Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

WATERSIDE CENTRE GRAVESEND LTD 

Waterside is a family centre offering services to families with pre-school children. We offer a number of services including structured Drop Ins, 1:1 support, parenting courses, play therapy and holiday activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined 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
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 27 years

www.watersideparentscentre.wordpress.com

office@watersideparentscentre.org.uk

01474332800

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
30/06/23£182£185£-3n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/06/22£160£151£9n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/06/21£169£157£13n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/06/20*£181£157£24n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/06/19*£168£146£23n/an/an/an/an/a4
30/06/18£137£142£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£134£133£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16?£187£166£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£89£105£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£107£99£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£101£105£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£129£109£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£140£129£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£142£145£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£135£130£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£128£112£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£134£106£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£153£140£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£124£128£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£132£123£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Waterside Parents' Centre
£475,553 27/08/2021
The funding will be used to continue support for vulnerable families in the Gravesend area with a timetable of activities and services that support parents to socialise build confidence and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Waterside Centre Gravesend Limited
£24,927 21/05/2019
36
This project will provide a Family Support Service for families experiencing challenges in the Gravesham area of Kent and will aim to raise the confidence and self-esteem of the children, improve ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Waterside Parents Centre
£438,643 10/07/2018
36
The project offers a wide range of services focussed on emotional health and well-being of parents and aims to improve both their health and the long-term prospects for their children. Support is ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Waterside Parents' Centre
£3,178 04/08/2017
Both parent and child benefit from the Summer Holiday playscheme; children are able to socialise whilst parents access support/have a break.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the costs of the Post Natal Depression group facilitator.
£500 23/03/2017
Towards the costs of the Post Natal Depression group facilitator.
National Lottery Community Fund - Waterside Parents' Centre
£347,661 09/03/2015
36
Not Available
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Waterside Centre
£19,800 12/09/2012
24
towards two years' salary of a part-time Family Support Worker at a project in a disadvantaged area of Kent
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/1997, number: 1060545
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/09/1995, number: 03098182
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR20: 12 days late, AR19: 118 days late, AR07: 119 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

ST. GEORGES RECTORY
CHURCH STREET
GRAVESEND
KENT
DA11 0DJ

Objectives

[A] TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AMONGST PARENTS AND CHILDREN AND THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE [B] TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND SUPPORTING FAMILIES SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISTRESS AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND IN EDUCATING PROFESSIONAL WORKERS ON APPROPRIATE FORMS OF ADVICE, TREATMENT AND SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GRAVESHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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