WE MIND THE GAP

Registered charity 1161504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MONEYPENNY FOUNDATION

WeMindTheGap bridges the gap between young people aged 16 -25 yrs, disadvantaged by their circumstances, and the wider community in the North West including North Wales, Cheshire, Merseyside & Manchester. Through the provision of totally holistic, paid traineeships the aim is to give new opportunities in life and work which address any gaps in maturation, aspiration, confidence, care and skills.

Objects

The object of the CIO is to act as a resource for young people and their families who are aged between 11 ? 30 living in the UK by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of work experience, physical, education and other activities. 1. advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals; 2. advancing education; 3. relieving unemployment; 4. providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people living in the area of benefit who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons

Area of benefit: UK

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £14,094 for the period, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £407,059 to £392,965. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, with free reserves calculated at £146,200. Financial sustainability is identified as the major financial risk, which the trustees aim to mitigate through their five-year business plan.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• UK government — “WeMindTheGap is part funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in partnership with Flintshire County Council and Wre…” (source page)
• Flintshire County Council — “WeMindTheGap is part funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in partnership with Flintshire County Council and Wre…” (source page)
• Wrexham County Borough Council — “WeMindTheGap is part funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in partnership with Flintshire County Council and Wre…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathleen Campbellchair
• Brittany Brown
• Daniel Lilley
• Jade Palmer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Ann Jones
• Kirsty Rogers
• RACHEL CLACHER
• Samantha Lubanzu

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

Operates in: Denbighshire · Flintshire · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEALDEN WORKS.

• WEALDEN WORKS income £144k
• THE GAP ARTS PROJECT income £200k
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k
• MIND THE GAP income £1.1m
• THINK18 income £145k
• BRIDGING THE GAP (MANCHESTER) income £185k

Side by side with its peers

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