Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

HER CENTRE LIMITED

The principal activity is to provide advice, support and training opportunities to all women living, working or studying in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and,other areas in particular, for the advancement of training, education and the furtherance of health and the relief of poverty, distress and provision of social welfare.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?

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£653£693£-40£0£271£2644.61919
31/03/22£781£711£70£0£311£2514.2196
31/03/21£678£651£27£0£241£1723.2209
31/03/20£589£542£47£0£214£1312.91110
31/03/19£529£501£28£2£167£1092.61214
31/03/18£567£549£18£3£139£932140
31/03/17£493£534£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£564£491£73£0£162£721.8100
31/03/15£482£473£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£494£467£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£318£383£-65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£379£299£80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£203£199£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£157£162£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£145£137£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£232£222£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£251£291£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£253£249£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£217£208£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£202£195£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years

www.hercentre.org

info@hercentre.org

02032607715

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • 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
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bexley, Greenwich,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
City Bridge Trust£493,650
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
Home Office£70,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£67,100
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£50,000
The London Community Foundation£25,483
The Clothworkers Foundation£13,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Her Centre Ltd
£325,950 13/05/2024
60
£325,950 over 5 years (£61,390; £63,240; £65,130; £67,090; £69,100) for a full time specialist IDSVA, trauma-informed sessional counselling costs for 25 women annually and related project overheads.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Her Centre Limited
£13,600 16/11/2023
Purchase of replacement server, printer and laptops for a charity which works with women and young girls experiencing abuse in Greenwich
London Catalyst - Her Centre Ltd - 1
£1,500 28/09/2023
Hardship Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 07/07/2023
Core funding for meeting additional needs
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Her Centre
£25,000 26/05/2023
Post of Young Women and Girls IDSAA
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Her Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Home Office - The Safer Streets Fund
£70,000 08/07/2022
The Safer Streets Fund is a Home Office fund that allows police, local authorities and civil society organisations to invest in crime prevention initiatives across England and Wales. It was first launched in 2020 and was originally designed to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Her Centre Ltd
£180,000 26/05/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of an Independent Sexual Violence Advocate at a project providing support and counselling for women affected by sexual abuse in South East London.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Her Centre
£50,000 11/02/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Her Centre
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Her Centre
£47,000 22/04/2021
towards the salaries of the Head of Finance and Monitoring Officer
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Her Centre
£120,700 18/02/2021
24
£120,700 over two further and final years (£59,900; £60,800) for the FT Outreach and Development Coordinator and associated project costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 12/02/2021
Her Centre holistic work (core funding)
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Her Centre
£25,000 27/11/2020
Independent Domestic Violence Advocate for their "One Stop Shop" Service
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Her Centre
£9,786 09/09/2020
We are requesting for 14 laptops to give our 14 staff to continue to work effectively from home with women in crisis. We will then use our 8 older laptops to set up virtual meetings for those women needing support without internet in the community ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,786 09/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Her Centre
£15,697 17/07/2020
Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lived experience creates knowledge
£9,640 03/03/2020
11
The funding will be used to provide a training programme for women, who are survivors of abuse. The project aims to improve confidence, self esteem and create career opportunities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Her Centre
£14,850 04/12/2019
24
To provide support and training for staff to help to improve their resilience, and to review and implement improvements to their CRM system.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Her Centre Ltd
£120,000 12/06/2019
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the salary of an Independent Sexual Violence Advocate at a project in South East London providing support and counselling to women affected by sexual abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - Working it out
£9,660 06/09/2017
12
This project will deliver a programme of counselling sessions that will support women who are experiencing the effects of domestic violence, leading to improved levels of wellbeing.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Her Centre Limited
£173,800 11/05/2017
36
£173,800 over three years (£57,500, £57,800, £58,500) for the Follow Up Support project, including one FTE Follow Up Support Worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - New Leaf Project
£479,603 13/07/2016
60
This project aims to reduce harm and promote health and well-being for young people at risk of or subject to domestic violence or sexual abuse. Using workshops, peer support and counselling, it will promote healthy relationships and support people ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Her Centre Ltd
£114,000 09/06/2016
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of an Independent Domestic & Sexual Violence Advocate at a project providing crisis intervention and support to women affected by domestic abuse in the London Borough Greenwich
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Her Centre
£74,925 17/03/2016
36
The grant will contribute towards the core costs of the charity including salaries, office costs, staff travel, volunteer training and volunteer expenses.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Her Centre Ltd
£37,000 11/06/2015
12
towards one year's continuation funding of the salary of an Independent Domestic & Sexual Violence Advocate at a project providing one to one crisis intervention, support & outreach to women affected by domestic abuse in the London Borough ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MOVING FORWARD
£463,884 02/04/2015
35
The funding will be used to develop this project for women affected by domestic violence, incorporating other existing work with isolated women across new immigrant communities to provide a more holistic and inclusive service. It will provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - New Leaf
£458,412 16/05/2013
36
A new project by Her Centre Ltd in partnership with Little Fish and TRYangle in Greenwich to reduce the risks of harm and health/wellbeing issues for young people at risk of or subject to domestic violence. This will be achieved through raising ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Her Centre Ltd
£97,500 14/03/2012
36
towards three years' salary of an ISVA to work with women affected by domestic violence in south-east London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Her Centre
£58,200 29/09/2011
the cost of increasing the Administrator's hours to 30 per week
National Lottery Community Fund - Survivor 2 Thrivor Project (S2T)
£473,537 11/02/2010
60
This re-establishment and expansion of an existing project will provide an holistic approach to needs related services and opportunities for vulnerable and isolated women experiencing the negative effects of domestic violence in Greenwich. It will ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-57
  • CASSIE TAYLOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Client Communications/Law Student
  • CLAIRE WHEELER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Mum
  • COUNCILLOR LADE HEPHZIBAH OLUGBEMI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Local Councillor
  • ELEONORA VALESI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Finance Control
  • KATHLEEN TUTTON CHAIR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor
  • LISA WALSH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Children'S Centre Strategic Lead
  • MEGAN WEBSTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ombudsman
  • SABRINA CLARKE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Partner
  • TOSIN ADEWUMI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Associate
  • VICTORIA CREED Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/07/1998, number: 1070755
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/1997, number: 03451379
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
  • Investing charity funds 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; AR07: 20 days late, AR05: 65 days late,
Main office

Clockhouse Building
Defiance Walk
Woolwich Dockyard Estate
LONDON
SE18 5QL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL FEMALE PERSONS LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH AND OTHER AREAS, HEREIN AFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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