, TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF EALING, HARROW AND HILLINGDON AND THAT PART OF THE LONDON BORUGH OF BRENT NORTH OF THE NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD (OR IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT RE-ORGANISATION IN AN EQUIVALENT AREA) AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THESE PRESENTS SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE PERSONS WITH ANY FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND ASSOCIATED DISABILITIES).

Defined Area of Benefit:

SEE OBJECT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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