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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

WOOLWICH SERVICE USERS PROJECT

The Charity aims to provide support to people in Woolwich who are in financial, mental and/or physical difficulty through a number of on site services such as a food bank, counselling and provision of hygiene care. The Charity provides an area where community members can gather without conflict or judgement.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£33£31£2n/a
31/03/22£35£24£11n/a
31/03/21£28£22£6n/a
31/03/20*£82£8£74n/a
31/03/19£21£11£11n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

wsupwoolwich.org

info@wsupwoolwich.org

02083166558

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Woolwich Service Users Project
£2,993 21/10/2023
Funding will enable the professional delivery of a project for the local community to build social connections in friendship groups and during physical activities, with mental and emotional support.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to WSUP
£4,300 24/10/2020
We would like to open a new day centre to enable us to offer more help to more people.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Woolwich Service Users Project
£615 01/05/2020
A grant of £615 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Trust for London - Woolwich Service Users Project
£7,500 14/06/2018
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The funding is to buy equipment needed to run its services in its new building such as tables and chairs and desks for technology and other sundries and running costs to provide a continuing service to the 150 plus service users it sees each week.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANDREA LEACH Appointed: 2021
  • CHRISTOPHER DAVID HILL (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • DAVID CORDERY Appointed: 2023
  • DR DEREK COLVIN ABEL Appointed: 2024
  • JAMES BILLINGHAM Appointed: 2024
  • SHREELATA DATTA Appointed: 2024
  • TEJINDER VIRDHEE Appointed: 2017
  • TRACY STRINGFELLOW Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2017, number: 1175999
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 10 days late,
Main office

WSUP
107 Brookhill Road
LONDON
SE18 6BJ

Objectives

- THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN WOOLWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS/SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS- THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT- TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN WOOLWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA - THE RELIEF OF THE SICK-POOR LIVING IN WOOLWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN WOOLWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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