Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

STORM FAMILY CENTRE LIMITED

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING EDUCATION IN EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AND ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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£105£100£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£184£141£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£222£194£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/21*£357£363£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£275£235£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£247£263£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£210£197£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£204£218£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£259£253£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£304£301£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£218£194£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£105£104£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years
(16 years as a company)

www.stormfamilycentre.com

stormempowerment@hotmail.co.uk

02074980311

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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£32,684
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£24,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,600
DCMS£10,000
Thrive LDN£10,000
The London Community Foundation£4,388
Crowdfunder£1,235
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Catalyst - Storm Family Centre - 2
£1,000 07/02/2023
Hardship Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - Storm Listening Project
£9,600 29/09/2022
This project will support children and young people to offer them a place to share stories and experiences regarding their issues and challenges with support from parents. The project will develop a peer support initiative to support mental health ....more
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£1,235 29/07/2022
Covid response
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 03/12/2021
Main Grants award
National Lottery Community Fund - Clear Thoughts
£10,000 11/06/2021
The funding will be used to deliver various empowerment wellbeing courses to support and give advice and guidance to young people at risk of antisocial behaviour. The project aims to promote and develop a wealth of knowledge and strong interpersonal ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Storm Family Centre
£24,000 29/10/2020
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged community in Wandsworth
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Storm Family Centre Limited
£27,684 02/09/2020
towards costs outlined in your application for the costs of services for women and children at risk of domestic abuse
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 11/08/2020
"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 S.T.O.R.M Family Centre Ltd
£4,388 30/06/2020
S.T.O.R.M would like to run online Art Therapy Classes and private online one to one counselling sessions (run by a senior trainee Integrative Arts Psychotherapist (Senior trainee IAP), to support existing and new service users who are struggling ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 01/05/2020
Storms Community Nursery Project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Storm Family Centre Limited
£5,000 13/04/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Thrive LDN - Music Pro
£10,000 16/03/2020
14. What is your project? (400 words) Off the Streets is our youth club that is run 3 nights a week for young people aged 11-25 years. The aim of the youth club is to provide a safe environment for young people to engage in activities, socialise ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Engagement Project
£10,000 18/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver support workshops and arts activities for young people at risk of antisocial behaviour. The project aims to promote positive engagement, build supportive relationships and teach new skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - S.T.O.R.M Community Development & Outreach Programs
£338,000 30/08/2018
36
The project will add new activities to the current timetable. They will also provide NVQ teaching assistant courses, Dyslexia Awareness workshops which will be AQA accredited as well as working with refuges.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Storm Family Centre Ltd
£4,119 04/08/2017
Help pay for the running costs of a youth club that provides empowerment and opportunities to young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - S.T.O.R.M'S Steel Pan Project for Youth's in Battersea.
£10,000 07/10/2015
12
The group will use the funding to engage young people who are experiencing the effects of social disadvantage through the provision of steel pan band activities. This will raise the aspirations and confidence for those taking part.
Tudor Trust - Grant to STORM Family Centre
£4,800 17/07/2015
as a development grant towards consultancy to develop governance, management structure, financial systems and fundraising for this family centre in Battersea, South London
Tudor Trust - Grant to STORM Family Centre
£75,000 03/03/2015
36
over three years towards core costs, including the manager's salary, at this developing family and community centre on the Doddington and Rollo estates in South London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to STORM Family Centre
£35,908 28/06/2013
STORM is a grassroots Battersea charity working with single parents, people on low incomes and young people providing support services and vocational training. It is planning to open a community cafe as a community facility and training centre.
National Lottery Community Fund - Storm Empowerment
£200,000 20/11/2012
72
The project will provide services to lone parents (LP) and vulnerable YP to develop their knowledge and skills to help them overcome the barriers to future training and employment opportunities. Activities will include Family Learning and Employment ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-61
  • LEON BUTLER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Writer/Producer
  • MARIA TERESA DE LA CALVA Appointed: 2024
  • OSBOURNE BINNS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Decorator
  • TANYA SILCHENSTEDT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Driving Instructor
  • TINA CLARK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Placement Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2011, number: 1140714
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/2008, number: 06726435
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
12 returns made; AR21: 141 days late, AR20: 51 days late, AR18: 34 days late, AR17: 49 days late,
Main office

Young & Lucas Court
Strasburg Road
London
SW11 5JF

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING EDUCATION IN EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AND ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;3) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN WANDSWORTH AND LAMBETH, AND SURROUNDING AREAS, BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, INCLUDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES; AND4) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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