Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE PAPERWEIGHT TRUST 

The relief of financial hardship and emotional stress by the provision of free practical advice and assistance primarily to persons who are members of the Jewish Community resident in the UK who through lack of means, knowledge or as a result of circumstances such as bereavement, divorce or any other circumstances are unable to access and/ or obtain such advice.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/07/22£170£294£-124n/an/an/an/an/a180
31/07/21£634£224£411£34£490£45124.23180
31/07/20£148£130£18n/an/an/an/an/a180
31/07/19£88£122£-34n/an/an/an/an/a180
31/07/18*£65£47£18£0£0£0n/a0130
31/07/17£104£41£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£24£43£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£31£16£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£20£8£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£11£6£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.paperweight.org.uk

admin@paperweight.org.uk

0208 455 4996

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Advice organisations
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 180 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£196,600
DCMS£43,600
Forever Manchester£14,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Improve our data handling and recording
£10,000 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to upgrade the customer relationship management (CRM) software used to aid the delivery of a practical support service for members of the Jewish community. The project aims ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Paperweight Expanding
£166,600 28/02/2022
The project is using funding to provide free immediate practical assistance for those in crisis within the entire national Jewish community due to death health issues divorce poverty discrimination ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Expand out benefits service
£10,000 29/04/2021
The funding will be used to employ a full time Benefits Supervisor to supervise the volunteer team and ensure the increasingly complex cases are being well managed. The project aims to increase ....more
Forever Manchester - Mental Health Training
£5,000 30/03/2021
Mental Health Training Course for members
Forever Manchester - Covid-19 Support
£5,000 12/08/2020
Financial and welfare guidance and support
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 12/08/2020
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 ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£38,600 23/07/2020
"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 ....more
Forever Manchester - Covid-19 Helpline
£4,500 29/05/2020
Legal, financial and welfare helpline
National Lottery Community Fund - Paper weight
£10,000 12/02/2020
11
The funding will be used to set up a training programme, providing support for those living with mental health problems and bereavement. The project aims to expand the support available to improve ....more
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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: 43-66
  • BAYLA PERRIN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Company Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/03/2012, number: 1146302
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/07/2011, number: 07705745
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR18: 5 days late,
Main office

69 WOODLANDS
LONDON
NW11 9QS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND EMOTIONAL STRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FREE PRACTICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE PRIMARILY TO PERSONS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RESIDENT IN THE UK WHO THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, KNOWLEDGE OR AS A RESULT OF CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS BEREAVMENT, DIVORCE OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS AND/OR OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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