Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

EASE EMPOWERING ACTION AND SOCIAL ESTEEM LIMITED

EASEs Mission - Improve individual, family and community wellbeingEASEs Vision - A resilient, united communityEASE provides services and activities for children, young people and adults toIncrease personal skills and improve life circumstancesReduce isolationIncrease community cohesionTo achieveImproved confidence and self esteem, networks and work and life skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£324£256£68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£211£194£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£186£174£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£309£264£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£211£217£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£251£247£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£356£273£83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£218£226£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£253£137£116n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£212£190£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£214£226£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£270£265£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11?£420£405£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
20/03/10*£381£381£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
20/03/09£170£205£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
20/03/08*£199£192£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
20/03/07*£105£80£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
20/03/06*£75£83£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
20/03/05£63£51£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
20/03/04*£26£24£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www,empowering-action.org.uk

michelle.bailey@empowering-action.org.uk

02085756139

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Ease Empowering Action And Social Esteem Limited
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to E.A.S.E (Empowering Action and Social Esteem) Ltd
£7,000 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ease Empowering Action And Social Esteem Limited
£50,000 25/02/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Ease Empowering Action And Social Esteem Limited
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to E.A.S.E (Empowering Action and Social Esteem) Ltd
£5,000 05/01/2020
12
COVID-19: LCR Wave 2 - Crisis Response
Co-Operative Group - Grant to EASE (Empowering Action and Social Esteem) Ltd
£2,938 04/08/2017
Our English class for speakers of other languages and special courses for women improve self-confidence and wellbeing.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Empowering Action & Social Esteem
£20,000 29/05/2014
EASE provides children's and family services, information and signposting, employment support and low level advocacy for residents of Copley Close and surrounding areas. It is seeking core funding to extend the director's hours

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANDREW PAUL BRATTLE Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Administrator
  • ANDREW LEE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor
  • BARJINDERPAL LAL Appointed: 2015
  • SHARON ALI (Chair) Appointed: 2011
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2003, number: 1098965
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/09/2001, number: 04291837
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 35 days late, AR08: 100 days late, AR07: 34 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 5 days late,
Main office

HANWELL COMMUNITY CENTRE
WESTCOTT CRESCENT
HANWELL
LONDON
W7 1PD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LONDON BOROUGHS OF EALING, HOUNSLOW, BRENT, HARROW, HILLINGDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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