Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

CREEKSIDE EDUCATION TRUST LTD. 

The charity provides safe public access to Deptford Creek for recreational,educational and training purposes for all ages and backgrounds.We enable local communities to be more involved and aware of their local environment and community space.It runs low tide walks,educational visits, rubbish clean ups, seminars for regeneration and development staff, holiday events and team building events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • 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
31/03/23£162£174£-12n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22*£178£166£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£175£140£34n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£150£167£-17n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£127£146£-19n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£139£172£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£106£133£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£148£144£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£114£124£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£107£126£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£149£133£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£147£145£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£75£61£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£30£35£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£64£60£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£43£33£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£52£52£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£35£76£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£26£60£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£134£140£-7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

www.creeksidecentre.org.uk

info@creeksidecentre.org.uk

0208 692 9922

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Greenwich, Lewisham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 01/10/2021
Creekside
National Lottery Community Fund - Urban Wildlife for All
£10,000 25/04/2013
12
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-54
  • FIONA SLATER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Museum Professional
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2000, number: 1082622
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/10/1999, number: 03857829
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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; AR22: 3 days late, AR21: 53 days late, AR16: 3 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 30 days late, AR06: 78 days late, AR05: 444 days late, AR04: 801 days late,
Main office

Creekside Education Trust Ltd
14 Creekside
Deptford
lONDON
SE8 4SA

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE DEPTFORD CREEK AND RIVER THAMES AREA; (B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS; (C) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE USE OF DEPTFORD CREEK, THE RIVER THAMES AND THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WHICH DO NOT DAMAGE OR POLLUTE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE LIVING, WORKING OR RESORTING IN THE AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION ON THE GROUNDS OF AGE, GENDER, ETHNIC ORIGIN, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH OR RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DEPTFORD CREEK, THE RIVER THAMES AND THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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