Overall GiG Score: 0 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2

KINGSTON CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING 

Providing information and support to disabled people. Supporting people to manage their Direct Payments or Personal Budgets, by providing employment advice, training and brokerage services. We administer a holiday grants scheme,an equipment grants scheme and a education grants scheme. We produce a newsletter three times a year. In November 2016 we began a heritage project, 'Fighting for our Lives'
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 16 years

www.kcil.org.uk

enquiries@kcil.org.uk

02085469603

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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
31/03/23*£328£374£-46n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£336£350£-13n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/21£379£347£33n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20£303£325£-22n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19£285£301£-16n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£337£362£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£375£339£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£348£320£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£368£288£80£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£290£292£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£249£275£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£269£246£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£732£714£19£24£154£1532.660
31/03/10£2,046£2,067£-21£38£136£1230.770
31/03/09£2,027£1,870£157£14£157£1270.870

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
Who works here?
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to KCIL Ltd
£4,995 15/05/2020
A grant of £4,995 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Access for All
£9,914 27/02/2019
12
The project aims to raise awareness and enable solutions to issues around access to buildings and services.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kingston Centre for Independent Living
£76,900 03/08/2016
Fighting for Our Rights: Kingston’s Role in the Disability Rights Movement 1960s to 1990s

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2008, number: 1123063
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/05/2007, number: 06240260
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
15 returns made; AR23: 37 days late,
Main office

Kingston Centre for Independent Liv
Living
River Reach
31-35 High Street
KINGSTON UPON THAMES

Objectives

The Charity's objects (the Objects) are;(i)For the public benefit, to promote social inclusion among disabled people who are or may be socially excluded due to disability, so that they can lead independent and empowering lives:? meeting and facilitating the support needs of disabled people in the region;? promoting and increasing the opportunities for independent living available to disabled people in the region;? assisting disabled people to make choices and access the services and support they may require to live and workindependently in the community with appropriate support;? supporting and empowering disabled people so that they may carry out social, volunteering and employment roles.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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