Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

RIVERVIEW CHARITABLE TRUST 

The charity is active.Riverview provides a range of community-based programmes focusing on strengthening family, children and youth provision in our community to help improve and enable the lives of those at risk and experiencing disadvantage
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£182,655£157,910£24,74510
31/03/22£0£0£07
31/03/21£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.riverview.org.uk

ENQUIRY@RIVERVIEW.ORG.UK

01708935478

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Riverview Charitable Trust
£113,754 01/12/2023
This project will provide positive activities and support for young people from low-income households at risk of becoming involved in gang-related activity. Activities will increase confidence and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/11/2019, number: 1186261
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY TRUST on 21/10/2022
Main office

St. Stephens Parsonage
London Road
Purfleet-On-Thames
RM19 1QD

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF PURFLEET AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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