Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

ASIAN RESOURCE CENTRE OF CROYDON LIMITED

Capacity Building/Infrastructure support to Asian voluntary groups including Training, Seminars/Workshops. ICT, Monitoring & Evaluation Project, Social Enterprise, Health Awareness, Community Leadership Programme as well as Inter-Faith Projects. The charity consults with a wide range of groups and agencies in the Borough and makes representation to decision makers on their behalf.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£906£711£195£0£563£1081.81530
31/03/22£622£514£108£0£370£942.2830
31/03/21£498£399£99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£345£355£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£358£303£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£380£276£103n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£147£113£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£64£68£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£56£58£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£103£91£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£149£137£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£95£124£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£143£129£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£170£145£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£108£117£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£51£36£15n/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: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 19%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 40.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.arccltd.com

info@arccltd.com

02086843784

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Croydon, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
People's Health Trust - Croydon Community Chats
£26,932 20/01/2021
24
This two-year project will continue to run community coffee gatherings for older women and men from the Asian community living in Croydon. Activities will include fortnightly community-chat sessions and digital sessions. A Project Advisory Group of ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Asian Resource Centre Croydon
£9,561 15/12/2020
0
National Lottery Community Fund - Croydon Community Development Partnership (CCDP)
£499,902 29/08/2019
36
Croydon Community Development Partnership (CCDP)
The Childhood Trust - JAVAN UMEED PROJECT (YOUNG HOPES PROJECT)
£6,309 05/12/2017
ARCC is a charity working with Asian children and young people seeking support for our youth service that will deliver transformative outcomes for poor children and families. Our youth hub will provide activities that address health and wellbeing, ....more
Sport England - Making a change
£9,220 14/06/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Making a change'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-84
  • ASHOKKUMAR BALAKRISHNAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Development Manager
  • DILSHAD SURELIA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Registration Officer
  • DR HANA PATEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor
  • DR SURAJ MANI PAUDEL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Clinical Coding & Data Quality, Nhs
  • HUSSEIN GHOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • JAYANT PATEL (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Practice Manager, Nurse & Health Advisor
  • MR SOMASUNDARAM KANAGASUNDARAM, Occupation: Retired
  • RUMEL AHMED JAHUR Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director
  • SAHADAT HOSSAIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Manager
  • SAMINA KHAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Self Employed
  • TAMKIN RIAZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Education
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2007, number: 1120376
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/05/2007, number: 06250781
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
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR16: 10 days late,
Main office

C V A Resource Centre
82 London Road
CROYDON
CR0 2TB

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CROYDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN PARTICULAR THEY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE ASIANS OR OF ASIAN ORIGIN:1 TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND GRANTS;2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ON HEALTH;3 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS;4 PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CROYDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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