Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

BARKANTINE COMMUNITY NURSERY

To provide good quality affordable childcare for local parentsTo advance the education of children under statutory school age
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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
31/03/24£854£886£-32£0£346£3464.7490
31/03/23*£783£827£-44£0£378£3785.5300
31/03/22£692£658£34£0£421£4217.7370
31/03/21£25£38£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£746£621£125£0£276£2765.3370
31/03/18£538£505£33£0£146£1463.5310
31/03/17£472£489£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£421£492£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£466£479£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£491£424£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£451£420£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£438£450£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11?£282£265£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£440£377£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£440£377£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08*£322£327£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07*£287£272£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06£255£275£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 200.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 19 years

info@barkantinenursery.org

02075388487

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-90
  • FREDRICK QUATROMINI (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Oap
  • HUSNARA KHANOM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Early Years Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/06/2005, number: 1110218
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/08/2004, number: 05197009
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
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
18 returns made; AR23: 153 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 8 days late, AR08: 35 days late, AR07: 260 days late,
Main office

BARKANTINE COMMUNITY NURSERY
105A MELLISH STREET
LONDON
E14 8PR

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM AND AROUND THE BARKANTINE ESTATE AND MILLWARD WARD (THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT');(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS AND TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, TRAINING, LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES;(C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS; (D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(E) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM AND AROUND THE BARKANTINE ESTATE AND MILLWARD WARD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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