Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 2

BARKING AND DAGENHAM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

The Charity is the umbrella organisation for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Barking & Dagenham, providing information, advice and development support, and facilitating partnership development. The Charity promotes social cohesion, liaising with statutory, private and other strategic bodies to ensure that all local communities are fully consulted and included in all relevant initatives.

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
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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		£487	£447	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/22		£346	£338	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£405	£338	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20		£333	£303	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£333	£312	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/18		£257	£247	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£363	£419	£-56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£467	£430	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£392	£492	£-99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£426	£458	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£479	£467	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£439	£478	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£593	£547	£45	£5	£323	£26	0.6	12	0
31/03/10		£513	£509	£4	£4	£278	£64	1.5	12	0
31/03/09		£727	£687	£40	£4	£273	£74	1.3	13	0
31/03/08	*	£527	£516	£11	£4	£234	£50	1.2	11	0
31/03/07	*	£489	£456	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£497	£522	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£473	£464	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£456	£386	£70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 31 years

www.bdcvs.org.uk

info@bdcvs.org.uk

02085327300

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
14 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£69,356	17/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Barking & Dagenham CVS
£6,090	15/05/2020	A grant of £6,090 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Barking & Dagenham Council for Voluntary Service
£3,400	28/05/2019	£3,400 to provide an access audit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening Women's Voices and Networks
£10,000	08/07/2015 12	The group will use the funding to deliver leadership training, peer networking and coaching for female residents, to develop community projects for disadvantaged women and girls. This will develop ....more The group will use the funding to deliver leadership training, peer networking and coaching for female residents, to develop community projects for disadvantaged women and girls. This will develop beneficiaries' skills and provide awareness and support about domestic violence and ill health.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 46-59

NIGHAT BHOLA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

PHILIPPA SALVADOR-JONES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Officer

SARAH ROBERTSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Managing Director

SYED GHANI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Legal Advisor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/05/1993, number: 1012737
Registered at Companies House on 04/02/1993, number: 02786597

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
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; AR08: 0 days late, AR07: 28 days late, AR05: 17 days late,

Main office

BDCVS
Ripple Centre
121-125 Ripple Road
Barking
IG11 7FN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSE, BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE, TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAME AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM

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