Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 11

No PartB

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 11

MRS INDEPENDENT LIVING

Working in North East London, we support people in need to stay independent, active and connected to their communities. We provide practical help through our home adaptations and therapeutic decluttering services, social and digital inclusion activities, falls prevention services, and advice and advocacy for people from marginalised and excluded communities.

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Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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		£335	£308	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£301	£286	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£226	£263	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20		£247	£259	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19		£198	£193	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18		£204	£316	£-112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£653	£541	£112	£25	£400	£400	8.9	13	0
31/03/16		£565	£492	£73	£26	£288	£288	7	13	0
31/03/15		£562	£553	£9	£42	£214	£214	4.7	13	0
31/03/14		£508	£488	£20	£46	£206	£136	3.3	11	0
31/03/13		£408	£389	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£426	£488	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£796	£749	£47	£84	£229	£229	3.7	20	0
31/03/10		£753	£740	£13	£97	£182	£182	3	28	0
31/03/09	*	£640	£638	£3	£87	£169	£169	3.2	27	0
31/03/08	*	£593	£623	£-30	£3	£170	£87	1.7	17	0
31/03/07	*	£625	£664	£-39	£3	£200	£116	2.1	17	0
31/03/06	*	£710	£606	£104	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£547	£527	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£538	£541	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 35 years
(37 years as a company)

www.mrsindependentliving.org

services@mrsindependentliving.org

03303801013

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of London, Hackney, Islington,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

Trust for London	£77,875
City Bridge Trust	£62,274
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington	£48,074
Hackney Council	£37,564
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,994
DCMS	£8,221
Hackney CVS	£5,061

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£5,061	09/11/2023	The project will assist the users of Side by Side, a project of MRS Independent Living, to alleviate stress and ill health caused by the cost of living crisis.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to MRS Independent Living
£60,100	07/03/2023	£60,100 over two years (£29,500; £30,600) towards Hackney Dude’s art and music groups.
Trust for London - MRS Independent Living
£5,375	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9369
Trust for London - MRS Independent Living
£72,500	09/02/2022	The funding is for a community advice and outreach service embedded in a public square in Dalston, which is frequented by a marginalised and excluded community that does not engage with formal ....more The funding is for a community advice and outreach service embedded in a public square in Dalston, which is frequented by a marginalised and excluded community that does not engage with formal services. The assistance is user-led and offers practical help with accessing benefits, housing and other welfare support.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Mobile Repair Service
£40,000	01/12/2021 24	A weekly digital drop-in and user-led group activities that will improve older people’s digital confidence and social inclusion through peer support and increased digital participation.
Hackney Council - Grant to The Mobile Repair Service
£996	11/08/2021	Stamford Hill Exercise Group for older Orthodox Jewish women.
Hackney Council - Grant to The Mobile Repair Service
£36,568	24/03/2021 12	Wave 5 (Project): The funding is to enable two successful existing projects using a co-production model and an asset based community development approach, working with older people and with older men ....more Wave 5 (Project): The funding is to enable two successful existing projects using a co-production model and an asset based community development approach, working with older people and with older men to continue. Both projects support excluded individual
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 London Community Response Grant - Wave 3
£8,074	13/08/2020 6	The Fifty-Plus Secret Garden Party is a weekly social for older people to escape isolation, stay informed and involved with their communities. The event facilitates creative digital inclusion, ....more The Fifty-Plus Secret Garden Party is a weekly social for older people to escape isolation, stay informed and involved with their communities. The event facilitates creative digital inclusion, supported by offline support and online contact. The venue is a designated 'sanctuary' offering a Covid-secure environment for vulnerable people.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,221	24/06/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Mobile Repair Service T/A MRS Independent Living
£2,174	07/05/2020	£2,174 for your work in Hackney only.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Mobile Repair Service (MRS)
£2,800	20/04/2020	Covid-19 Response
National Lottery Community Fund - Expanding and developing Side by Side
£9,994	17/10/2019 12	Expanding and developing Side by Side

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 57-83

OYETADE OYEBODE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Analyst

DES HARDIMAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

ANDREW TUNKS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THEYDON BOIS UNITED CHARITIES, PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARYS THEYDON BOIS,

JANE TILSTON BSC MSC, Occupation: Health Promotion

MICHELLE CORNES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Teacher, Other trusteeship: ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS CHARITY,

REBECCA HENDERSON Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Information And Advice Co Ordi

STEPHEN STEPPENS, Occupation: Factory Worker

DR JOHN MILES, Occupation: Community Worker, Other trusteeships: ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION AND AGEING, KILBURN OLDER VOICES EXCHANGE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/06/1989, number: 801419
Registered at Companies House on 30/12/1986, number: 02086284

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR12: 20 days late, AR11: 15 days late, AR09: 4 days late, AR08: 4 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 941 days late, AR05: 15 days late,

Main office

c/o Space4
113-115 Fonthill Road
LONDON
N4 3HH

Objectives

The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in the London Boroughs of Islington, Hackney, City of London and other boroughs, through the provision of services and products to promote independence, health and wellbeing and social inclusion.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND ISLINGTON

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