Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

BRIGHTON, HOVE & DISTRICT EARLY CHILDHOOD PROJECT

The Early Childhood Project believes that all children have the right to develop in a positive environment free from prejudice and discrimination. The project works positively to combat bias of every kind with others across Brighton & Hove and the surrounding area. The project provides information, resources and support to all those people involved in young childrens play, care and education, at w

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Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
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

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		£39	£42	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£41	£42	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21		£48	£33	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20		£36	£35	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£41	£45	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18		£38	£41	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£44	£44	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£50	£49	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£48	£49	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£51	£50	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£52	£46	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£49	£45	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£53	£50	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£51	£48	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£43	£43	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£34	£37	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£44	£41	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£40	£35	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£39	£37	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£33	£38	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.ecpuk.org

info@ecpuk.org

07946889890

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Academic support

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who supports 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

Sussex Community Foundation	£15,000
DCMS	£9,997
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,987

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Early Childhood Project (ECP)
£5,000	14/07/2023	Funding was provided towards their programme of activities.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Early Childhood Project
£5,000	17/11/2021 11	Funding was provided for an additional toy library worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - Toy Packs & Play Packs Project
£9,987	10/09/2021	The funding will be used to continue the group's delivery of their online toy library service for disadvantaged families. The project aims to support the social emotional and educational development ....more The funding will be used to continue the group's delivery of their online toy library service for disadvantaged families. The project aims to support the social emotional and educational development of children.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,997	27/09/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Early Childhood Project
£5,000	24/03/2020 11	Funding was provided for additional paid lead worker hours to maintain provision and support further developments.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Early Childhood Project
£5,000	16/11/2018 11	Funding was provided for staff costs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

AMANDA JANE LEWIS (Chair)

AMINA OMERI Appointed: 2023

CHRISTOPHER JOHN RANDALL

CARA REDLICH Appointed: 2023

DR CAROLINE ACKLEY Appointed: 2023

JUDITH SIMON Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: BODHI TREE BRIGHTON,

MX CHARLIE PAUL ALEXANDER STRAY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/02/1998, number: 1068309

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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; AR04: 44 days late,

Main office

Tarner Family Hub
Ivory Place
Brighton
BN2 9QE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF NINE YEARS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, NATIONALITY, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION , GENDER, SEXUALITY , SOCIAL CLASS, DISABILITY OR AGE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO PARENTS , CARERS AND ALL WORKERS CONCERNED WITH THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST SUSSEX

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