Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

LONDON BLACK WOMEN'S PROJECT 

London Black Women's Project provides services to BME women experiencing all forms of VAWG, promotes feminism, anti-racism and peace.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 33 years

www.lbwp.online

info@lbwp.online

02084720528

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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*£1,583£1,496£87£2£493£2542170
31/03/22*£1,440£1,289£151£0£406£2692.5140
31/03/21*£1,407£1,195£211£0£255£1992150
31/03/20?£475£464£11n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/19£970£913£56£16£33£-16-0.2168
30/09/18?*£1,373£1,470£-98£23£-23£-44-0.4180
31/03/17£930£952£-23£7£75£140.2160
31/03/16£925£984£-60£10£97£530.6150
31/03/15£740£868£-128£20£157£1251.7140
31/03/14*£817£837£-20£26£285£2533.6130
31/03/13*£836£875£-39£41£305£2733.7160
31/03/12£916£853£63£33£344£3124.4210
31/03/11£961£851£110£25£281£2683.8220
31/03/10£943£927£16£26£171£1491.9210
31/03/09£1,091£1,015£77£32£155£1021.2240
31/03/08*£973£1,114£-142£21£79£450.5260
31/03/07*£1,391£1,241£150£21£220£1171.1290
31/03/06*£1,131£1,189£-59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,119£1,172£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,296£1,264£32£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 17 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
Comic Relief£179,294
The London Community Foundation£79,337
DCMS£74,040
City Bridge Trust£48,400
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£31,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Comic Relief - Black and Minoritised Women: Improving Lives through Technology
£112,960 08/09/2021
6
Since March 2020, with the massive impact of C19 on our service, we have successfully embedded measures to improve our digital capacity. We rapidly purchased refurbished staff laptops and installed ....more
Comic Relief - (LBWP) Therapeutic Counselling Service for BME Service Users
£66,335 22/06/2021
15
To improve access to high quality counselling for Black and minoritised (BM) women, who are experiencing mental and emotional issues as a result of domestic and other forms of gendered violence, due ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Breathing Space - for survivors of domestic violence and lockdown
£9,400 07/05/2021
The funding will be used to provide equine assisted activities for women and children survivors of domestic violence. The project aims to improve health and wellbeing.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to London Black Women's Project (LBWP)
£48,400 22/04/2021
towards a Director (21 hpw) Finance Administrator (14 hpw) and Fundraiser (21 hours per month)
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£15,700 16/09/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£51,040 26/08/2020
"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 ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to London Black Women's Project (LBWP)
£51,680 17/07/2020
Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget. Please note that your application has been part funded as confirmed with you by MOPAC.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to London Black Women's Project (LBWP)
£22,857 14/05/2020
… transforming the way we safely support additional BAME women and children who have experienced domestic violence and abuse by improving telephone and on-line systems through WiFi in refuges; ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to London Black Women's Project (LBWP)
£4,800 14/04/2020
The funding is for essential food, cleaning products and mobile phone top ups for the 29 BAME women in our four refuges in Newham. They are all on Universal Credit and are struggling to support ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£15,700 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
DCMS - Ask Me Plus
£23,000 01/04/2019
The Ask Me Plus project will expand and develop the Womens Aid Federations Ask Me pilot project which aims to prevent and reduce the harm caused by domestic abuse.
DCMS - Women Side by Side
£15,000 01/02/2019
The OYA Consortium will work with BME/minoritised women to identify the needs and challenges that arise for women when they access peer support. The project will identify how such spaces can be ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Community Rights Project
£299,130 31/10/2018
36
The project will continue and expand their previous work to support BME women living in the local area. Community advocacy will be used as an effective early intervention and prevention vehicle.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to London Black Women's Project (LBWP)
£71,256 30/08/2017
36
Towards the continuation of a project that supports BME girls and young women experiencing domestic and sexual violence, supporting them to find their voice in the recovery process whilst working to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI stage 2
£400,000 22/03/2016
60
The project objective is to enable women and girls to identify their needs and agree their support, to develop resilience, confidence and independence. The beneficiaries of the project will be Black, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Project: Empower
£292,022 15/07/2015
36
This project will deliver specialist advice services for women at risk of or fleeing from domestic and sexual violence in East London. It will improve access to justice for the vulnerable and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Eco-audit to London Black Women's Project (LBWP)
£2,600 09/07/2015
£2,600 (6.5 days) to provide an eco-audit.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to London Black Women's Project (LBWP)
£90,000 27/11/2014
36
£90,000 over 3 years (3 x £30,000) towards the salary of a counsellor and for the costs of clinical supervision for the post-holder.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to London Black Women's Project (LBWP)
£90,000 13/11/2013
Towards a project that will support girls and young women experiencing doemstic and sexual violence addressing the normalisation, tolerance and acceptance of violence and abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Saving Lives: Raising Awareness and Promoting Rights
£291,087 13/04/2011
36
The project aims to provide practical information and advice to BME women at risk of domestic violence in London. Workshops and seminars will be held to build a general awareness of women's rights - ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-85
  • RENA PATHAK Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Medical Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/1991, number: 1001834
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/06/1989, number: 02393931
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 52 days late, AR22: 322 days late, AR21: 399 days late, AR18: 74 days late, AR14: 21 days late, AR13: 250 days late, AR08: 7 days late, AR07: 51 days late, AR06: 416 days late, AR05: 161 days late, AR04: 122 days late,
Main office

Resource Centre
661 Barking Road
LONDON
E13 9EX

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISTRESS AMONG BLACK MINORITY ETHNIC AND REFUGEE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN MALTREATED BY THEIR HUSBANDS OR MALE MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY AND AMONG THE CHILDREN OF SUCH WOMEN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE NEWHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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