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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

KARTEN NETWORK 

The Karten Network is a network of IT centres for disabled people. The centres are funded through the Ian Karten Charitable Trust, with the purpose of improving the quality of life and independence of adult people with congenital or acquired physical, cognitive, sensory, learning disabilities or mental health problems. The Karten Centres provide a supportive learning environment together with acce
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
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Financial Data ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
30/09/23£108,968£128,834£-19,8660
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 1 years
(21 years as a company)

dawn@karten-network.org.uk

07821723941

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Israel, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2023, number: 1201993
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/11/2002, number: 04584819
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

Karten Network
64 Nile Street
London
N1 7SR

Objectives

THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED DUE TO THEIR PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, SENSORY OR LEARNING DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN USING SUCH TECHNOLOGY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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