Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Dormant: -10
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

MERE AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE

The Mere and District Day Centre is an independent charity which provides a safe and caring place for older people to meet on Mondays and Fridays throughout the year. They enjoy a range of stimlulating activities, together with a hot lunch. Most of our guests live locally to Mere or the surrounding villages, but some come from further afield if they have no provision in their own area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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	£21	£23	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22?	£14	£17	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20	£22	£18	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/19	£16	£17	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	£20	£17	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£23	£19	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£19	£18	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£16	£18	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£19	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£23	£17	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£17	£17	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£16	£19	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£24	£21	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£20	£21	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£13	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£17	£12	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£12	£11	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£12	£10	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: less than 1 year

meredaycentre.org.uk

chair@meredaycentre.org.uk

01747861296

Charity Commission for England and Wales

This Charity appears to be dormant

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Dorset, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People

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
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Rosemary Goddard Centre/ The Mere Day Centre
£12,000	25/01/2023	A day centre held in a community room twice a week in the rural village of Mere. As a rural community, Mere and the surrounding villages face increasing issues of access to services, with significant ....more A day centre held in a community room twice a week in the rural village of Mere. As a rural community, Mere and the surrounding villages face increasing issues of access to services, with significant depletion of local provision over recent years. Many social and health services have consolidated and moved to Warminster, Tisbury or beyond which inevitably presents travel problems as public transport facilities are reduced or withdrawn altogether. Sessions include a hot lunch provided by a local pub & a variety of activities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW JOHN THOMAS Appointed: 2024

FRANK MARSHALL Appointed: 2024

HERMIONE WARD Appointed: 2024

JENNIFER JANE MASON (Chair) Appointed: 2024

JULIA COLE Appointed: 2024

PETER ANTONY GANE Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2024, number: 1207117

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
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

18 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MERE AND DISTRICT DAY CENTRE on 04/06/2024

Main office

Rosemary Cottage
Dark Lane
Mere
Warminster
BA12 6DT

Objectives

THE CIO’S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OLDER PEOPLE IN AND AROUND MERE, WHO ARE IN DANGER OF ISOLATION AND LONELINESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE TO MEET, WITH A NUTRITIOUS LUNCH AND STIMULATING ACTIVITIES.

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