Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 15

THE PARADISE CO-OPERATIVE

A charity focused on community development and education through sustainable food growing.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£103	£99	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	650
31/12/22	£71	£67	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/12/21	£29	£25	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/20	£22	£32	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/19	£43	£34	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/18	£39	£32	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	£32	£29	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£33	£22	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£12	£25	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

07905929810

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Wandsworth,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
650 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Paradise Cooperative
£81,954	30/06/2021	The group is using funding towards the costs of a full-time community gardener for their community garden wellbeing project in Wandsworth. The gardener will not only be able to cultivate and the ....more The group is using funding towards the costs of a full-time community gardener for their community garden wellbeing project in Wandsworth. The gardener will not only be able to cultivate and the manage the land but also to grow and lead a team of community volunteers as well as coordinate a programme of food distribution between volunteers community kitchens and Earlsfield food bank.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLAIRE POWELL Appointed: 2022

JOANNE OSBORN Appointed: 2016

JOHN DEAKINS Appointed: 2022

MR S THOMPSON (Chair) Appointed: 2014

PAUL ROGER LICKMAN Appointed: 2022

RACHAEL STOKES Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: GLOBAL JUSTICE NOW TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/11/2014, number: 1159176

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

5 TRANMERE ROAD
LONDON
SW18 3QH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THROUGH BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE INCLUDING THE USE OF NO CHEMICALS AND MINIMAL USE OF MACHINERY.

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