Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 11
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

COMMUNITIES EMPOWERMENT NETWORK

To advance education for the benefit of the public and to eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for people who would otherwise be discriminated against because of their race by providing information, advice, support, representation, advocacy and training for persons experiencing mistreatment and disadvantage in education
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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£101£192£-91n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£235£176£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£398£176£221n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£177£191£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£257£291£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£278£282£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£360£301£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£254£260£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£279£262£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£218£214£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£131£127£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£83£97£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£66£69£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£97£105£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£139£135£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£152£148£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£87£83£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£94£85£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£185£203£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£176£152£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.cenlive.org

info@cenlive.org

02077330297

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Esmee Fairbairn£278,396
The Legal Education Foundation£120,000
DCMS£28,348
BBC Children in Need£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Legal Education Foundation - A grant to Communities Empowerment Network (CEN)
£120,000 30/11/2023
A grant to Communities Empowerment Network (CEN) under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£60,000 08/03/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to help stablise an organisation addressing issues of exclusion through empowering parents and advocacy support
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£54,000 24/03/2021
1
Towards unrestricted core costs from the Racialised Communities Top Up Fund
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£28,348 26/08/2020
"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 ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£130,000 17/06/2020
24
Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation that delivers advocacy and support to parents and carers of children at risk of exclusion in order to avoid permanent exclusions.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£34,396 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Parent Empowerment Network (INCLUDE)
£453,145 20/03/2019
36
The project will use funding to continue running it's INCLUDE programme which seeks to build on the lessons learnt from previous RC funding and will be a more proactive, preventative approach to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£72,261 14/06/2017
36
This advice and advocacy project will support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities to reintegrate into mainstream education, be empowered and gain confidence by ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£201,325 19/04/2016
36
Towards core costs to support excluded pupils and challenge exclusions by growing the parental empowerment network, developing the Legal Advice Volunteer Scheme and delivering a campaign to promote ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Parents Empowerment Network
£430,843 10/02/2016
36
This is a continuation and expansion of an existing project and will cover London. The project will target and support those at risk of permanent exclusion and will also help with the reintegration ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network (CEN)
£149,800 17/09/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Strategic Director of a charity that supports children who have been excluded from school in London
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£188,528 13/02/2013
Towards the Parent Advocate and Reintegration programme that supports excluded young people and towards the expansion of its parents’ empowerment network.
National Lottery Community Fund - PARENTS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK
£292,135 12/07/2012
36
This new London project aims to support parents to keep their children in mainstream education and avoid exclusion. It will also assist them in reintegrating excluded children back into mainstream ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£143,600 13/06/2012
36
towards three years' salary of a Strategic Director for a charity in London that supports children and young people who have been excluded from school
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£93,385 30/09/2010
24
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the reintegration officer and associated running costs.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Communities Empowerment Network
£15,306 08/07/2009
6
Towards Project costs Towards the costs of an evaluation of the service provided.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DERRICK TAWIAH Appointed: 2017
  • EMILY LEGG Appointed: 2019
  • GUS JOHN Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/08/2003, number: 1099111
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 0 days late, AR15: 6 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR10: 41 days late, AR08: 117 days late, AR07: 56 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Suit 23
Fifth Floor
63-66 Hatton Garden
LONDON

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT, REPRESENTATION, ADVOCACY AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING MISTREATMENT AND DISADVANTAGE IN EDUCATION [PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREAS OF SCHOOL ADMISSIONS, SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SCHOOL EXCLUSIONS.]

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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