Finance Score: -50

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

In administration/insolvent: -50
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Overall GiG Score: -50

SOUTH LONDON CARES LIMITED

Overview

South London Cares is a community network that connects young professionals to the elderly in activities that help one another feel less isolated and reduce generational gaps.

Support from partners has provided substantial funding sources to deliver a long term income diversification strategy. Fundraising prospects look good for the future based on their proven track record and deepening relationships with funders.

Sharing leadership and staff across 'sibling' organisations has given them the ability to share learning's and increased effectiveness of programmes. Evaluations of impact by third party supporters has accelerated the charities development and plans for expansion to new areas of South London are in the pipeline.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Helping people find connection and reducing loneliness by bringing people together and bridging gaps across social and generational divides

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 multiple prominent grant makers recently

Financial issues to consider:

This charity is in Administration or Insolvent

Established: 10 years

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Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22	£358	£411	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,366
31/08/21	£408	£367	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,102
31/08/20	£426	£422	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	900
31/08/19	£444	£443	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4,387
31/08/18	£484	£453	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	3,000
31/08/17	£386	£336	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£286	£246	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15?	£164	£135	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14	£40	£26	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

A community network mobilising young professionals to volunteer to support their older neighbours with a little extra time, practical help, social connection and human companionship in the London boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. We operate 2 core activities: Social Clubs, which bring different demographics together through group activities; and a one-to-one Love Your Neighbour project.

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Lambeth, Southwark,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1,366 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

