Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

THE POD CHARITABLE TRUST 

Provides entertainment for children and young people in hospitals and hospices throughout the UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year

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
31/12/22£47£24£23n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/21£12£4£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£97£35£62n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/19£152£141£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£180£153£26£0£0£0n/a01
31/12/17£157£155£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£172£149£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£145£132£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14?£172£149£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£138£115£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£126£113£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£120£99£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£85£108£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£90£105£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£101£107£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07*£96£96£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06£117£92£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05£81£84£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04£84£77£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

www.podchildrenscharity.com

margaret@podchildrenscharity.com

01938 810374

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

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
The Shears Foundation - Pod Charitable Trust
£5,000 30/04/2019
Making Smiles in Hospitals in the North East in 2019.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 12/12/2017
Fun and Laughter for Children in Hospital

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/05/1980, number: 279743
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 26 days late,
Main office

TURPINS YARD
OAKLANDS ROAD
LONDON
NW2 6LL

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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