Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

CREATE STREETS FOUNDATION

(a) providing training to community groups (above all in economically and socially disadvantaged areas) in the context of neighbourhood planning and urban design activities; and (b) promoting study and research in such subjects and disseminating the useful results of such study to the public at large.?
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
18/12/23£163£80£83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
18/12/22£127£144£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
18/12/21£69£123£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
18/12/20£161£84£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
18/12/19£56£69£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
18/12/18£88£66£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
18/12/17£18£3£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk

contact@createstreetsfoundation.org.uk

0203 026 0698

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Scientific research and testing services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - Create Streets Foundation
£42,500 20/03/2020
10
Grant to Create Streets Foundation
Trust for London - Create Streets Foundation
£74,000 03/10/2018
24
The funding is for Place Champions, a community capacity-building mini-course which trains local residents to better understand regeneration, urban design and ways in which communities can influence these processes to their own advantage, and to the ....more
Trust for London - Create Streets Foundation
£23,300 12/10/2017
9
The funding is to support Place Champions a pilot community capacity-building mini-course training local residents better to understand regeneration (pros and cons), urban design and ways in which communities can influence these processes to their ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLARE MIRFIN Appointed: 2020
  • FABIAN RICHTER Appointed: 2017
  • HARRY BRIGGS (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • ROBIN WARWICK EDWARDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fund Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2017, number: 1171928
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

81 Lambeth Walk
Lambeth
LONDON
SE11 6DX

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF CSF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN URBAN FORM AND MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY COHESION AND PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR BY (A) PROVIDING TRAINING TO COMMUNITY GROUPS (ABOVE ALL IN ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS) IN THE CONTEXT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN ACTIVITIES; AND (B) PROMOTING STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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