MAKING A DIFFERENCE LOCALLY LTD

Registered charity 1123800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Donation-making charity to good causes and charities operating across the UK, nominated by members of Nisa Retail and approved by the Making a Difference Locally Board of Trustees, established to make a difference to local communities.

Objects

TO SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charitable group reported a net surplus of £119,073 for the year ended 30 June 2024, with total funds increasing to £1,612,335. The trustees maintain that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Reserves have increased due to higher contributions from the primary funder, Nisa Retail, driven by own-label performance and inflation.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Martin
• David Luckin · trustee of 2 other charities
• Duncan Batty
• Mandeep Singh Sohal
• Michael Gisby
• Sally Martin
• Tania Sultana Hardcastle-Hill
• Valerie Aston · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELPING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

• HELPING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE income £334k
• LOCALGIVING FOUNDATION income £8.0m
• MAKE A DIFFERENCE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION income £603k
• We Are All Making A Difference Charitable Trust income £110k
• MAKING EVERY ADULT MATTER income £717k
• LOCALITY (UK) income £9.1m

Side by side with its peers

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