MEALS ON WHEELS CUMBRIA

Registered charity 1186356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of meals on wheels in Cumbria

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, INFIRMITY, ILLNESS OR DISABILITY LIVING IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA BY THE PROVISION OF A MEALS ON WHEELS SERVICE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PREPARE HOT, NUTRITIOUS MEALS THEMSELVES THEREBY HELPING THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,004 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £185,426 to £184,422. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Marjorie Allen
• Nigel Philip Ellis Gammage
• Penelope Anne Raine
• Veronica Higgs

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMMS MEALS ON WHEELS LIMITED.

• CAMMS MEALS ON WHEELS LIMITED income £454k
• CHARITY MEALS income £1.6m
• WELLS ON WHEELS LTD income £26k
• CUMBRIA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.4m
• LINGFIELD AND DORMANSLAND MEALS ON WHEELS income £46k
• WORCESTER WHEELS income £931k

Side by side with its peers

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