Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

HAROLD WOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE 

THE CHARITY SUPPORT LOCAL GROUPS INCLUDING, DANCE SCHOOLS,YOGA, PLAY SCHOOLS, BOXING CLUBS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER GROUP ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS, SLIMMING AND SENIOR CITIZENS, AND ARE OPEN FOR RECREATIONAL AND OR PRIVATE PARTIES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE ECT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 42 years

www.hwnc.org.uk

ronloc231@gmail.com

01708523513

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£126£162£-36n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22£137£97£40n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/21£76£109£-33n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£130£109£22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£125£147£-21n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£112£104£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£113£119£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£110£98£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£114£92£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£133£135£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£112£83£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£92£89£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£112£83£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£62£69£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£75£67£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£86£64£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£97£59£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£85£67£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£84£49£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£77£39£38£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Havering,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 14/10/2022
Repair and Upgrade of HWNC
National Lottery Community Fund - Harold Wood Neighbourhood Centre refurbishment
£10,000 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to refurbish the community centre to include new lighting and ceiling providing user groups and the community with a safe and suitable venue for events and activities with ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/06/1982, number: 279955
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 5 days late, AR07: 85 days late,
Main office

27 THORN LANE
RAINHAM
RM13 9SJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, AGE, DISABILITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTSTO PROMOTE ANY OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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