Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 12
    • Narrow trustee age band: -2
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +12
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    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
    • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
    Established: 26 years

    www.hercentre.org

    info@hercentre.org

    02032607715

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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£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£-41£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£564£491£73£0£162£721.8100
    31/03/15£482£473£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£494£467£26£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£318£383£-65£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£379£299£80£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£203£199£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£157£162£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£145£137£8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£232£222£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£251£291£-40£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£253£249£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£217£208£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£202£195£7£0£0£0n/a00

    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 ?
    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
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bexley, Greenwich,
    Who it helps
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 19 employees
    • 19 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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Henry Smith Charity£300,000
    City Bridge Trust£167,700
    Home Office£140,000
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£67,100
    Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
    The London Community Foundation£25,483
    Charles Hayward Foundation£25,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£13,600
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    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
    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 ....more
    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 ....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 ....more
    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 ....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 ....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 ....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 ....more
    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 ....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 ....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 ....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 ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 40-56
    • CASSIE TAYLOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Client Communications/Law Student
    • LISA WALSH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Children'S Centre Strategic Lead
    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
    CharityBase
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