Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

BRENT INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE 

BI-CC, established - 1978, membership of 300 (31-12-2023). BI-CC offers a diverse range of activities, including Yoga, Dance Yoga, Singing & Dancing, and special festival celebrations. Additionally, BI-CC holds health seminars, Reflexology classes, organises visits to London Palaces and seaside trips, and host luncheon events with live music. BI-CC provides Tech classes for the elderly.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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£26£20£5n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/22£24£17£7n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/21£4£4£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£10£12£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£12£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£18£16£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£15£13£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£15£13£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£23£18£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£24£21£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£43£41£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£34£33£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£27£28£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£59£62£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£62£43£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£61£38£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£38£42£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£49£43£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£37£37£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

info@bi-cc.org.uk

07971480492

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 74-84
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/07/1996, number: 1056710
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/05/2006, number: 05828898
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 163 days late, AR12: 327 days late, AR04: 19 days late,
Main office

BI-CC Swagat Hall
19 Duddenhill Lane
Willesden
NW10 2ET

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT AND SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED BEING PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO PERSONS OF INDIAN ORIGIN OR DESCENT (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AND PARTICULARLY YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND GROW IN MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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