Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE WICKERS

The Wickers Charity act as a resource for young people living in East London by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:'advancing in life' and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals;
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/08/23£673£683£-10£240£89£891.6625
31/08/22£508£476£32£190£99£952.4420
?31/08/21£313£274£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/08/20£148£182£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£293£231£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 35.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 35.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: INF
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 6 years

www.thewickerscharity.org

barrie@wickers.org.uk

02085044500

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
DCMS£100,010
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£50,000
AB Charitable Trust£20,000
The London Community Foundation£10,000
Sport England£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The Wickers (Account Project)
£20,000 25/01/2024
A restricted grant of £20,000 towards the costs of the Account Project, including a contribution to Wickers' overhead costs. Account works as a community monitoring group on policing, while directly working with young people in Hackney and ....more
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving Living with Covid
£3,698 30/06/2022
Ongoing participation in the Community Champion network and dissemination of health information to Black Caribbean, Black African and White Other communities.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 London Community Response Renewal Grant - Wave 5
£50,000 23/02/2021
12
To support the Employability and Wellbeing Programme for young people.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,010 13/08/2020
"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
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The Wickers Charity
£10,000 10/07/2020
We are aiming to combat Holiday/COVID-19 Hunger. With children and young people unable to attend school where most will be given school meals, many low-income families are struggling to feed themselves. The funding is to provide weekly care packages ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000 17/06/2020
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 Association Football
National Lottery Community Fund - What's The Point Knife Crime Education
£9,980 21/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver an early intervention educational programme for young people. The project aims to reduce knife crime and promote positive behaviours.
Sport England - social action into sport
£7,690 13/02/2019
14
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled social action into sport. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AITCH HENRY-DOSWELL Appointed: 2024
  • CHELSEA REYNOLDS (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • WENDEL HENRY Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2018, number: 1178580
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Internal risk management 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Wickers Charity
Suite 5
19 Willow Street
London
EC2A 4BH

Objectives

•TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN HACKNEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, 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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