Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    PROSPECTS (KENSINGTON) LTD 

    Education and training for disadvantaged people leading to employment Education includes Supplementary School, Structured educational Internet Activities. Advocacy, and advice. Computer Courses from basic to advanced skills. Supporting people into employment.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

    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*£17£41£-24n/an/an/an/an/a7
    31/03/22£47£50£-3n/an/an/an/an/a7
    31/03/21£75£45£30n/an/an/an/an/a7
    31/03/20£26£22£4n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/19£15£24£-9n/an/an/an/an/a7
    31/03/18£63£54£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17*£32£31£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£27£27£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15*£26£26£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£31£29£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13*£10£12£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£18£23£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£31£22£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£20£26£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£19£21£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08*£25£24£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£20£17£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06*£13£12£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£17£21£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£21£19£2£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 30 years
    (32 years as a company)

    www.prospectsk.myzen.co.uk

    prospectsgrove@hotmail.com

    0208-969-1777

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Services for people with disabilities
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Brent, Camden, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 7 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
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Prospects Kensington Ltd
    £2,726 24/10/2020
    We aim to ensure the future of our Returning to Work programme, while providing skills with recreational activities.
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Prospects (Kensington) Ltd
    £20,962 28/09/2020
    towards the costs to adapt services and deliver them safely as outlined in your application
    Woodward Charitable Trust - NextGenT programme to prevevent youth violence
    £1,000 13/11/2018
    Towards the NextGenT programme to prevent youth violence.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)

    Age Range of Trustees:
    • ELAINE BARRY Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Advice Guidance Education Offi
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/04/1994, number: 1036225
    • Registered at Companies House on 18/11/1991, number: 02665204
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • 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: 60 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
    Main office

    PROSPECTS KENSINGTON LTD
    SWINBROOK COMMUNITY CENTRE
    SWINBROOK ESTATE
    145 ACKLAM ROAD
    LONDON
    W10 5YX

    Objectives

    TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN PARTICULAR TO POOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT AND AS A MEANS OF RELIEVING THEIR POVERTY THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO SUCH PERSONS ON COMPLETION OF THEIR TRAINING IN OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED -IN PRACTICE,KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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