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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Mainly male board: -1
    • Overall weighted support: +9
    Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

    NUCLEUS COMMUNITY ACTION LTD

    Nucleus combats poverty by providing advice and access to social welfare advice through telephone advice, face to face advice and representation.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • The Board is predominantly male

    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
    31/03/24£876£784£93£0£950£70010.717100
    31/03/23£711£873£-162£0£857£65691950
    31/03/22£937£980£-43£24£1,019£6738.22275
    31/03/21£997£901£97£40£1,031£67892475
    31/03/20?£739£673£66£0£935£673121450
    31/03/18£601£558£43£0£792£65714.1110
    31/03/17£591£547£43£0£748£63213.8130
    31/03/16£652£531£121£0£705£61013.8130
    31/03/15*£596£584£12£15£584£51110.5110
    31/03/14£594£538£56£15£495£44710130
    31/03/13£579£440£139£10£440£3499.5130
    31/03/12£618£455£163£11£432£2807.490
    31/03/11£411£362£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10*£393£369£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09*£393£360£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08£383£360£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07*£383£360£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06*£284£257£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05*£284£257£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04*£222£237£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 21%
    Liabilities/Income: 29%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
    Reserves/Spending: 10.7 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
    Quick Ratio: 3.4
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 50 years

    www.nucleus.org.uk

    advice@nucleus.org.uk

    07960422018

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
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    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Legal & financial advice
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • City Of Westminster, Ealing, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    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£180,172
    DCMS£48,660
    Access to Justice Foundation£45,400
    AB Charitable Trust£45,000
    London Legal Support Trust£30,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2023
    £10,000 28/12/2023
    Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice sector.
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd
    £165,800 20/09/2023
    36
    £165,800 over three years (£54,100; £55,000; £56,700) for a full-time Housing Case Worker, project costs and support costs to contribute to Housing Advice work in four West London boroughs.
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Nucleus
    £25,000 04/07/2023
    An unrestricted grant of £25,000. Nucleus supports people in West and South-West London through providing advice and services on debt, employment, housing and welfare benefits.
    London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2022
    £10,000 22/12/2022
    Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice sector.
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Nucleus
    £20,000 21/04/2022
    An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Nucleus Legal Advice Centre supports individuals and families living in West and South-West London to access entitlements, legal advice and services.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 04/04/2022
    Core Cost Project
    London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2021
    £10,000 14/12/2021
    Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice sector.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £48,660 05/10/2020
    "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
    Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
    £45,400 19/08/2020
    A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
    CAF - Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd
    £6,000 03/07/2020
    3
    Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd
    £14,372 11/06/2020
    £14,372 towards three months of costs as outlined in your application.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 18/12/2018
    Volunteer Development
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd
    £150,000 28/01/2015
    36
    £150,000 over three years (£51,000; £49,000; £50,000) for an Ealing-based debt and money advice service with funding to cover a Debt Advice Caseworker and associated project running costs.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 48-80
    • ALAN MURDIE (Chair) Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Barrister And Writer
    • CHARLES EDER Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Estate Agent
    • CHANTAL WARREN-JONES Appointed: 2023
    • CHARLES DONKOH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director
    • ROY HISCOCK, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
    • ROBERT ALLAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Lawyer
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/04/1975, number: 269325
    • Registered at Companies House on 05/03/1975, number: 01202541
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Other Regulators
    • Financial Conduct Authority
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • 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
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR15: 31 days late, AR10: 4 days late, AR09: 4 days late, AR07: 139 days late, AR06: 122 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
    Main office

    298 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
    LONDON
    SW5 9JF

    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, FURTHER HEALTH AND RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AMONG PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING WITHIN THE AREA OF EARLS COURT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA BY ESTABLISHING AN AID, INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    EARLS COURT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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