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Overall GiG Score: 5

CHARITY MENTORS KENT AND MEDWAY

The charity aims to support the capacity and sustainability of the voluntary sector in the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority. This will be done through the provision of high quality mentoring and other services to their leaders, with the aim of enabling and encouraging clear strategic thinking, planning and action by voluntary sector organisations,

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Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/24	£17	£14	£3
31/03/23	£14	£10	£4
31/03/22	£12	£6	£5

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

https://charitymentorskent.org

nick.marden@charitymentorskent.org

07708460624

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Kent, Medway,

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? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DEBORAH CARTWRIGHT Appointed: 2021

LORNE COLIN CAMPBELL MITCHELL Appointed: 2024

NICK MARDEN LVO DL Appointed: 2021

PAUL BARNARD Appointed: 2022

SOPHIE JANE CLISSOLD-LESSER Appointed: 2024

STEPHEN ELSDEN Appointed: 2022

TIM BULL Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/02/2021, number: 1193618

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE MILL HOUSE
CAGE LANE
SMARDEN
Smarden
TN27 8QE

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY MENTORING IN LEADERSHIP, STRATEGIC THINKING AND PLANNING.IN THIS CLAUSE, “THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: “CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

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