Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

CENTURIAN CHARITIES LIMITED 

The distribution of income for charitable purposes, specifically for religious activities. The charity helps the elderly as well as children and people with disabilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently

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£482£593£-112n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£474£52£422n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£498£504£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£840£739£101£0£102£1021.730
31/03/19£795£798£-3£0£1£1000
31/03/18£216£263£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£114£131£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£371£931£-561£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£203£142£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£203£142£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£233£352£-119£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£361£362£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£323£312£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£2£144£-142£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£16£2£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£226£3£224£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£121£14£107£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£119£97£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£17£5£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£122£5£117£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 43 years

02082091535

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Israel, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 56-86
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/11/1980, number: 280880
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/01/1980, number: 01472614
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR21: 17 days late, AR17: 0 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 49 days late, AR13: 75 days late, AR12: 119 days late, AR11: 137 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 10 days late, AR08: 40 days late, AR07: 64 days late, AR06: 34 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
Main office

23 OVERLEA ROAD
LONDON
E5 9BG

Objectives

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH, RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW, AS CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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