Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

HIGHBURY VALE-BLACKSTOCK TRUST

Elizabeth House is a multi-purpose community centre in the heart of a socially diverse neighbourhood in North London. The Charity's aims are to improve local residents quality of life, connect people together, provide practical support and create opportunities for local people. The charity prioritises children, young people and families, but we are an inclusive space offering activities for all.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/03/24£631£544£87£0£828£4409.71550
31/03/23£635£616£19£3£741£3927.61460
31/03/22£560£456£104£1£722£3198.41440
31/03/21£456£394£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£357£347£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£276£274£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£275£330£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£227£233£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£246£254£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£254£266£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£243£271£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£234£233£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£274£273£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£355£307£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£278£202£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£291£197£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£140£163£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£102£118£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£139£113£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£81£134£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 9.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 7.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 31 years

www.elizabeth-house.org.uk

info@elizabeth-house.org.uk

02076901300

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden, Hackney, Haringey, Islington,
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 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Trust for London£86,500
The London Community Foundation£34,188
Cripplegate Foundation£28,444
Greater London Authority£27,978
DCMS£9,999
Sport England£6,941
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£15,777 04/04/2024
Islington Food Fund grants
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£2,667 25/01/2023
Islington Food Fund grants
Trust for London - Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust (HVBT)
£6,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.2021-8999
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£5,000 02/11/2021
Copenhagen Street Food Bank
Sport England - TGC CF Community women only fitness at Elizabeth House
£6,941 17/09/2021
12
This project will physical activity sessions for local inactive women aged 16+, providing a safe space for those less confident and/or participants with cultural/religious barriers.
Trust for London - Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust (HVBT)
£80,000 09/06/2021
36
The funding is for upscaling the successful 21st Century Skills project (21CS). 21CS improves access to ‘better work’ for those with no or low qualifications, most of whom are in low skilled/paid work. We provide flexible vocational IT tutoring, ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,999 14/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£5,000 17/06/2020
Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£34,188 30/04/2020
Elizabeth House to sustain and step up its coordinated crisis response in the local community by providing substantial and reliable food/care parcels to vulnerable people, as well as remote support through a programme of activities targeting ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£5,000 03/03/2020
GenXt - an IT training and employability programme
Greater London Authority - Grant to Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£27,978 29/01/2020
Greening Highbury Quadrant Estate
National Lottery Community Fund - Blue House Club
£9,990 11/10/2019
12
Blue House Club
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Elizabeth House goes green
£20,000 26/04/2019
Towards refurbishing the Sports Hall and toilet facilities, including installing PV solar panels, enabling a greater variety of activites to take place while reducing the carbon footprint of the facilities, creating an attractive environment for ....more
Greater London Authority - Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£2,666 14/11/2018
Elizabeth House Community Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Baby massage community group
£5,790 31/08/2018
12
The project will run baby massage sessions and social activities. The aim is to bring people together and encourage the development of parenting skills.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust
£10,000 10/04/2017
refurbishment of a community centre for an organisation working with disadvantaged young people in London
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-75
  • ANDREW BAXTER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant
  • CAROL GLOVER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Campaigns And Communications Manager
  • EDWARD GLASIER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant
  • GARRY LUXFORD Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • JEREMY CORBYN Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Mp
  • JONATHAN GORE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • LEE-ANNE RICHARDSON-PRING Appointed: 2020
  • LIS RIDEAL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant
  • LUCILIA FALSARELLA PEREIRA Appointed: 2022
  • VALERIE BOSSMAN-QUARSHIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Early Years Practitioner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/1993, number: 1029704
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/09/1993, number: 02849848
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

HIGHBURY VALE BLACKSTOCK TRUST
ELIZABETH HOUSE
2 HURLOCK STREET
LONDON
N5 1ED

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF ISLINGTON, HARINGEY AND HACKNEY (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) ; B). TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; C). TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; D). TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED; E). TO DO ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE ISLINGTON, HARINGEY AND HACKNEY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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