Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 13

No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE MY HOME LIFE ESSEX COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

We help older people predominantly living in care homes to enjoy the best possible quality of life through meaningful engagement with friends and neighbours (FaNs) in their surrounding community. Our FaNs initiatives include the Wishing Washing Line, Intergenerational Colchester Up, Young FaNs Club, FaNimals and Care Home Bake-Off.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 11 years
(13 years as a company)

www.MHLEC.org

info@MHLEC.org

07583 535127

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£174	£72	£103	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,500
31/03/22	£87	£54	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,000
31/03/21	£52	£51	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,200
31/03/20	£74	£64	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,000
31/03/19	£84	£69	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,200
31/03/18	£26	£114	£-87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£10	£197	£-187	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£5	£198	£-193	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£350	£198	£152	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£272	£79	£193	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex, Southend-on-sea, Thurrock,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2,500 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£173,451
Essex Community Foundation	£26,677
Department for Work and Pensions	£10,631

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Care Home Communities
£148,601	30/11/2022	This funding will be used to deliver their Friends and Neighbours project (FaNs) in Essex to keep older people in Essex Care Homes involved with and connected to their wider community. The project ....more This funding will be used to deliver their Friends and Neighbours project (FaNs) in Essex to keep older people in Essex Care Homes involved with and connected to their wider community. The project aims to expand the service to Braintree and Maldon improving residents' quality of life and well-being and reducing social isolation and loneliness.
National Lottery Community Fund - FaNs Essex Platinum Jubilee Celebration
£4,850	08/04/2022	The funding will be used to organize a Jubilee party on 2nd June 2022 for older care home residents carers family and friends from around 30 care homes The project aims to celebrate reminisce and ....more The funding will be used to organize a Jubilee party on 2nd June 2022 for older care home residents carers family and friends from around 30 care homes The project aims to celebrate reminisce and connect with their community.
Department for Work and Pensions - SICA SUPPORT LIMMITED
£6,266	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to My Home Life Essex Community Association
£18,143	07/05/2021	to help support a friends and neighbours project with care homes across Colchester, Tendring, Maldon and Braintree
Department for Work and Pensions - SISTERS AND SEASONS
£4,366	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Care Home Community Support
£10,000	22/05/2020 10	The project will use funding to increase its service of connecting care home residents with people in the wider community. This is due to an increase of requests for assistance during the pandemic.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to My Home Life Essex Community Association
£8,534	07/05/2020	to increase staff hours to provide an adapted response service to support Essex care home residents and staff during the COVID19 crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Communities
£10,000	05/09/2019 12	Connecting Communities
Essex Community Foundation - Core funding
£9,500	05/10/2018 11	To employ a funding and impact consultant to support the development of a project which helps improve the quality of life experienced by older people living in care homes in North East Essex
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to My Home Life Essex Community Association
£96,000	08/06/2017 36	towards three years' salary of the Local Strategic Co-ordinator at a project providing activities to enhance the wellbeing of older people living in care homes in Essex

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-55

DR KARON ELIZABETH GUSH Appointed: 2022

EMMA JOANNE CLARKE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

LISA ANN CARPENTER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Homemaker

MARIANNE TELFER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Regional Manager

MEGAN JOANNE KANE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Independent Sexual Violence Advisor

TONY PAUL SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: It Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/07/2013, number: 1153084
Registered at Companies House on 29/06/2010, number: 07298494

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

EDMUND CARR LLP
146 NEW LONDON ROAD
CHELMSFORD
CM2 0AW

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY HELPING OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THEIR PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTINGS IN ESSEX, TO ENGAGE MEANINGFULLY AND RE-INTEGRATE AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY: A) PROMOTING, INCREASING OR CO-ORDINATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE OLDER PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THEIR WIDER COMMUNITIES ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS, INTERESTS AND PREFERENCES, AND TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR WIDER COMMUNITIES IF THEY SO WISH.B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK AND DAY TO DAY LIFE FOR OLDER PEOPLE WITHIN RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTINGS AND THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERING AND ENABLE THESE RESIDENTS IN PRACTICAL WAYS TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.C) RECRUITING, TRAINING AND SUPPORTING VOLUNTEERS TO BEFRIEND AND SUPPORT OLDER PEOPLE.

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