Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

MANOR GARDENS WELFARE TRUST LTD 

To provide a range of accessible health and welfare services which improve the quality of life of local people. The Charity accomplishes this by running services including a Pre-school, Friendship Network, Health Advocacy Projects, a Community Stroke Service and a Mental Wellbeing Project. The Charity provides office and activity space for other local not-for profit organisations.
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
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 27 years

www.manorgardenscentre.org

admin@manorgardenscentre.org

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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£1,964£2,218£-254£0£1,841£6553.55690
31/03/22£2,103£2,012£91£0£2,094£7294.465138
31/03/21£2,044£1,826£218£0£2,003£7084.764554
31/03/20£1,956£1,957£-1£0£1,785£6964.361150
31/03/19£1,518£1,407£111£0£1,786£7246.256223
31/03/18£1,412£1,138£274£0£1,675£6687380
31/03/17£1,104£1,152£-48£1£1,401£6016.3320
31/03/16£1,118£1,142£-24£1£1,449£5736270
31/03/15£1,175£1,143£32£12£1,474£5305.6200
31/03/14£1,102£1,092£10£11£1,442£96210.6200
31/03/13£1,000£988£12£9£1,431£4735.7200
31/03/12£897£1,052£-155£25£1,420£4605.2200
31/03/11£1,637£1,343£295£14£1,575£4504240
31/03/10£1,609£1,260£350£17£1,280£4033.8260
31/03/09£1,425£1,141£284£28£930£3884.1250
31/03/08£1,263£1,236£27£29£646£3613.5360
31/03/07£1,344£1,279£65£17£619£3283.1350
31/03/06£1,341£1,309£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,275£1,221£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,108£1,103£6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 56 employees
  • 90 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£509,762
Cloudesley£232,500
DCMS£139,968
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£10,000 19/09/2023
Catalyst Funding for 2024-25
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 19/09/2023
Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2024
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 10/08/2023
Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£7,500 07/12/2022
Principal Grant - cost of living uplift. Related grant: 360G-Cloudesley-H6015
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£2,000 24/10/2022
Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 27/09/2022
Principal Grant - cost of living uplift. Related grant: 360G-Cloudesley-H6015
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 27/09/2022
Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£90,000 09/03/2022
Principal Grant Rd 3 - Connecting for Health
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£10,000 21/09/2021
Catalyst Funding for 2022 and 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 21/09/2021
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2022 - Awarded Sep 2021
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£10,000 17/08/2021
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people who are disadvantaged in Islington
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating a welcoming space for our communities
£10,000 18/06/2021
The funding will be used to open up the old reception area at the front of the building to become a community hub accessible to local residents. The project aims to provide easy-to-access advice and ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - MANOR GARDENS WELFARE TRUST
£5,022 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£10,000 23/02/2021
Connecting the unconnected
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 22/09/2020
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant Top-up for 22nd September to 31st Dec 2020
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£45,000 22/09/2020
Connecting for Health
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 22/09/2020
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2021 - Awarded Sep 2020
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£80,902 25/06/2020
"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
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 19/05/2020
Cloudesley Partner Top-Up Grant - May to December 2020
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 18/03/2020
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant Top-up for March to Dec 2020
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£3,000 27/11/2019
Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant PILOT Jan - June 2020
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 27/11/2019
Catalyst Funding 2020
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£5,000 27/11/2019
Catalyst Funding 2021
DCMS - Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£59,066 01/05/2019
Improve womens mental health and wellbeing and achieve their long sustained recovery
National Lottery Community Fund - Bright Beginnings 2
£499,762 18/04/2019
36
The project will support pregnant women and their babies up to their first birthday. The aim is to give babies a better start in life and break down the barriers women face as well as improve health, ....more
Cloudesley - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£10,000 19/09/2018
'Me time' for refugee mums
National Lottery Community Fund - Summer Wellbeing Festival
£9,900 05/04/2017
12
This project will run a one day community event which will include a range of activities, entertainment and chances for people to learn more about how to improve their wellbeing by offering advice ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£134,400 09/03/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing bilingual advocacy, support and information services to refugees and asylum seekers in the London Boroughs of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bright Beginnings
£361,168 10/02/2016
36
This is a new project which aims to improve the health and well-being of pregnant women, new mothers and families from refugee and migrant backgrounds in Islington and neighbouring London Boroughs.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£49,800 05/02/2014
Dispensing Wisdom
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£103,500 05/12/2013
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the Headway Project, providing specialist interventions to refugee and asylum seeking communities in the London Borough of Islington
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
£29,600 25/10/2013
MGWT runs a community centre providing a community hub and activities for local people and organisations This request is to run healthy eating and cooking lifeskills courses for adults with learning ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-49
  • CRYSTAL ROLFE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • IRIS TUECHTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Human Resources
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/1997, number: 1063053
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/1997, number: 03386929
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
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

MANOR GARDENS WELFARE TRUST
6-9 MANOR GARDENS
LONDON
N7 6LA

Objectives

3.1 THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES HAVING REGARD TO EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AMONGST, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF, SERVICE USERS:3.1.1 TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS ARISING FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, DISABILITY AND OLD AGE;3.1.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION;3.1.3 TO PROMOTE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL GOOD HEALTH;3.1.4 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION ARISING FROM THEIR YOUTH; AND3.1.5 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. 3.2 IN ARTICLE 3.1 ABOVE THE TERM ‘SERVICE USERS’ SHALL MEAN INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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