Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE SPARKLE FOUNDATION UK

The Sparkle Foundation is a UK based charity helping people in need across the UK run by volunteers.We support people living in poverty, or in sudden crisis, ill health, domestic abuse situations, bereaved, often people who have no where else to go to help their situation and help them move forward. We deliver our services with heart, soul and with out judgement, enabling people to feel equal

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
24/06/23	£50,805	£47,749	£3,056	50
24/06/22	£75,438	£75,359	£79	75
24/06/21	£63,617	£63,355	£262	120

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.thesparklefoundationuk.co.uk

info@thesparklefoundationuk.co.uk

07824997674

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides services

Where it operates

Cornwall,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cornwall Community Foundation - Grant to The Sparkle Foundation UK
£5,000	20/03/2023	The Sparkle Foundation, a UK charity run by volunteers, aids those in poverty, crisis, or domestic abuse situations, providing non-judgmental support and enabling them to move forward.
Cornwall Community Foundation - Grant to The Sparkle Foundation UK
£5,000	16/01/2023	The Sparkle Foundation, a UK charity run by volunteers, aids those in poverty, crisis, or domestic abuse situations, providing non-judgmental support and enabling them to move forward.
Cornwall Community Foundation - Crisis Funding in response to Covid 19
£2,000	13/01/2023	The Sparkle Foundation, a UK charity run by volunteers, aids those in poverty, crisis, or domestic abuse situations, providing non-judgmental support and enabling them to move forward.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out
£10,000	10/09/2021	Carmarthenshire People First will use £10000 to provide a range of one-to-one and group activities that encourage people with learning disabilities to re-engage with the community following lockdown.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID JAMES WYER Appointed: 2022

LEIGH YATES (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: The Sparkle Academy,

NICK DOW Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: The Sparkle Academy,

RACHEL WATERS Appointed: 2020

ROBERT DONOVAN Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2020, number: 1192213

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

33 ST PETERS WAY
PORTHLEVEN
HELSTON
33 ST PETERS WAY
PORTHLEVEN
TR13 9AY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES INCLUDING, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT

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