Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 13
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +13

    THE PARENT HOUSE TRUST 

    The Parent House provides mentoring, training and support for parents and carers of children around Islington and Kings Cross to enable them to enter employment, enhance their qualifications,knowledge and/ imorove their well-being. By helping these key people within social groups, the charity helps their families and their community.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased 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

    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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
    Established: 28 years

    www.theparenthouse.org.uk

    info@theparenthouse.co.uk

    02078371383

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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£198£288£-91n/an/an/an/an/a45
    31/03/22£314£255£60n/an/an/an/an/a40
    31/03/21£271£227£44n/an/an/an/an/a36
    31/03/20*£254£232£21n/an/an/an/an/a75
    31/03/19£218£225£-6n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/18£207£228£-20£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£310£228£81£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£203£225£-22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£223£217£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£158£181£-23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£142£128£14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12*£101£124£-23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£135£162£-28£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£150£175£-25£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£159£168£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08*£206£195£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07?*£117£214£-97£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£200£186£14£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    Who works here?
    • 45 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Camden, Islington,

    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
    Cripplegate Foundation£145,973
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£102,000
    Henry Smith Charity£75,000
    Tudor Trust£62,000
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£60,000
    DCMS£50,418
    National Lottery Community Fund£19,630
    The Foyle Foundation£15,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
    £15,000 28/11/2023
    towards SEND Friends Peer Parenting Training, one-to-one specific support, and SEND Workshops Support
    National Lottery Community Fund - Parents Peer- led Money Matters Project
    £10,000 03/03/2023
    The funding will be used to train new volunteers to carry out consultations and deliver workshops to help people deal with the impact of the cost of living crisis. The project aims to provide peer ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Strengthen core skills, improve wellbeing and access opportunities
    £2,000 18/01/2023
    The Parent House is a charity that supports parents in Islington. They aim to reduce poverty and social inequality for families by building parents' confidence and skills through provision of ....more
    True Colours Trust - Towards a peer support programme for the parents of children with SEND
    £9,989 14/06/2022
    Towards a peer support programme for the parents of children with SEND
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Strengthen core skills, improve wellbeing and access opportunities
    £40,000 07/12/2021
    24
    The Parent House is a charity that supports parents in Islington. They aim to reduce poverty and social inequality for families by building parents' confidence and skills through provision of ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 05/11/2021
    The Parent House - contribution towards Core costs
    National Lottery Community Fund - Parent Knife Crime Ambassadors @ the Parent House
    £9,630 05/11/2021
    The funding will be used to deliver the next stage of support and training to Parent Knife Crime Ambassadors. The project aims to support and further develop the skills of the parents including ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Parent House Trust
    £60,000 26/10/2021
    24
    over two years as unrestricted continuation funding for a charity supporting parents facing challenges in and around King's Cross, London
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £31,000 19/10/2021
    Peer Community Outreach
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £10,000 06/10/2021
    Catalyst
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Parent House
    £75,000 11/08/2021
    36
    towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for parents of families from disadvantaged communities in the London Borough of Islington.
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £45,000 19/05/2021
    The Parent House Core Funding
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £8,348 28/01/2021
    Peer Consultation Support (PCS) for Familes with special needs children
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
    £20,000 20/01/2021
    12
    The Parent House aims to reduce poverty and social inequality for families living in Islington. It supports parents who can choose from a range of accredited vocational and education courses to suit ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Parent House Trust
    £2,000 07/01/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £50,418 29/09/2020
    "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
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £10,625 01/07/2020
    Grant extension
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to The Parent House (TPH)
    £60,000 29/04/2020
    36
    Core funding to enable the Parent House to support, connect and empower families.
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Parent House Core Costs
    £40,000 03/12/2019
    24
    Core funding to help the organisation to meet the needs of parents experiencing disadvantage in Islington through mentoring, courses and one to one support.
    Greater London Authority - The Parent House
    £9,552 02/12/2019
    Small Grants Programme 2019/20
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £31,000 25/11/2019
    Peer to Peer Outreach in the Community
    The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Parent House Trust
    £7,086 19/09/2019
    11
    Peer Mentoring Project
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £10,000 10/07/2019
    Catalyst
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Parent House Trust
    £90,000 12/04/2018
    36
    over three years towards core costs to support the development of services, evaluation, joint working and dissemination at a charity working with families in Islington, North London_x000D_
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £40,846 29/11/2017
    Community Outreach Project
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £10,000 04/10/2017
    Catalyst
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £155,000 07/03/2016
    Towards core costs
    Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Parent House
    £38,866 27/01/2016
    Towards the costs of a Community Outreach Programme
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Parent House
    £75,000 09/02/2015
    36
    towards three years' running costs of a project providing support services for vulnerable families in the London Borough of Islington
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Parent House
    £30,000 29/05/2012
    Towards the salaries of the parent-to-parent mentoring programme.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Winton & Co - The Parent House
    £75,000 14/03/2012
    36
    towards three years' running costs of a family support project in the London Borough of Islington
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/12/1995, number: 1051440
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Other Regulators
    • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
    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
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    18 returns made; AR20: 8 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR08: 130 days late, AR07: 230 days late, AR05: 101 days late,
    Main office

    THE PARENT HOUSE
    55 CALSHOT STREET
    LONDON
    N1 9AS

    Objectives

    THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS:(A) TO ADVANCE THE WELL-BEING AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARENTS, CARERS AND CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTARY WORK, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMMES FOR LITERACY, NUMERACY AND OTHER BASIC SKILLS INCLUDING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, LANGUAGE CLASSES AND COMMUNITY AND FAMILY LEARNING, AND ALSO THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, MENTORING, INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON EDUCATION, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE AND EMPLOYMENT AND THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES AND SUPPORT AS PARENTS AND CARERS MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE SO AS TO BENEFIT BOTH THEM, THEIR CHILDREN AND THE COMMUNITY;(B) TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE HEALTH INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE AND CLASSES ON HEALTH, NUTRITION AND CHILD CARE;(C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT, THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND CHILD CARE AND THE PROVISION OF GUIDANCE ON EDUCATION, TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE FOR PARENTS, CARERS, REFUGEES, ETHNIC MINORITIES, DISPLACED PEOPLE AND OTHER DEPRIVED AND NEEDY GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY;(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(E) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR OBJECTS SIMILAR TO ANY OR ALL OF THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE AND THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF RESOURCES FOR SUCH OBJECT OR OBJECTS BY PROMOTING AND DISSEMINATING PROGRAMMES AND MODELS OF ACTIVITY, PROJECTS OF GOOD PRACTICE DEVELOPED OR CARRIED OUT BY THE CHARITY TO COMMUNITIES, ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IN ANY APPROPRIATE FORM OR FORMAT, AND BY THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES GENERALLY.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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