Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 11

DALGARNO TRUST

Working strategically with diverse organisations and at grassroots, we work to improve the lives of those living in North Kensington, We aim to change lives and create sustainable choices through 4 work streams:- Education, training, employment readiness Health improvement Children, family & youth programmes. Overcome social isolation and loneliness

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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		£666	£622	£44	£0	£436	£171	3.3	24	40
31/03/22		£632	£606	£25	£0	£392	£223	4.4	22	30
31/03/21		£557	£472	£85	£0	£367	£193	4.9	15	60
?31/03/20		£483	£472	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£490	£476	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£573	£414	£159	£0	£257	£257	7.5	12	0
31/03/17		£408	£366	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£476	£465	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£565	£582	£-17	£6	£104	£46	1	13	0
31/03/14		£597	£611	£-14	£5	£63	£63	1.2	13	0
31/03/13	*	£427	£446	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£457	£440	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£436	£446	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£434	£401	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£330	£345	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£258	£258	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£237	£207	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£193	£181	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£70	£29	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 23.6

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 20 years

www.dalgarnotrust.org.uk

ESMA@DALGARNOTRUST.ORG.UK

02089696300

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other education support

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,

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 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

John Lyon's Charity	£35,000
Postcode Society Trust	£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
The Childhood Trust	£12,350
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The London Community Foundation	£9,920

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Dalgarno Trust
£2,620	21/10/2023	Dalgarno Trust's foodbank is open every Thursday at our community centre and is for those who may be struggling to buy food.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	13/10/2023	Dalgarno Trust core costs application
Postcode Society Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000	29/09/2023	Funding enabled Dalgarno Trust to continue to run its community centre and provide activities for people in the local area.
John Lyon's Charity - Recovery grant to Dalgarno Neighbourhood Trust
£25,000	17/11/2022	Toilet refurbishment
National Lottery Community Fund - Dalgarno Youth Programme
£10,000	07/10/2022	The funding will be used to deliver targeted and focussed after school activities including guitar lessons and cooking clubs for vulnerable/at-risk children living in deprived areas of North Kensington. The project aims to provide support and early ....more The funding will be used to deliver targeted and focussed after school activities including guitar lessons and cooking clubs for vulnerable/at-risk children living in deprived areas of North Kensington. The project aims to provide support and early intervention activities to deter these children and young people from crime and violence to increase their confidence and life chances.
The Childhood Trust - Dalgarno Trust's Festive Foodbank Fundraiser
£5,600	12/06/2022	We raising much needed funds for Dalgarno Trust's Food Bank, which is open every Thursday at our community centre and is for those in the local community who may be struggling to buy food.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Dalgarno Neighbourhood Trust
£4,000	01/05/2021	Dalgarno Youth Project Holiday Camps
Sport England - TGC CF - Fit Happens
£5,910	14/12/2020 11	This project will provide a programme of activity for up to 150 disadvantaged young women who face barriers to being active.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Dalgarno Neighbourhood Trust
£9,920	11/12/2020 5	The funding will help us meet the increased demand for vital food supplies and the front line support needed to combat the detrimental impact the pandemic is having on disadvantaged families and communities.
The Childhood Trust - Dalgarno Trust Food Bank
£6,750	08/12/2020	The funding is for maintaining a lifeline of emergency food, healthy meals and activities to families facing desperate financial hardship and living in poverty in North Kensington. This will enable the continuation of our foodbank & help to ....more The funding is for maintaining a lifeline of emergency food, healthy meals and activities to families facing desperate financial hardship and living in poverty in North Kensington. This will enable the continuation of our foodbank & help to combat holiday hunger.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Dalgarno Neighbourhood Trust
£6,000	28/07/2020 12	Dalgarno Youth Project Summer Activities
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Dalgarno Neighbourhood Trust
£4,000	08/10/2019 12	Dalgarno Youth Half Term Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	26/09/2017	Grenfell
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Dalgarno Neighbourhood Trust Ltd
£22,800	19/09/2011	the costs of the Next Steps Project for NEET young people including the salary of the Mentoring Programme Co-ordinator, residential costs and essential and entrepreneur skills workshops

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 48-73

ALI MOHAMED ISMAIL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Manager

ARMIN GUY RANAWAKE (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

CHRISTOPHER HERBERT Appointed: 2019

CHRISTOPHER JOHN GRIFFIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

HEATHER DURRELL MAAT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance Director

LAURELLE HUGHES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Personal Assistant

MICHELLE POPONNE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager

PUNITKUMAR SHARMA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

REV STEPHEN DIVALL Appointed: 2011

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/07/2004, number: 1105119
Registered at Companies House on 05/04/2004, number: 05093320

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR18: 35 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR05: 2 days late,

Main office

Dalgarno Trust
1 Webb Close
LONDON
W10 5QB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ST CHARLES WARD AND THE NORTH KENSINGTON AREA ,WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OR OTHEROPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE PUBLIC, VOLUNTARY AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS IN ACOMMON EFFORT:1) TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE FACILITIES FOR COMMUNITY, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, SPORTING AND OTHERLEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN ADJOINING LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS (INCLUDING THE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR HEALTH);2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO PROVIDE OR HELP TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOREDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT OR SELF EMPLOYMENT ANDTO ADVICE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE SUFFERING FINANCIALHARDSHIP OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;3) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIESWITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEETTHEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;4) TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ACCESS TO OPENSPACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;5) TO UNDERTAKE OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS ARE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THEAREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE ST CHARLES WARD AND THE NORTH KENSINGTON AREA

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