Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

15BILLIONEBP

To advance for the public benefit the education and training of children and young people with particular reference to equipping them for employment and facilitating their obtaining work in industry, commerce and the professions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£1,809£1,983£-174£0£293£2401.5441,000
31/08/22?£3,208£3,351£-143£0£551£5512492,500
31/03/21£1,252£1,352£-100£0£686£6435.72750
31/03/20£1,141£1,275£-134£0£858£7507.1270
31/03/19£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£452£455£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£493£526£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£572£584£-12£0£446£4469.2130
31/03/15£507£576£-68£21£458£4379.1110
31/03/14£605£462£144£21£518£45811.9150
31/03/13£576£554£22£59£381£3688130
31/03/12£498£587£-89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£560£592£-31£28£448£4408.9130
31/03/10£676£712£-36£21£479£4798.190
31/03/09£685£657£28£25£515£4778.7110
31/03/08£840£752£88£24£486£4096.5100
31/03/07£677£621£56£57£399£3116120
31/03/06£546£527£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,842£1,827£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£2,184£2,228£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 66%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 1.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 34 years

www.15billionebp.org

info@15billionebp.org

020 8536 3630

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, City Of London, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - 15billionebp
£149,850 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-74
  • CHARLES JOHN BELCHER Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Consultant
  • JAMES COLIN JENNINGS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Partnership Manager
  • JENNIFER ANN WILKINS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Headmistress
  • KISHEN GAJJAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • LARISA BUDAEVA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director / Ceo
  • RICHARD STEPHENS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director, Fixed Income Sales
  • ROBERT HALES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Manager
  • SIMON CLINTON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor Of The Supreme Court Of England And Wale
  • SIMON PIESSE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • SUGATHAN SAHADEVAN (Chair) Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Self Employed
  • SUNDEEP BHANDARI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Independent Non Executive Director
  • ZENAB MUMTAZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Socio Economic Development Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/08/1990, number: 1000041
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/01/1990, number: 02462697
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 220
Mirror Works
12 Marshgate Lane
LONDON
E15 2NH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO EQUIPPING THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT AND FACILITATING THEIR OBTAINING WORK IN INDUSTRY COMMERCE AND THE PROFESSIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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