Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 15

ROTHERFIELD ST MARTIN

RSM is a community led and award winning charity that supports older people in the Rotherfield Parish (and surrounding areas), East Sussex. Our aim is to prevent social isolation and loneliness in our rural community. NB: The charity was originally founded and registered as charity 1119458 in 2007 and converted to this CIO in 2016.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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: 8 years

www.rotherfieldstmartin.org.uk

office@rotherfieldstmartin.org.uk

01892853021

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£189	£120	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	145
31/08/22	£146	£106	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/08/21	£111	£88	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	135
31/08/20	£103	£87	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	142
31/08/19	£86	£85	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	106
31/08/18	£89	£89	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17	£90	£86	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
145 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

Sussex Community Foundation	£17,775
Masonic Trust	£12,000
The Grocers' Charity	£4,000
CAF	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Rotherfield St Martin
£4,000	17/11/2020	Towards project costs to provide over a year 200+ monthly over-80s with printed correspondence, cards, information, encouraging messages and birthday cards.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rotherfield St Martin
£8,875	29/06/2020	Rotherfield St Martin is a community-led and award winning charity that supports older people in the Rotherfield Parish, East Sussex. Their aim is to prevent social isolation and loneliness in our ....more Rotherfield St Martin is a community-led and award winning charity that supports older people in the Rotherfield Parish, East Sussex. Their aim is to prevent social isolation and loneliness in our rural community. Funding will support expanding their remit to become a community hub for all.
CAF - Grant to Rotherfield St Martin
£1,000	17/04/2020	Grant to Rotherfield St Martin to support the organisation through COVID19
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rotherfield St Martin
£3,900	30/03/2020	Rotherfield St Martin are seeking funding to support the increased demand on their services during the current Coronavirus crisis. The increased demand comes at the same time as a sudden reduction in ....more Rotherfield St Martin are seeking funding to support the increased demand on their services during the current Coronavirus crisis. The increased demand comes at the same time as a sudden reduction in income due to the fact that they have had to suspend all usual income generating activities, ie all clubs, trips, fundraising events, meetings and classes.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£12,000	10/02/2020	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rotherfield St Martin
£5,000	18/11/2019 11	Funding was provided towards the project costs of running 40 social club meetings over the course of a year.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rotherfield St Martin
£3,374	16/11/2018 12	Funding was provided to develop social action opportunities via inter generational volunteering at Rotherfield St Martin.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rotherfield St Martin
£4,742	16/03/2018 11	RSM is an award winning community-led charity that prevents social isolation and loneliness in older people living in the Rotherfield Parish. Funding was provided to support the costs of an ....more RSM is an award winning community-led charity that prevents social isolation and loneliness in older people living in the Rotherfield Parish. Funding was provided to support the costs of an administrator to run their service.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

LEON STEER (Chair) Appointed: 2017

MARK HOWARD Appointed: 2018

MATTHEW PANCALDI Appointed: 2023

MELANIE DEN BRINKER-DARBY Appointed: 2022

RUTH HELLIWELL Appointed: 2022

SUSAN BARNETT Appointed: 2022

SUSAN TAYLOR Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/08/2016, number: 1168555

Gift Aid

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
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

7 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ROTHERFIELD ST MARTIN on 23/06/2022

Main office

The Memorial Institute
North Street
Rotherfield
CROWBOROUGH
TN6 3LX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ROTHERFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WELFARE, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

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