Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

ONE STOP ADVICE & TRAINING CENTRE

Advice and Support in relation to Welfare Benefits, Housing and Debt.Offer employability skills, and provide training and other activities in the interest of capacity building.Advancing in life by developing skills and gaining confidence through training and activities.Improving quality of life by supporting people to overcome personal and social barriers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 3 trustees?

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
30/09/23£217£176£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£159£123£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£204£177£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£167£107£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£64£91£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£102£68£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£48£73£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£117£97£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£91£78£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.onestopadvicecentre.org.uk

azra@onestopadvicecentre.org.uk

01582967473

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Luton,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£409,838
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£152,220
National Lottery Heritage Fund£57,530
DCMS£54,270
Postcode Places Trust£48,760
Power to Change£24,968
Sport England£17,590
People's Health Trust£11,770
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Places Trust - Project Funding
£25,000 01/11/2023
Funding provided financial advice and support services to reduce the impact of poverty and support locals to learn how to manage their finances.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to One Stop Advice and Training Centre
£3,235 21/10/2023
We aim to provide services assisting with welfare, benefits, debt, and others to the increasing number of non-English speaking women who will benefit from our bi-lingual advice and help.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - A mentoring and awareness raising project focusing on youth violence, exploitation and gang association for parents in Dallow area of Luton
£40,000 31/01/2023
Project Dynamic
People's Health Trust - Project Innovate
£11,770 17/01/2023
24
This two-year project provides fitness and social activities for women from minoritised ethnic communities in Luton. It aims to bring local women together to connect, make friends and improve their mental and physical health and wellbeing. There are ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Here2help
£390,102 21/12/2022
The funding will be used to expand the provision of culturally & linguistically appropriate advice & support to the community in Luton. The project will predominantly support women who cannot access services elsewhere due to linguistic ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 03/06/2022
Project Inclusion
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - PROWESS
£4,460 04/05/2022
Led by a female coach this project will deliver 3 sessions a week of badminton and swimming activity to Muslim/BAME women.
Postcode Places Trust - Bilingual and cultural benefits, housing and debt advice for Luton residents
£23,760 26/04/2022
We supported an increased number of clients with specialist language and cultural support to access benefits, debt and housing advice.
National Lottery Community Fund - Here2help
£9,736 25/02/2022
The funding will help local people struggling to cope with financial and social challenges. This project will support young people to access IT/online facilities in an after school club that will run three times a week and at a weekend.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to one stop advice & training centre
£37,930 22/02/2022
Kashmiri Heritage -Our Identity!
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Project Connect
£34,720 23/08/2021
To provide a service whereby parents, guardians and carers are able to access mentoring to increase their ability to manage boundaries and protect their children from exploitation.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to One Stop Advice and Training Centre
£30,000 25/03/2021
23
TLC - Talk, Listen and Care
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Support Package BAME Communities
£10,000 17/09/2020
5
Grant to One Stop Advice and Training Centre
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - One Stop Advice & Training Centre
£24,968 16/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - One Stop Advice & Training Centre
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£54,270 09/09/2020
"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
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,200 02/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to one stop advice & training centre
£19,600 18/05/2020
COVID19 One Stop Advice & Training Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID19 - Access2All
£10,000 07/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide welfare benefits advice and support to members of the community. The project aims to advise people in financial difficulty during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Both Streams 1 & 2 - Delivery or Support & Core Costs
£7,500 03/04/2020
3
Grant to One Stop Advice and Training Centre
Sport England - Evolving Women
£9,930 20/02/2020
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Evolving Women. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to One Stop Advice and Training Centre
£30,000 20/12/2019
11
Innovate
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to One Stop Advice & Training Centre
£34,600 25/10/2019
Icknield Trails - Lutons Great Walk.
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital IT
£9,980 13/06/2019
12
The organisation will provide IT training sessions for people who have language and cultural barriers. The lessons will help people apply for and resolve Universal Credit issues, and also provide training on writing CVs and applying for jobs.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to One Stop Advice & Training Centre
£38,800 21/08/2018
Visit Down Memory Lane
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to One Stop Advice and Training Centre
£8,345 20/07/2018
3
Aspiration
National Lottery Community Fund - EVOLVE
£9,810 10/05/2018
12
The project will create a new project, providing sporting and counselling opportunities to under-achieving young people at risk of gang-related violence, to reduce anti-social behaviour and reduce obesity. Mentoring and one-to-one support will be ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Evolve
£4,680 21/03/2018
2
Grant to One Stop Advice and Training Centre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to One Stop Advice & Training Centre
£39,700 19/09/2017
Women of our era'
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - First Steps
£4,660 13/06/2017
2
Grant to One Stop Advice and Training Centre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to One Stop Advice & Training Centre
£35,000 23/09/2015
Our Past - Our Present
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • SALMA ISHAQ Appointed: 2019
  • ZAREEN DURRANI Appointed: 2019
  • SAIMA AKHTAR Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2014, number: 1158242
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

88 Inkerman Street
Luton
LU1 1JD

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN LUTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL OVERCOMING PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND OTHER BARRIERS; (B) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING, ESPECIALLY UNDER REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (C) ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES; (D) PROVIDING TRAINING AND OTHER ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF CAPACITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL BARRIERS, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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