Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

ARTHRITIS SELF-HELP NETWORK [LONDON]

Monthly Patient Education forums with speakers at Cranbrook Centre.Self-help groups, Disease management courses, assisted gardening at a raised bed allotment, various workshops.Regular Zoom sessions during the pandemic and uploaded to our YouTube channel. Weekly newsletter - emailed and uploaded to our website.All activity details available on the website.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
05/04/23*£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/22*£0£5£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/21*£20£16£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20*£9£5£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/19£3£8£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18£17£12£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£9£6£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16£28£18£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/15*£12£6£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/14£16£13£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/13£13£11£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/12*£22£17£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/11£10£8£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Allotments & gardens
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
The London Community Foundation£9,315
DCMS£8,644
National Lottery Community Fund£5,903
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - New King new beginning
£5,903 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to relaunch face to face meetings with a Coronation celebration for people living with arthritis and related mobility issues. The project aims to reduce isolation and help their users to build up their confidence and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,644 01/09/2020
"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 Arthritis Self-Help Network (London)
£9,315 08/07/2020
IT infrastructure to enable us to carry on remotely and to pay someone to co-ordinate and facilitate our volunteer involvement. Emergency response to help our clients live healthy whilst shielding.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Arthritis Self-help Network London
£2,992 15/11/2019
We want to fund activities that will appeal to our young people, but are not usually accessible to them due to their disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - 'JOINT 200' network for young adults with arthritis
£7,919 14/06/2017
12
This project will create a network for young people living with arthritis using regular support meetings, social events, a cycle club and training sessions to make radio programmes. They will also refurbish the kitchen at their centre to make it ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CRANBROOK CENTRE refurbishment, art centre and mini allotment
£10,000 29/04/2015
12
The group will use the funding to create a WC suitable for those living with disabilities. Alongside other minor refurbishments, that will enable the group to provide members with art and gardening sessions. This will improve community buildings and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bee Connected with ASNet
£10,000 27/06/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Redbridge. The group will use the funding to purchase IT equipment to provide an IT support centre for people living with Arthritis and their carers. This will improve the beneficiaries IT skills and provide them ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

  • GHANDI SOORIYAKUMAR Appointed: 2017
  • GRAHAM R O'GERAN (Chair) Appointed: 2012
  • MISS RANI BHAMRAH
  • MR DEE DATTA
  • MS FRAN HANNAN
  • SHARON CLARKE Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/09/2010, number: 1138058
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR23: 136 days late, AR22: 116 days late, AR21: 2 days late, AR20: 51 days late, AR15: 15 days late, AR12: 50 days late,
Main office

The Cranbrook Centre
Melbourne Road
ILFORD
IG1 4SB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, RELIEVE NEED FOR ANYONE SUFFERING WITHARTHRITIS AND THEIR CARERS BY ESTABLISHING A NETWORK OF SELF-HELP AND THERAPEUTICGROUPS; PROMOTING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT ARTHRITIS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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