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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 14
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

FINSBURY AND CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS

Providing social, emotional and practical support to isolated older people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/03/23£30£42£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£31£36£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£38£35£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£34£41£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£49£42£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£41£77£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£64£37£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£50£49£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£42£41£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£23£48£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£61£48£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£52£63£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£85£91£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£90£90£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£93£94£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£104£103£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£105£110£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£105£94£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£103£102£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£88£90£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 50 years

fcv-dorcas.org.uk

fcvolunteers@hotmail.com

02076891574

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Islington,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£55,255
Cripplegate Foundation£16,500
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers (FCV Dorcas)
£5,000 28/03/2024
Befriending and other services for the elderly
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers
£55,255 26/03/2024
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£55,255 over five years (£10,000; £10,500: £11,025: £11,575; £12,155) towards a part time Volunteer Services Co-ordinator and project costs to deliver and develop a range of services to prevent isolation amongst older people in south Islington.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 28/11/2023
towards the salary costs for the part-time Volunteer Services Co-ordinator over the next 12 months
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers (FCV Dorcas)
£2,500 07/03/2023
Befriending and other services for the elderly
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers (FCV Dorcas)
£5,000 08/03/2022
The ongoing delivery of our services
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers
£4,000 03/03/2020
Provision of services to alleviate isolation
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers
£5,000 06/11/2018
The ongoing delivery of services
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers
£5,052 04/08/2017
Our Lunch Club alleviates isolation within the community, enabling older members to live an independent and meaningful life.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers
£2,500 01/03/2016
Towards general running costs
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers
£30,000 27/11/2014
36
£30,000 over three years (3 x £10,000) for the maintenance and running costs of two wheelchair accessible minibuses.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Finsbury & Clerkenwell Volunteers
£20,000 31/07/2012
the salary of the Volunteer Co-ordinator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split

  • ANDREW THOMPSON (Chair)
  • ANNA PAULINE COATES
  • FELICITY HART
  • LESLEY WINIFRED TADMAN
  • LAURA ROBERTS Appointed: 2018
  • PETER MUSWELL Appointed: 2017
  • RICHARD CLIVE BETTS Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/11/1974, number: 268511
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR12: 0 days late, AR07: 17 days late,
Main office

The Community Room
21a Midway House
Manningford Close
London
EC1V 7HP

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THOSE IN THE AREA WHO ARE IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF AGE, DISABILITY OR OTHERWISE BY RECRUITING, PLACING AND SUPERVISING A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SUCH PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FINSBURY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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