Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES - UK

??? Support, advice and signposting to various services??? Case work support??? Welfare rights advice and information??? Capacity building and fundraising support??? Partnership working with relevant organisations, groups and bodies??? Promoting community cohesion??? Community empowerment??? Cultural awareness and preservation??? Policy campaign
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£18£29£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£14£48£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£32£51£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£108£59£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£75£75£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£133£140£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£145£115£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£111£99£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£81£97£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£132£102£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£17£44£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£51£44£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£74£49£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£15£9£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£10£8£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.cesi-uk.org

info@cesi-uk.org

02082652702

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Greenwich,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£18,359
The London Community Foundation£16,859
National Lottery Community Fund£9,900
City Bridge Trust£6,050
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK
£7,500 24/02/2021
5
The funding is for organising Zoom meetings with the community people to establish relationship with them and to give them important information along with other support, advice and signposting to the services provided by local service providers. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Recovery and Support for Ex-British Gurkha Older People
£9,900 12/01/2021
5
The funding will be used to deliver online and zoom activities for vulnerable Ex-British Gurkha veterans and provide them with opportunities to have increased interaction and engagement with their fellows. The project will enhance mental well-being ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 30/09/2020
to cover laptops and accessories to enable continued support to vulnerable elderly Gurkhas in LB Greenwich (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,000 30/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Community Empowerment & Support Initiatives (CESI) - UK
£9,359 14/08/2020
The funding is for supporting the older ex-British Gurkha veterans to reduce their isolation and loneliness due to COVID-19 pandemic.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,359 14/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)
£6,050 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £6,050, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK (Development Grant)
£59,625 30/05/2019
16
The proposed total funding will hire a Project Coordinator, volunteer costs, office costs, management committee, staff and volunteers meetings for one year and Consultancy fees to carry out the capacity building training.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)
£69,600 14/03/2018
£69,600 (£24,200; £22,700; £22,700) for the salary costs of a P/T Project Co-ordinator (3 dpw) and running costs of healthy-living workshops, yoga, jogging, volunteer training and expenses, excursions, and a 10% contribution to core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Integration of the Nepalese women
£9,990 13/09/2017
12
This project will deliver a range of social activities for women from the local Gurkha and Nepalese communities in order to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Greenwich Ex-British Elderly Gurkha’s project
£1,000 23/03/2017
Towards the Greenwich Ex-British Elderly Gurkha’s community cohesion and integration project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Greenwich Nepalese/Gurkha Intergration Project
£250,681 04/05/2016
36
Older Nepalese people who are isolated will be supported through community champions who will be trained to help them integrate into the wider community. It will also expand its service to cover Bexley and Blackheath. They will mobilise young ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)
£30,000 28/08/2013
The charity works with the Nepalese community to help integrate them into the wider community and support them to access services. The funding will allow them to continue this by funding the salary of a project Co-ordinator and associated costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Greenwich Nepalese/Gurkha Integration Project
£252,835 21/11/2012
48
This new project will provide training and support for Ghurkha families in the London Borough of Greenwich.The project will facilitate the integration of Ghurkha veterans and their families into community through support, advice, advocacy, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ARKA RAJ TIMSINA (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • CHAKRA RANA Appointed: 2018
  • DEEPAK THAPA Appointed: 2023
  • OM PRAKASH DEO Appointed: 2024
  • YAM BAHADUR RAYA Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/04/2008, number: 1123534
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

114-116
PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET
PLUMSTEAD
LONDON
SE18 1SJ

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION3) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION4) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS5) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY, AND6) THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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