Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 20

BROCKWELL PARK COMMUNITY GREENHOUSES

Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses provides educational and training resource in sustainable horticultureand promotes physical and mental well-being through horticultural activities and engagement with the natural world.In addition the charity promotes wildlife and biodiversity and promotes healthy-eating and local food-growing.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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
31/03/23	£180	£166	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£457	£123	£334	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£116	£139	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£145	£142	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£152	£103	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£121	£89	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£102	£74	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£85	£82	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£78	£73	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£77	£62	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	£73	£34	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

http://www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk

secretary@brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk

0203 355 0538

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Land or water management

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Lambeth,

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
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

City Bridge Trust	£25,464
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
Co-Operative Group	£5,567

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
£2,454	21/10/2023	From October 2022 until December 2023 we are running 60 healthy food preparation workshops aimed at children cooking with their carers, and at mothers with children under five.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	04/02/2022	The Barn and Learning Garden
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
£3,113	23/10/2021	Over the course of the year, we will put on free weekly therapeutic gardening, art and cooking sessions at our community gardens for local people to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
£25,464	19/06/2020	£25,464 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
£25,000	27/02/2019 12	over one year as continuation funding towards salaries at a community garden and food-growing charity in Lambeth
Greater London Authority - Grant to Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
£10,297	31/01/2018	Greenhouse Renovate
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
£60,000	07/03/2016 24	Towards salary costs to support the development of the site and environmental learning experiences for the benefit of the local community.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
£75,000	20/03/2015 36	over three years as continuation funding towards salaries at this community gardening and food-growing project in Lambeth, South London
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
£53,751	16/10/2012	Towards the salary of the project director to further the organisation's work on involving people in the community who have limited or no access to their own green space in Lambeth in which to grow and produce food and plants.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-69

CARLA CLARKE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor

DEBORAH OLUWAFUNMILOLA AJIA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Digital Marketing Officer

GEORGES MIKHAEL (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Strategy & Development Manager

IAN BROTHERSTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant

JAMES EDWARD LAING Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant

LAWRENCE OSEI-KWAKU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Secretary/Director

OMAR SALIM ALGHALI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Tourist Guide (Self Employed)

VERENA KOTONSKI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Conservator (Head Of Organic Conservation)

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2011, number: 1140590
Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2010, number: 07217692

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

Brockwell Hall
Brockwell Park
63 Brockwell Park Gardens
LONDON
SE24 9BN

Objectives

2.1 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF, AND PERSONS EMPLOYED IN OR VISITING THE BOROUGHS OF LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE ¶BENEFICIARIES÷) AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED ¶THE AREA OF BENEFIT÷) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND/OR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID IN HABITANTS, AND PARTICULARLY OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2.2 TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE, LOCAL FOOD GROWING, GREENER COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER SUBJECTS AS MAY BE OF BENEFIT TO SAID COMMUNITIES.2.3 TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING OF USERS, VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS OF BROCKWELL PARK COMMUNITY GREENHOUSES.2.4 TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE BIODIVERSITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT,

Defined Area of Benefit:

LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK

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