Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CASTLEHAVEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Castlehaven Community Association offers front line services to local residents, including activities for groups from under 5s through to pensioners. It also has a floodlit multi-sports pitch and offers a multitude of other activities to pensioners, families and children. This small but high profile, vibrant community association continues to develop and respond to the needs of local residents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • 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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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£985£1,002£-18£360£923£6507.814400
31/03/22£1,330£1,030£300£534£941£6137.112300
31/03/21£1,010£892£119£441£640£5677.611300
31/03/20*£1,086£1,274£-188£0£522£1481.413275
31/03/19£1,250£1,006£245£3£710£5326.317200
31/03/18£479£460£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£919£981£-62£0£275£1571.9120
31/03/16£490£489£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£555£516£39£3£336£2004.6140
31/03/14£599£525£75£525£297£1603.7180
31/03/13£547£558£-11£3£223£1543.3230
31/03/12£619£644£-25£3£234£1863.5470
31/03/11£811£731£80£4£259£1502.5470
31/03/10£658£639£19£4£179£1362.6330
31/03/09£685£637£48£6£160£1092.1310
31/03/08*£601£602£0£134£112£561.1150
31/03/07£710£640£70£158£112£521140
31/03/06*£611£675£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£803£791£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£857£806£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 80.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 35.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 53%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
Reserves/Spending: 7.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 38 years

www.castlehaven.org.uk

info@castlehaven.org.uk

02076922240

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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£248,050
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£100,000
BBC Children in Need£30,083
Greater London Authority£16,200
DCMS£9,885
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£105,050 24/06/2023
24
£105,050 over two further and final years (£51,524 and £53,526) to Castlehaven Community Association to continue and develop the Greenworks Project and support the wider Camden community to improve the local environment and open spaces.
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£7,000 27/01/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£2,880 23/10/2021
We support people adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic by delivering weekly bags of nutritious food donated, bought or grown by our gardening team.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£100,000 24/09/2021
36
INTERWEAVE aims to reduce over 60s’ loneliness by placing them in group activities of their choice especially structured to help them make new friendships naturally
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£16,200 01/12/2020
Operation Bedspread
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,885 03/07/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£143,000 26/03/2020
36
£143,000 over three years (£46,000; £46,500; £50,500) towards the full-time salary and associated running costs of the Greenworks Co-ordinator plus project running costs.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£29,583 20/03/2020
36
This project will provide after school activities for young people from low income families and affected by serious violence. The activities will help to develop their coping strategies, build positive relationships and increase their physical ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - OUTSIDE IN
£9,440 12/09/2019
12
OUTSIDE IN
National Lottery Community Fund - Ageactivity Plus
£339,156 19/12/2018
36
The project will continue to deliver a wide range of activities for the over 60's to keep them healthy, engaged and independent. They will also be involved in the management and delivery of a diverse programme of social, educational, health ....more
Power to Change - Castlehaven Horticultural Hub
£10,000 02/02/2018
Grant to Castlehaven Horticultural Hub
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£14,550 18/01/2018
Greenhaven
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£14,550 18/01/2018
Greenhaven
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£14,550 18/01/2018
Greenhaven
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£14,550 18/01/2018
Greenhaven
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£14,550 18/01/2018
Greenhaven
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£14,550 31/12/2017
Greenhaven
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£14,550 31/12/2017
Greenhaven
Greater London Authority - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£14,550 31/12/2017
Greenhaven
National Lottery Community Fund - A Bicycle Made BY Two
£9,640 28/06/2017
12
This project will deliver a programme of cycling activities that will support people who live in a diverse community, encouraging social engagement.
Sport England - SPORTSFEST
£9,762 01/06/2015
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'SPORTSFEST'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - AGEACTIVITY
£383,170 05/02/2014
60
This project aims to address the principle problems older people in Camden face, such as loneliness, poor health, disempowerment and loss of services. This will be achieved through bringing older people together, not just socially but also to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Castlehaven Community Association
£26,800 30/05/2012
the costs of the Youthbank Project including the salary of the Youthbank Co-ordinator and the vocational training (excluding the Training Support Fund)
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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: 51-80
  • BRUCE JON FIELDING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • CHRISTINA NUNN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • DEREK EDWARD JARMAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • MATTHEW STEPHENSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • REBECCA CHESHIRE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • ROSEMARY LEWIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/01/1987, number: 295829
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/10/1986, number: 02069107
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; AR20: 5 days late, AR08: 18 days late, AR06: 50 days late,
Main office

CASTLEHAVEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
THE COMMUNITY CENTRE
21 CASTLEHAVEN ROAD
LONDON
NW1 8RU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS 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 OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CAMDEN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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