Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Very static board: -5
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BROMLEY BY BOW COMMUNITY ORGANISATION (BBBCO)

To promote for the benefit of the community of Bromley by Bow in East London and it's surrounding areas without distinction by associating and engaging people in a common effort to advance education, provide facilities and opportunities in the interests of social welfare with the main objective being to improve the conditions of life for the community and the disadvantaged.
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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board composition very static?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
31/08/23£74£57£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£22£23£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21*£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£19£25£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£11£17£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18?*£17£18£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£57£47£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£41£41£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£13£35£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£45£42£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years
(16 years as a company)

www.bbbco.co.uk

mc@bbbco.co.uk

07961738126

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
Postcode Society Trust£14,048
National Lottery Community Fund£4,912
Sport England£4,091
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - BBBCO Active Fitness 35+
£4,091 12/01/2024
6
This project will provide funding to deliver a multi-sports project participants over 35 from Tower Hamlets over 30 weeks. Funding will specifically support bike hire, facility hire, coaches, equipment costs, refreshments, promotion and volunteer ....more
Postcode Society Trust - Project Funding
£14,048 03/04/2023
A digital know how and supper pack service for the elderly and vulnerable residents that having been ‘digital by default’.
National Lottery Community Fund - BBBCO Active Kids
£4,912 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to run active sports provision for children and young people during school holidays. The aim of this project will be to use sports as a tool to divert young people from negative activities promote social inclusion and to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bromley by Bow Community Organisation
£75,000 24/12/2013
36
over three years towards the salary of a strategic manager/co-ordinator for a community organisation working with young people, and the wider community, in Tower Hamlets, East London
National Lottery Community Fund - BBBCO Olympics
£10,000 20/05/2010
12
This is a project by a community group in Tower Hamlets. The group will use the funding to provide an Olympic style programme of positive recreational activities for young people during the summer. This will address issues of antisocial behaviour ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ABUL SALAM Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Vice Chairman
  • KHALID HUSSAIN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: System Engineer
  • MAMUNUR CHOWDHURY Appointed: 2012
  • NAJMUL HUSSAIN AAT / CIMA (Chair) Appointed: 2012
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/2013, number: 1151005
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/08/2008, number: 06666305
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
10 returns made; AR21: 7 days late, AR18: 318 days late, AR14: 13 days late,
Main office

MARNER PRIMARY SCHOOL
DEVAS STREET
LONDON
E3 3LL

Objectives

I)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BROMLEY BY BOW AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;AND(II)TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CENTRE') AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME(WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY)IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BROMLEY BY BOW AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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