Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

COMMUNITY ACTION REDBRIDGE 

Community Action Redbridge is on a mission to support strong and resilient communities where people lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. We work with a diverse network of members, supporters and local communities to create positive change.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,164£884£279£0£1,057£5537.5485
31/03/22£765£954£-189£0£778£5256.6421
31/03/21£911£834£77£0£967£5838.4421
31/03/20£1,098£1,184£-86£0£890£5765.83610
31/03/19£1,571£1,294£277£0£958£5505.14110
31/03/18£810£916£-106£0£681£4075.3400
31/03/17£862£872£-10£0£787£3514.8340
31/03/16£915£942£-27£0£797£3093.9360
31/03/15£1,673£1,640£33£7£824£2682510
31/03/14£1,966£1,933£34£7£791£2461.5210
31/03/13£1,577£1,514£63£13£758£2111.7250
31/03/12£1,073£1,040£34£8£694£2202.5340
31/03/11£1,692£1,555£137£11£661£2371.8610
31/03/10£962£968£-6£17£523£1051.3270
31/03/09£791£686£105£14£529£1582.8190
31/03/08£1,231£1,142£89£10£424£1361.4120
31/03/07?*£1,160£1,102£58£6£335£2733110
31/03/05£1,102£1,061£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£939£927£11£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 52%
Reserves/Spending: 7.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 18.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 33 years

www.redbridgecvs.net

jenny@redbridgecvs.net

02085531004

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Redbridge,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 48 employees
  • 5 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Safer Neighbourhood Boards Contribution
£20,230 01/09/2022
Redbridge Safer Neighbourhood Board
Department of Health - Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service
£40,000 28/04/2020
Competitive Grants Scheme on Social PrescribingNeed review after Q2 for COVID19 impactBAU Yr 3 of 3 - £ 925,000Chnaged to Section 70 for 20/21 was previously Section 64
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing - Social Prescribing Fund -Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service
£100,000 01/04/2019
An intervention through which people are supported to access non-medical services in the community.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to RedbridgeCVS
£250,900 31/01/2019
60
£250,900 over five years (£49,500; £49,000: £49,800; £50,800; £51,800) for the part-time salaries of the Information Officer, the Information Assistant, plus project costs and overheads.
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing - Social Prescribing Fund -Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service
£200,000 01/04/2018
An intervention through which people are supported to access non-medical services in the community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lon/1/2 - The Aspire project
£34,565 06/11/2015
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project covering the North and East of London to focus on engaging and supporting hard to reach, economically inactive and long term BAME women in ....more
City Bridge Trust - Eco-audit to RedbridgeCVS
£4,200 02/10/2014
£4,200 (10.5 days) to provide an eco-audit.
Sport England - Fit for Fun
£244,178 16/04/2014
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Fit for Fun'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-80
  • VALERIE CUMMINS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Development Consultant & Trainer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/10/1991, number: 1005075
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/1990, number: 02569614
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 247 days late, AR04: 36 days late,
Main office

103 Cranbrook Road
ILFORD
IG1 4PU

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE AND ITS ENVIRONS AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.(2) TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(3) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:(A) “THIRD SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.(B) “CHARITIES” ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.(C) “VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES” ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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