Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

ST CUTHBERT'S CENTRE 

ST. CUTHBERT'S CENTRE WAS SET UP IN 1990 TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN GREATER LONDON. ITS MISSION STATEMENT IS 'PROVING THE COMMUNITY CARES', WHICH IT DOES BY PROVIDING A SAFE HAVEN AND A VARIETY OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE HOMELESS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO AND NO-ONE ELSE TO TURN TO FOR HELP. IT IS OPEN 5 DAYS A WEEK.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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£588£533£55£26£444£4389.910651
31/03/22£439£451£-13n/an/an/an/an/a323
31/03/21£610£424£185£22£402£38210.88300
31/03/20£552£384£169£10£216£2166.89300
31/03/19£355£348£8n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/03/18*£485£485£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£286£275£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£226£225£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£211£210£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£192£191£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£165£165£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£115£114£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£102£101£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£110£110£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£119£119£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£119£118£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£123£122£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£117£116£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£117£117£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£122£122£0£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 9.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 6.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 34 years

www.refettoriofelix.com

dropin@stcuthbertscentre.org.uk

020 7835 1389

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kensington And Chelsea,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 651 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£35,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£25,044
The London Community Foundation£20,000
Co-Operative Group£16,849
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to St Cuthbert's Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£2,081 22/10/2022
We want our Community Kitchen to provide a free, nutritious and delicious three-course takeaway lunch, five days a week for people who need it most.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 04/03/2022
Refettorio Felix at St Cuthbert's Centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£5,882 23/10/2021
We'd aim to develop people's abilities through; culinary skills workshops, art classes, make and mend club, knitting club, and computer sessions, to bring people together and improve mental wellbeing.
London Catalyst - St Cuthbert's Centre - 2
£1,200 03/06/2021
Hardship Fund
The London Community Foundation - Grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£10,000 18/02/2021
6
The funding is for the packaging costs to provide up to 200 take-away meals per day to homeless and vulnerable adults five days a week, over 75% of whom will be BAME, asylum seekers and/or disabled.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - St Cuthbert's Centre - 20/12/20
£1,500 13/01/2021
Core Funding
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of St Cuthbert's Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Homeless and Vulnerably Housed funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to ....more
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£25,044 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£10,000 06/07/2020
The continuing provision of a hot food takeaway and delivery service totalling 500 meals per day, mental health counselling service and housing/ practical advice case work.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£35,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£8,886 15/11/2019
We want to provide breakfast and nutritious lunches for the homeless and the elderly who are unable to cook for themselves.
National Lottery Community Fund - Culinary Skills Workshops
£10,000 06/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver a series of cooking and nutrition workshops for vulnerable adults. The project aims to develop their culinary skills to improve their employability in the ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£9,400 29/11/2017
We want to run an Elderly Care Project to make a difference to the lives of the elderly who are alone and living with mental health issues.
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£70,000 11/02/2015
36
over three years as unrestricted funding for a day centre for vulnerable homeless people in West London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Cuthbert's Centre
£30,000 28/02/2013
A local charity providing a drop in centre with a range of practical and emotional support services for deeply vulnerable people experiencing a range of issues from mental health and homelessness to ....more
London Catalyst - St Cuthberts Centre - 1
£3,000 07/11/2012
Health and Belief Employment of a full time Co-ordinator to support new Mental Health Outreach Worker
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-67
  • ALAN BROWN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/07/1990, number: 803638
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/1990, number: 02510482
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR10: 45 days late, AR09: 59 days late, AR08: 29 days late, AR07: 217 days late, AR06: 778 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

51 Philbeach Gardens
Earls Court
LONDON
SW5 9EB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS IN GREATER LONDON AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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