Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

HARROW CLUB

The primary aims of the Harrow Club W10 are the advancement of education, the promotion of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness, the promotion of racial harmony and the provision of recreation and other leisure time occupations promoting spiritual, social, moral and physical well being of the the youth of Greater London, maximising their life chances.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,511£1,403£108£110£954£81574821
31/03/22*£1,536£1,435£101£40£846£7256.1195
31/03/21£1,384£1,109£274£47£745£6326.82110
31/03/20£1,012£1,126£-114£77£471£4494.81915
31/03/19£1,220£889£331£98£585£5547.5167
31/03/18£852£795£57£0£254£2273.4150
31/03/17*£714£660£54£0£197£1973.6140
31/03/16£724£685£39£0£143£1432.5180
31/03/15£729£693£36£4£103£1031.8180
31/03/14£699£683£16£4£67£671.2180
31/03/13*£651£673£-22£4£51£510.9160
31/03/12£553£599£-45£3£73£731.560
31/03/11£460£474£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£549£502£47£3£133£0n/a60
31/03/09£479£443£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£477£437£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£400£487£-87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£446£438£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£369£332£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£397£416£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.harrowclub.org

info@harrowclub.org

020 8969 2528

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Childhood Trust£175,000
John Lyon's Charity£130,500
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£100,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£40,329
DCMS£32,840
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Childhood Trust - The cost of NOT LIVING - Summer camps for children
£25,000 20/06/2023
The Harrow Club is 140 years old. Our mission has always been focused on providing life affirming opportunities for young people. Whilst heating and eating is essential, providing opportunities for children, through Summer Camps, to explore, learn ....more
The Childhood Trust - Good food for all
£50,000 23/12/2022
Moving on Up ? Primary School aged intervention An intervention for children in years 5-7, at significant risk of school expulsion, due to challenging and disruptive behaviour. The programme is intensive and innovative, run three times a week, ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Harrow Club
£100,000 13/12/2022
Main Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
The Childhood Trust - C-59239
£25,000 28/06/2022
Providing a full summer holiday programme for 5 youth clubs in West London, working with disadvantaged children from areas such as the White City Estate, East Acton, Sands End and North Kensington. Programme includes adventure holidays, beach days, ....more
The Childhood Trust - Support children to stay in mainstream education
£25,000 12/06/2022
Moving on Up ? Primary School aged intervention An intervention for children in years 5-7, at significant risk of school expulsion, due to challenging and disruptive behaviour. The programme is intensive and innovative, run three times a week, ....more
The Childhood Trust - Ready, Set, Summer
£20,000 22/06/2021
We run 6 youth clubs in disadvantaged areas of West London and we are raising funds to provide each club with the resources to provide desperately needed positive activities physical activities and outside experiences this summer to improve health ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Harrow Club W10
£120,000 16/06/2021
Core salary cost
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Harrow Club W10
£40,329 28/01/2021
50% of salary and project costs over 3-years for a Family Support Worker to work with vulnerable families in disadvantaged areas of West London.
The Childhood Trust - West London Youth Street Outreach Project
£20,000 08/12/2020
We are raising funds to fund our youth work teams who do detached street work after school, at evenings and on weekends when there are higher rates of recorded crime and violence. In particular there is a need for later night intervention when other ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,840 04/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Harrow Club W10
£5,000 28/07/2020
12
Chelsea World's End Summer Programme
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Harrow Club W10
£5,500 28/07/2020
12
White City Summer Project
The Childhood Trust - A chance to shine
£10,000 03/07/2020
We run 6 youth clubs in disadvantaged areas of West London and we are raising funds to provide each club with the resources to provide desperately needed positive activities physical activities and outside experiences this summer to improve health ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Harrow Club W10
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund 50 activity and food packs for children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help to improve their creative skills and to socialise with others.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Harrow Club W10 The Harrow Mission
£14,692 06/05/2020
We will run a 3 month detached and outreach project across RBKC to engage young people who are out on the streets during this period of restriction and social distancing. The project is especially needed if schools are not open or working in a ....more
Greater London Authority - Harrow Club W10
£38,830 01/09/2019
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Harrow Club W10
£3,990 29/06/2019
12
Sands End Youth Club
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Harrow Club W10
£4,000 29/06/2019
12
Harrow Club Senior Summer 2019
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Harrow Club W10
£4,000 29/06/2019
12
White City Summer Programme
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Harrow Club W10
£80,000 14/06/2019
24
Harrow Club Development 2019-2021
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Harrow Club W10
£18,830 15/03/2019
36
This project will offer a youth club to children and young people who live in low income households and disadvantaged areas of west London. Children will benefit through improved essential skills and wellbeing and increased community engagement.
Youth Music - The Beat of Life
£20,092 08/03/2019
The Beat of Life
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£7,425 20/12/2018
Creating a space within their centre specifically to deliver work on loneliness and to be a space for friendship
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£150,000 19/10/2018
There is Another Way (W10) will engage with young people, aged 14-21, who are at a high risk of, or currently are, involved in criminality and high-risk behaviour. Using a detached youth-work model whereby youth-workers and trained community ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stories from Grenfell
£9,900 04/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to create a book, compiling the stories of young people who directly experienced the fire at Grenfell Tower. The project aims to bring people together from across the community and enable them to express their feelings.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Harrow Club
£31,000 27/03/2018
Towards DebateBox, a series of debating workshops combined with boxing sessions
National Lottery Community Fund - The Harrow Club Drama Training Project
£45,300 12/01/2018
12
The Harrow Club Drama Training Project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Harrow Club W10
£117,830 11/10/2016
36
This project will offer a youth club to children and young people who live in low income households and disadvantaged areas of west London. Children will benefit through improved social skills, better emotional health and reduced negative behaviour.
Sport England - Harrow Club W10 - refurbishment of sports facilities
£49,835 30/04/2014
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Harrow Club W10 - refurbishment of sports facilities '. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries. This funding has ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Harrow Club W10
£30,000 29/10/2012
the salary of the Youth and Community Manager
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-76
  • ALEXANDER JAMES TROTTER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Investment Advisor
  • CHRISTOPHER JOHN MARTIN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Operations Director
  • DR LYNNE GUYTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo
  • KEVIN W B GILBERT FCA, Occupation: Chartered Account
  • LEANDA FAUSET Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Not Employed
  • MICAH WATKIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Housing Professional
  • MR PHILIPPE CHAPPATTE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MRS KATE WALKER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Financial Adviser
  • ROSALIND OXLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Event Director
  • THOMAS RICHARD MALCOLM STODDART-SCOTT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • THOMAS MOY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: School Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/04/1996, number: 1054757
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/02/1996, number: 03161792
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 22 days late, AR17: 22 days late, AR13: 35 days late, AR08: 47 days late, AR07: 118 days late,
Main office

HARROW CLUB
187 FRESTON ROAD
LONDON
W10 6TH

Objectives

The promotion of any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of Greater London (“the area of benefit”) and in particular the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness, the promotion of racial harmony, and the provision of recreation and leisure time occupations for the purposes of promoting in the interest of social welfare, the spiritual, social, moral and physical well-being of the youth of the beneficial area.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON W10 AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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