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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

DESCENDANTS

Descendants work primarily but not exclusively with children and young people age 4-18 of African and Caribbean descent, their parents and carers. Our organisation meets weekly on Friday 6-8p.m during term times, and runs education and arts based projects. Descendants also runs a mentor's one to one, and holiday projects. We run Parent support group.We run an Achievements awards event every July.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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£51£31£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£61£39£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£37£15£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£9£11£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£9£5£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£6£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£6£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£16£12£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£8£12£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£8£11£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£16£11£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£13£15£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£9£11£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£19£16£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£13£9£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£17£15£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.descendants.org.uk

descendantscharity@gmail.com

07745889521

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • 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
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Descendants
£2,750 02/02/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Descendants
£4,000 04/10/2021
The Legacy Series Activity Week
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Descendants
£3,000 01/07/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Descendants, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Descendants
£82,500 18/06/2020
36
Descendants Project Support Officer

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CELESTINA UZOKA
  • COLLETTE NOEL Appointed: 2018
  • DENISE CHARLES MS (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • ELAINE BERESFORD
  • JANET AMARA Appointed: 2019
  • MARGARET NOEL Appointed: 2013
  • WENDY JAMES Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2005, number: 1109057
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • 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
19 returns made; AR20: 3 days late, AR19: 6 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR06: 42 days late,
Main office

Unit A
Munster Court
Bollo Bridge Road
LONDON
Community Centre
room 3

Objectives

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER LONDON BOROUGHS OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, EALING, BRENT, HILLINGDON, HOUNSLOW PARTICULARLY THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN DESCENT:A. TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES PARTICULARLY IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN CARIBBEAN HISTORY.B. TO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY BY DEVELOPING, STRENGTHENING AND PROMOTING BETTER RELATIONS BETWEEN THOSE OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN DESCENT AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY; AND BY PROMOTING BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.C. THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RACE RELATIONS, ENDEAVOURING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE AND ENCOURAGING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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