Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

ST MATTHIAS CONSERVATION TRUST LTD 

St. Matthias Community Centre is a redundant church which saves as "village hall" to the local community of Blackwall & Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/22£73£52£21n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/21£45£53£-9n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£70£79£-8n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19*£70£79£-8n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/18*£56£50£6£0£0£0n/a010
31/03/17£52£68£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£87£78£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£79£57£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£59£61£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£45£41£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£73£62£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£63£77£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£56£67£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£82£95£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£48£65£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£63£68£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£30£48£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£50£59£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£57£64£-7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years
(32 years as a company)

www.stmatthiascommunitycenter.com

niz_68@hotmail.com

0207 9870459

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 7 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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St. Matthias Community Centre
£3,520 23/10/2021
We would like to be able to continue to provide free meals and shopping for people in need in the community. This would include homeless people and families struggling to pay their way.
National Lottery Community Fund - POST COVID HOLIDAY HUNGER PROJECT
£10,000 19/03/2021
11
The funding will be used to provide hot meals and activities for children and young people. The project aims to support the health and wellbeing of families from low income backgrounds including ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Matthias Community Centre
£9,400 05/04/2018
St Matthias - 25 Years Young
National Lottery Community Fund - Fitness and Fun For All
£10,000 22/01/2010
12
A project by this group based in Tower Hamlets, London to provide healthy eating and exercise classes for all mebers of the community to improve their fitness and raise awareness of the importance of ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Travelling art workshops
£1,000 10/05/2006
Towards travelling art workshops for all cultures in London E14

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/1993, number: 1023032
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/1991, number: 02622384
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 13 days late, AR18: 187 days late, AR16: 61 days late, AR14: 25 days late, AR13: 302 days late, AR12: 332 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 367 days late, AR09: 45 days late, AR08: 312 days late, AR07: 650 days late, AR06: 1015 days late, AR05: 1380 days late, AR04: 1773 days late,
Main office

ST. MATTHIAS COMMUNITY CENTRE
113 POPLAR HIGH STREET
LONDON
E14 0AE

Objectives

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND FOR THE NATION THE FORMER CHURCH OF ST MATTHIAS POPLAR SITUATED IN THE SAID BOROUGH AS A BUILDING OF EXCEPTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC VALUE. TO PROMOTE THE SAID BUILDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID PERSONS BY ADVANCING ASSISTING IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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