Finance Score: -17
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -20 ?

EMPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING (EDF) 

Empower Development continues to develop the ethos and policy for delivering quality programs affecting young people and the wider society. By collaborating with designers of global ethical initiatives, Empower has developed volunteer recruitment and training capacity. These internal structures promise to yield fruit in future.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • This charity appears to be dormant
Established: 18 years

www.congressempower.com

julie.lindo@congressmail.com

02072496633

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/05/22*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/21*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/20*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/18*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/17£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/15*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/14£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/13£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/11£0£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£7£0£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/04/2006, number: 1113698
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 10 days late, AR18: 111 days late, AR15: 0 days late,
Main office

250-256 Kingsland Road
Hackney
London
E8 4DG

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND IT'S INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') AS THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH HE PROVISION OF I) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. II) TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO NEEDY PERSONS AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATION SERVING NEEDY PERSONS TO ENABLE THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITION AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES WHICH THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK APPROPRIATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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