City Bridge Trust	£90,000
United Saviours Charity	£80,000
Walcot Foundation	£12,500
CAF	£10,000
The EQ Foundation	£6,750
The Fore	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The EQ Foundation - Grant to SOUTH LONDON CARES LIMITED
£3,750	05/02/2021	Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020
City Bridge Trust - Grant to South London Cares Limited
£90,000	15/10/2020	£90,000 over 5 years (£30,000; £24,000; £14,000; £12,000; £10,000) towards the salary costs of the Programme Coordinator for South London Cares and contribution to Social Club activity costs to ....more £90,000 over 5 years (£30,000; £24,000; £14,000; £12,000; £10,000) towards the salary costs of the Programme Coordinator for South London Cares and contribution to Social Club activity costs to deliver the Love Your Neighbour, Social Clubs, Winter Wellbeing and Outreach services in Southwark and Lambeth.
CAF - Grant to South London Cares Ltd
£10,000	02/07/2020 3	Grant to South London Cares Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
Walcot Foundation - COVID19 - Phone-a-friend
£12,500	01/06/2020 12	South London Carers supports elderly people by partnering them with younger 'professional' neighbours to tackle the growing problem of isolation and loneliness in Lambeth and Southwark. Through ....more South London Carers supports elderly people by partnering them with younger 'professional' neighbours to tackle the growing problem of isolation and loneliness in Lambeth and Southwark. Through partnerships with GP surgeries, social services and housing providers they are able to reach the most vulnerable candidates and prior to the C19 outbreak they also ran 23 monthly social clubs and completed regular proactive outreach. During lockdown SLC requires additional funding to scale up its new emergency response programmes, to retain and re-deploy experienced staff and increase and mobilise volunteers. SLC plan to transition existing social clubs to new digital forms, provide digital skills training for elderly people, increase communications via post and email and roll out a wider phone-a-friend service, providing a well-being service to a much wider group of self-isolating elderly people.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to South London Cares
£5,000	28/05/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to South London Cares, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
United Saviours Charity - Building community and forging friendships in north Southwark.
£80,000	14/04/2020 23	A continued partnership with United St Saviour's will help South London Cares to reduce older people's isolation and loneliness, and sense of being left behind, that the layered factors of ....more A continued partnership with United St Saviour's will help South London Cares to reduce older people's isolation and loneliness, and sense of being left behind, that the layered factors of globalisation, gentrification, urban transience and digitisation engender across the borough. We will do this by targeting our proven model to those most at risk of isolation, including through: > Delivering at least 70 Social Clubs a year (140 in Southwark in total) in United St Saviour’s patch. Six monthly clubs will include film clubs, quiz nights, gallery and museum trips, dance workshops, yoga classes, “back to work” business visits and our much-loved “Desert Island Discs” nights. • 350 older neighbours and 270 younger Londoners will benefit every year from attending these clubs over 1,600 and 800 times respectively, with neighbours enjoying over 166 hours of fun, laughter and conversation directly from United St Saviour’s investment. > For our oldest neighbours, many of whom are housebound, our Love Your Neighbour programme supports weekly at-home visits that foster special long-term friendships. Individuals living in close proximity benefit from an anchor of shared time and shared stories to look forward to. With a £40 budget friends can celebrate special occasions, share dinner together, or rent a film. Many who are mobile enough to venture outside will enjoy a pub lunch, a football match, a gallery visit or cinema trip. • 14 matches are currently supported by United St Saviour’s and a continued partnership will ensure that 15 matches in total are supported in north Southwark annually. Neighbours will spend between one and two hours enjoying a cuppa and a chat every week, with over 300 visits and 550 hours shared each year. > These social activities are underpinned by our proactive Outreach. Last winter alone, through a combination of community events and door-knocking, we spoke to 1,649 neighbours across Southwark and Lambeth. Importantly, we worked with over 172 local community partners to support cross-referrals and signposting. In each of the two years of the partnership, we will deepen these relationships, to gain a greater understanding of need, to enable effective cross referrals, to avoid duplication and to share learning. • 20 meetings a year will strengthen ties with partners in north Southwark and enable over 100 signposting and referral opportunities to support individuals with practical tasks, home maintenance issues, health, housing, financial and legal needs. Additionally, 20 community outreach events at local GP clinics, chemists, supermarkets, and sheltered housing units will compliment door-knocking so we can speak to 500 older neighbours most at risk of isolation and extend a warm invitation to our activities. Research has shown that our model’s combination of community-based group activity, individual relationship-building and proactive outreach can have the biggest impact on reducing loneliness, particularly for those most at risk. And our most recent external evaluation reported that older and younger neighbours participating are shown to feel, improved understanding across the generations and a greater sense of belonging to their community as a result of taking part.
The EQ Foundation - Grant to SOUTH LONDON CARES LIMITED
£3,000	15/12/2019	Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£60,000	05/12/2018	Building community at scale
United Saviours Charity - South London Cares in north Southwark
£90,000	03/04/2018 23	70 vibrant social clubs bringing at least 140 older neighbours and 500 young people together to share time, laughter and new experiences; reduce loneliness and isolation amongst older and younger ....more 70 vibrant social clubs bringing at least 140 older neighbours and 500 young people together to share time, laughter and new experiences; reduce loneliness and isolation amongst older and younger people alike; deepen neighbours’ connection, resilience and power; and expand activity and relationships across social and generational divides in rapidly-changing north Southwark.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to South London Cares
£9,861	01/04/2018	Tenants and Residents Social Improvements Grant grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South London Cares' Southwark Social Clubs
£5,768	29/11/2017	Help fund vibrant activities to bring older and younger neighbours together in winter to reduce isolation and loneliness in Southwark.
London Catalyst - South London Cares - 5
£3,000	05/09/2017	Winter Wellbeing 2017/18
The Fore - Grant to South London Cares
£25,000	01/08/2017 24	South London Cares is a community network formed of young professionals and older people, two groups most at risk of loneliness. Founded in 2014 and based in Southwark and Lambeth, its proactive ....more South London Cares is a community network formed of young professionals and older people, two groups most at risk of loneliness. Founded in 2014 and based in Southwark and Lambeth, its proactive outreach programme identifies and invites older people to participate in its social clubs and its Love-Your-Neighbour one-to-one friendship scheme. The Fore has provided funding to set up and run a new customer relationship management system to improve retention, facilitate expansion and transform operations at South London Cares and its affiliated organisations.
The Fore - Grant to South London Cares
£25,000	17/07/2017 24	The Fore has provided funding to set up and run a new customer relationship management system to improve retention, facilitate expansion and transform operations at South London Cares and its ....more The Fore has provided funding to set up and run a new customer relationship management system to improve retention, facilitate expansion and transform operations at South London Cares and its affiliated organisations.
United Saviours Charity - Social Clubs in Southwark
£4,735	12/05/2017 11	Continuation of South London Cares’ social clubs in Elephant & Castle, Walworth and Bermondsey helping to connect 180 older neighbours and younger volunteers.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to South London Cares
£9,000	01/04/2017	Tenants and Residents Social Improvements Grant grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
Comic Relief - The Cares Family: shoring up the centre
£40,000	30/11/2016 24	North London is a place of social extremes. LB Camden and Islington contain some of the best connected people in the UK - high-flying graduates working in finance, media, the law, PR and fashion – ....more North London is a place of social extremes. LB Camden and Islington contain some of the best connected people in the UK - high-flying graduates working in finance, media, the law, PR and fashion – but also some of the most isolated, with particular challenges to do with deprivation, loneliness, depression and anxiety. Often, these two groups live side-by-side, but hardly ever interact. Through an extensive range of Social Clubs, Love Your Neighbour (one-to-one) activities and Winter Well Being clothes and food drops, neighbours share time, practical help and companionship with the aim of tackling the growing problem of isolation and loneliness across age, class, ethnicity, attitudinal and cultural divides.
London Catalyst - South London Cares - 4
£3,000	06/09/2016	Winter Wellbeing 2016/17
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to South London Cares
£6,500	01/04/2016	Tenants and Residents Social Improvements grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
London Catalyst - South London Cares - 1
£5,000	26/08/2015	Support for Winter Wellbeing project

