Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

The promotion for the public benefit of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular within the Greater London area) by way of all or any of the following means: relief of poverty and unemplyement; the advancement of education, training or retraining; providing unemployed people with work experience; creation and improvement of businesses.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 24 years

www.pdt.org.uk

neil@pdt.org.uk

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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£4,158£4,094£64£0£814£8142.43690
31/03/22£4,440£4,210£230£0£749£7492.13475
31/03/21£3,705£3,751£-46£0£519£5191.73670
31/03/20£3,875£3,875£0£0£565£5651.73360
31/03/19£2,952£2,897£55£0£564£5642.33690
31/03/18£2,592£2,526£66£0£509£5082.4360
31/03/17£2,108£2,227£-119£0£443£3902.1340
31/03/16£1,432£1,588£-156£0£562£5494.1250
31/03/15£2,243£2,096£147£191£718£7174.1300
31/03/14*£2,081£1,848£233£193£571£5713.7210
31/03/13£1,852£2,081£-229£241£338£3381.9180
31/03/12£2,440£2,549£-109£550£567£5672.7300
31/03/11£5,028£4,748£280£553£676£6761.7400
31/03/10£3,877£3,902£-25£580£396£3961.2400
31/03/09£2,987£2,970£17£456£421£4211.7400
31/03/08£2,503£2,618£-115£316£405£4051.9400
31/03/07*£2,223£2,297£-74£272£520£1820.9450
31/03/06*£2,157£2,124£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£2,544£2,523£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,619£2,627£-7£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • 36 employees
  • 90 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£446,400
National Lottery Heritage Fund£323,998
Department for Work and Pensions£237,642
Trust for London£157,950
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£145,000
City Bridge Trust£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Power of Planting Garden
£7,682 26/05/2023
The funding will be used to continue to deliver weekly gardening workshops for communities in social housing in the Westbourne area of Westminster. The project aims to provide local residents with ....more
Trust for London - Paddington Development Trust
£4,950 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9328
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Wonderful Words: Dramatically closing the word gap
£145,000 29/07/2022
Grand Junction is a community venue running activities for children and adults, and a public arts and music programme. This grant will support Grand Junction to work with primary schools in ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000 11/07/2022
towards 24 live family theatre performances for diverse and low-income families living in North Westminster
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£249,998 08/06/2022
Our Shared Heritage (OSH)
Trust for London - Paddington Development Trust
£66,000 23/02/2022
The funding will cover the employment costs of our N'hood Forum Community Development Worker who will facilitate the forums engage at least 1000 citizens including including Arabic speakers build ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Let's Grow Westbourne
£7,682 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to run allotment gardening sessions for members of Westminster. The project aims to enable local people to grow their own food and take part in activities which benefit ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£20,000 24/06/2021
17
Chapel of St Sepulchre Conservation Project
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Paddington Development Trust
£4,000 01/06/2021
WE ARE HERE film project
Department for Work and Pensions - PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST
£237,642 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
DCMS - CRF21 PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST
£288,900 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£50,000 01/03/2021
£50,000 over one year towards the core costs including a contribution towards the salary costs of the CEO, DCEO and SFO.
DCMS - CRF20 Paddington Development Trust
£157,500 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£74,000 11/08/2020
COVID19 PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - Paddington Development Trust
£17,190 01/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - Paddington Development Trust
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£13,050 25/05/2020
6
Provision of tablets, smartphones and internet for 30 individuals, families and young people from deprived communities in North Westminster. (Covid-19)
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Paddington Development Trust
£3,980 29/06/2019
12
We Are Here Summer Holiday Film Project
Trust for London - Paddington Development Trust
£87,000 05/06/2019
24
The funding is for salary and project costs to employ a community development worker to support two existing resident-led neighbourhood forums operating in highly socially deprived wards in ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£275,600 21/03/2019
60
£275,600 over five years (£57,300; £53,200; £54,100; £55,000; £56,000) towards a full-time Volunteer Manager and associated running costs.
Trust for London - Paddington Development Trust
£10,000 28/02/2019
12
The funding is to test the feasibility of securing a share issue from FTSE 250 companies to build an endowment to invest in London’s most stressed communities, tackling needs identified by those ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£10,000 04/12/2018
Our new Programme will offer arts and cultural activities for local young people and families in Westbourne, the second most deprived ward in London. The connection between wellbeing and arts and ....more
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£20,458 27/03/2018
36
St Mary Magdalene's internship, apprentice and conservation volunteer programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Strong Community Families (BSCF)
£354,531 01/11/2017
48
This group will develop their baby drop-in and new mothers/parent support project in order to embed peer-to-peer and family support networks. The project will provide a safe environment for isolated ....more
Power to Change - Paddington Development Trust
£259,629 31/05/2017
36
Grant to Paddington Development Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - Lon/1/4 - SWEET - Support Women into Education, Employment & Training
£957,397 12/05/2016
35
This project will deliver targeted activities to engage, develop and support disadvantaged BAME women in West London into sustained employment.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£15,000 18/02/2016
12
over one year towards the St Mary Magdalene Development project, a communication and engagement programme with marginalised groups in Paddington, West London
National Lottery Community Fund - Lon/1/4 SWEET - Support Women into Education, Employment & Training (W
£37,000 06/11/2015
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project to deliver targeted activities to engage, develop and support disadvantaged BAME women in West London into sustained employment. The development ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£120,000 31/03/2014
36
over three years towards the core costs of an organisation supporting communities in North Paddington, London_x000D_
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£3,839,100 24/09/2013
Paddington's Living Heritage at St Mary Magdalene's
Tudor Trust - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£25,000 17/05/2013
over one year as an additional grant to support the core costs of an organisation supporting communities in North Paddington, London
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Paddington Development Trust
£120,000 06/12/2010
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the deputy chief executive.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-74
  • GRACE REID Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/05/2000, number: 1080883
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/10/1998, number: 03652559
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
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 4 days late, AR07: 22 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

258 Harrow Road
London
W2 5ES

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE GREATER LONDON AREA) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY (B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE (D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES (E) THE CREATION OF BUSINESS OR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS (F) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING (G) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES (H) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE (I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES (J) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT (K) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE (L) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME (M) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

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