Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

JIGSAW SUPPORT SCHEME 

Jigsaw supports vulnerable individuals to live independently. Jigsaw provides a range of support services including direct support in the home, and a range of quality of life services therapeutic activities for older, vulnerable or isolated adults.Jigsaw additionally carries out numerous poverty relief programs, and relief for those suffering from mental illness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • 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*£45£58£-13n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22*£59£59£0n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21*£74£48£27n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/20£38£41£-3n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/19£33£59£-25n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/18£58£56£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£110£110£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£205£315£-110£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£251£216£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£252£105£147£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.jigsawsupportscheme.org.uk

admin@jigsawsupportscheme.org.uk

01623 232800

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund£19,586
Co-Operative Group£2,558
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£1,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Jigsaw Support Group Cafe
£9,276 28/10/2022
The funding will be used to run a weekly mental health support group that deals with the cost-of-living crisis by providing a free food bank guest speakers and a range of other interventions that is ....more
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Jigsaw Support Scheme
£1,600 19/07/2022
The funding is for the cost of food, storage and volunteer expenses.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Jigsaw Support Scheme
£2,558 23/10/2021
We'd like to buy gardening equipment and plants to help improve community spaces, improve our clients mental and physical health, and donate to foodbanks with the produce.
National Lottery Community Fund - This is What Mental Health Looks Like
£2,460 20/07/2021
The funding will help to provide face to face facilitated sessions by a trained professional which explore mental health as a method of bringing people together to develop deeper connections and work ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 mental health and dementia project
£7,850 15/05/2020
1
The funding will be used to provide telephone support and essential items for vulnerable people living with mental ill health and those living with dementia. This will enable participants to stay ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Jigsaw Support Scheme
£47,000 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a befriending and mentoring project for isolated older people living in disadvantaged areas of Nottinghamshire

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/04/2013, number: 1151697
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR23: 22 days late, AR22: 24 days late, AR21: 22 days late, AR17: 238 days late, AR16: 31 days late,
Main office

Jigsaw Support Scheme
Chadburn house
Weighbridge Road
MANSFIELD
Nottinghamshire
NG18 1AH

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO AGED OR SICK PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE WITH A VIEW TO ASSISTING THEM TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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