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-76

AKIRA KIRTON Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeships: NORTH LONDON CARES, MCR CARES LIMITED, LIVERPOOL CARES LIMITED, THE CARES FAMILY LIMITED, EAST LONDON CARES LIMITED,

ANTHONY MUNRO Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Finance Director, Other trusteeships: NORTH LONDON CARES, THE CARES FAMILY LIMITED,

DAVID WARNE Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeships: NORTH LONDON CARES, MCR CARES LIMITED, LIVERPOOL CARES LIMITED, THE CARES FAMILY LIMITED, EAST LONDON CARES LIMITED,

FIONA STEVENSON Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Finance Director, Other trusteeships: NORTH LONDON CARES, THE CARES FAMILY LIMITED,

IANA VIDAL Appointed: 2021 Occupation: Public Affairs and Communications, Other trusteeships: THE CARES FAMILY LIMITED, EAST LONDON CARES LIMITED,

Iana is a public affairs and communications professional, with a passion for supporting people to affect positive change at a local and national level. She has experience across a diverse range of sectors including health, justice, education and finance. Iana has been part of The Cares Family for many years as a younger neighbour at South London....more

OLIVER RICKMAN Appointed: 2022 Occupation: Strategic Advisor, Other trusteeships: NORTH LONDON CARES, MCR CARES LIMITED, LIVERPOOL CARES LIMITED, THE CARES FAMILY LIMITED, EAST LONDON CARES LIMITED,

POLLY BALSOM Appointed: 2018 Occupation: Charity Communications Specialist, Other trusteeships: NORTH LONDON CARES, MCR CARES LIMITED, LIVERPOOL CARES LIMITED, THE CARES FAMILY LIMITED,

Polly is Head of Communications and Marketing at Royal Trinity Hospice where she leads on messaging and campaign delivery. She was previously responsible for communications and partnership campaigns at Missing People, and helped to establish HIV support charity Body & Soul’s social enterprise ‘Brave’.

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/06/2014, number: 1157401
Registered at Companies House on 31/10/2013, number: 08757344

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

R S M UK
25 FARRINGDON STREET
LONDON
EC4A 4AB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:AMONGST PEOPLE AGED OVER 55 IN LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK WHO DO NOT REGULARLY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY LIFE,AS THEY DO NOT HAVE LARGE OR STRONG NETWORKS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY AROUND THEM;WHO ARE LONELY OR ISOLATED;AND WHO ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY ACCESSING STATUTORY AND NON-STATUTORY SERVICES BECAUSE THEY ARE HOUSE-BOUND,IMMOBILE,UNABLE TO DRIVE OR TO EASILY ACCESS TRANSPORT,BY THE PROVISION OF:1.A LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOURPROGRAMME,WHICH MATCHES YOUNG PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO OFFER A LITTLE EXTRA PRACTICAL SUPPORT WITH EVERY DAY TASKS,OR A LITTLE ADDED COMPANIONSHIP;AND 2.A SOCIAL CLUBS PROGRAMME,WHICH PROVIDES REGULAR ACTIVITIES WITHIN COMMUNITY CENTRES,CAFES,PARKS AND OTHER TRUSTED HUBS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BRING OLDER PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH PEERS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO SHARE NEW EXPERIENCES AND BUILD FRIENDSHIPS.AND 3.OTHER PROGRAMMES DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND VIABLE BY THE CHARITY'S LEADERSHIP.AND TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE:ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES,SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;AND BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTS THE TRUSTEES HAVE THE POWER TO:(A)RAISE FUNDS THROUGH GRANTS,DONATIONS,SALES,COMMISSIONS AND CONTRACTS;(B)APPLY FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(C)CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER GROUPS TO ADVANCE THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY;(D)RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE CHARITY;(E)DEFER,DEVOLVE OR DELEGATE POWER TO EMPLOYEES;NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT(SCOTLAND)ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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