Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE FURZEDOWN PROJECT

The Furzedown Project is an activities day centre for older people living in South West London. The Project is a community of warm, friendly over sixties who want to meet new people, keep active and learn new skills. We offer a range of activities including art classes, Asian Friendship Group, bingo, computer support, Keep Fit, singing,, summer outings, a drop-in facility and much more.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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		£116	£235	£-119	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/22	*	£134	£186	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/21		£220	£152	£68	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	72
31/03/20		£175	£198	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/19		£157	£177	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/18		£313	£170	£143	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£171	£181	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£192	£166	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£183	£164	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£245	£181	£64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£147	£164	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£173	£176	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£147	£144	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£137	£134	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£128	£134	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£132	£120	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£138	£126	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£130	£119	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£240	£215	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£107	£94	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 25 years

www.furzedownproject.org

manager@furzedownproject.org

02086774283

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Wandsworth,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 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 - Furzedown Farmers
£41,230	02/06/2023	The project will create a gardening club bringing people who are isolated in the community together to grow vegetables and learn about nutrition. The aim is to support physical and mental health as ....more The project will create a gardening club bringing people who are isolated in the community together to grow vegetables and learn about nutrition. The aim is to support physical and mental health as well as to build lasting relationships through a shared hobby.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Furzedown Project
£24,266	05/06/2020	£24,266 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding contingency costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Furzedown Project Outreach Service
£215,810	13/03/2013 60	This is a continuation project by The Furzedown Project that aims to offer older people at risk of isolation Open Access Day Services from their activities centre. The aim of the project is to offer ....more This is a continuation project by The Furzedown Project that aims to offer older people at risk of isolation Open Access Day Services from their activities centre. The aim of the project is to offer an outreach programme, consisting of befriending home visits and supported transport to the open days to reduce the social isolation and loneliness experienced by many older people.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Furzedown Project
£25,800	29/06/2012	the costs of the home visiting and outreach befriending programme including the salary of the home visiting coordinator
National Lottery Community Fund - Fit at Furzedown: tailored exercise for health and life
£10,000	22/12/2010 11	This is a project by a community group in Wandsworth. The group will use funding to run a series of health and exercise classes for older people. This will increase the group's capacity and enable ....more This is a project by a community group in Wandsworth. The group will use funding to run a series of health and exercise classes for older people. This will increase the group's capacity and enable them to reach additional isolated beneficiaries in the community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-72

GRAHAM MICHAEL LOVELAND Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

JULIET MOXLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Artist

LUCY ELIZABETH SAYCE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

MARTIN BEAVER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

MARTINE SIMONE DAVIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN PEARSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN WARDROP-ROUGGEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher

ROSEMARY SCOTT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Teacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/06/1999, number: 1076087
Registered at Companies House on 05/11/1998, number: 03662469

Gift Aid

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR14: 3 days late, AR08: 4 days late, AR07: 14 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

THE FURZEDOWN PROJECT DAY CENTRE
91-93 MOYSER ROAD
LONDON
SW16 6SJ

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY (BEING PERSONS WHO ARE PRINCIPALLY SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OVER) THE HOUSEBOUND AND THE DISABLED AND THEIR CARERS (KNOWN AS THE BENEFICIARIES) IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH

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