Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

PECAN 

Pecan is a community charity based in Southwark. Working in this and neighbouring boroughs. Supporting local people who are unemployed, isolated, ex-offenders, those affected by benefit changes or low income and empowering women facing multiple barriers. Services include employment programmes, training, one to one support, coaching, food programmes and community activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 35 years

www.pecan.org.uk

welcome@pecan.org.uk

02077320007

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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£1,755£1,756£-1£69£1,326£7785.338125
31/03/22£1,397£1,721£-323£60£1,347£8726.13290
31/03/21£2,153£1,702£451£44£1,619£1,0377.334100
31/03/20*£1,291£1,210£81£50£1,087£8578.533110
31/03/19£1,159£1,028£131£38£1,027£8359.728150
31/03/18£771£767£4£24£874£68510.7220
31/03/17£613£680£-67£23£865£69912.3170
31/03/16£599£786£-187£0£895£73511.2180
31/03/15£787£802£-15£8£1,091£89413.4260
31/03/14£836£986£-151£8£1,088£90511210
31/03/13£580£572£8£9£1,239£1,03821.8130
31/03/12£665£607£58£13£1,231£1,04020.660
31/03/11£1,497£1,666£-169£42£1,173£9897.1110
31/03/10£1,351£1,513£-162£27£1,342£1,1549.2300
31/03/09*£1,285£1,592£-306£25£1,504£1,3089.9290
31/03/08*£2,027£2,645£-618£18£1,810£1,6197.3590
31/03/07£3,532£3,419£113£18£2,428£2,0997.4820
31/03/06£3,013£3,333£-320£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£3,817£3,532£286£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£3,812£3,683£129£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 59%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 38 employees
  • 125 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Trussell Trust£522,996
National Lottery Community Fund£407,268
Henry Smith Charity£389,200
London Borough of Southwark£254,306
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Together Community Hub
£10,000 09/06/2023
The funding will be used to provide a range of social activities and advice services to local people. The project aims to support people with the challenges they experience including the effects of ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£26,000 31/03/2023
Common Purpose grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Foodbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£29,500 31/03/2023
Common Purpose grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Hourbank
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£155,250 17/03/2023
Full-time CA adviser
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Pecan
£180,000 15/03/2023
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing holistic crisis and trauma support for women in the London Boroughs of Southwark and Lewisham.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£5,000 12/10/2022
Emergency grant
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Pecan
£25,000 26/07/2022
Women's Services in Soutwark and Lewisham
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£26,000 31/03/2022
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Foodbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£29,500 31/03/2022
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Hourbank
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Pecan
£119,200 11/03/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing counselling support for women with complex needs, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in the London Boroughs of Southwark and Lewisham.
National Lottery Community Fund - Southwark & Lewisham Women’s Hub
£377,708 11/02/2022
The project is using funding to secure a permanent centre becoming the Southwark and Lewisham Women's Hub which is designed to be a one-stop shop for women providing them with holistic ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£4,808 23/10/2021
We support people facing hardship with emergency food parcels and More Than Food services, helping address the root cause of their need for a foodbank.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£141,811 05/10/2021
OLM officer
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£153,990 17/09/2021
Client Support Officer
National Lottery Community Fund - HOurBank
£10,000 14/05/2021
The funding will enable the group to continue to provide an Hourbank service to isolated people within the community. The project aims to help with the easing of lockdown isolation and loneliness for ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 19/03/2021
Pecan
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£63,880 11/02/2021
Food Service Manager, Client Support Officer etc
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Pecan- Southwark Foodbank
£7,500 06/07/2020
The funding is for delivery of support packs to beneficiaries of our Women's Services (supporting women in the Criminal Justice System) and HourBank (supporting the most vulnerable members of our ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£3,065 14/04/2020
CV emergency costs: home deliveries, warehouse costs
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£26,000 01/04/2020
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Foodbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£29,000 01/04/2020
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Hourbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£88,306 01/04/2020
Community Food Hub grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Pecan
£90,000 12/06/2019
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a project in the London Boroughs of Southwark and Lewisham, providing coaching-based, trauma-informed support for women with complex needs, including ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 28/05/2019
Core costs contribution
National Lottery Community Fund - HOurBank
£9,560 26/04/2019
12
The project will improve volunteer and staff training, enabling this community led organisation to meet the increase in demand for its support and well being activities.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£29,372 18/04/2019
36
Employment of Warehouse Coordinator
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£26,000 01/04/2019
Common Purpose grant from the Place & Wellbeing department for Foodbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£29,000 01/04/2019
Common Purpose grant from the Place & Wellbeing department for Hourbank
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£29,372 26/03/2019
PT Warehouse coordinator plus other costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£3,381 12/02/2019
Van hire
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Southwark Foodbank
£3,381 31/01/2019
12
Van hire for distributing food
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£25,716 01/04/2018
Community Capacity grant from the Place & Wellbeing department for Foodbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£27,452 01/04/2018
Community Capacity grant from the Place & Wellbeing department for Hourbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£3,000 01/04/2018
Neighbourhoods Fund: Peckham & Nunhead grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
National Lottery Community Fund - HOurBank
£8,695 24/01/2018
12
This project will help match volunteers with organisations that need their support. This will bring people together and build stronger community relationships.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Pecan
£4,042 04/08/2017
Funding means we can offer a free course on basic food and finance to combat the deprivation that leads people to food banks.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£27,452 01/04/2017
Community Capacity grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Hourbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£25,716 01/04/2017
Community Capacity grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Foodbank
London Catalyst - Pecan - 5
£3,000 06/09/2016
Southwark Foodbank - an emergency service for anyone in immediate crisis, providing food, advice on healthy eating, employment, community involvement and money management.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Pecan
£69,295 21/07/2016
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The grant will support the salary costs, training, overheads and management / evaluation for the Moving On project.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£25,716 01/04/2016
Community Capacity grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Foodbank
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Pecan
£27,452 01/04/2016
Community Capacity grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Hourbank
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Pecan
£75,000 26/11/2015
36
£75,000 over three years (3 x £25,000) to contribute towards revenue costs of supporting London women aged under 25 leaving custody to desist from re-offending.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Pecan
£95,700 12/03/2015
36
towards three years' salary of the Project Manager of the 'Moving On Project', a rehabilitation project for young women serving short term prison sentences in London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Pecan
£32,000 28/08/2013
Based in Peckham the charity offers a range of projects to help disadvantaged people into work and to support the most vulnerable. The funding will help support volunteers who are vital to the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving On
£826,042 05/05/2011
48
Pecan will lead the Move On project to benefit young women in Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Wandsworth leaving young offender institutions, supporting them through group work and one to ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-72
  • ESENAM AGUBRETU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Parliamentary And Regulatory Affairs Manger
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/07/1989, number: 801819
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/1989, number: 02394165
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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, AR09: 10 days late, AR08: 24 days late,
Main office

121a Peckham High Street
Peckham
London
SE15 5SE

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION (B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING PROVIDING TRAINING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE FIND EMPLOYMENT.(C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE(D) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE, RECLAMATION AND RECYCLING AND THE USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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