Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

BANKSIDE OPEN SPACES TRUST 

Bankside Open Spaces Trust aims to bring people together to create inspiring urban green places. It does this by running consultations, bringing together steering groups, holding events, managing major works, looking after gardens, working in partnerships, holding gardening sessions, commenting on plans and strategies, enabling volunteers and providing resources to support balcony gardeners.
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
  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 23 years

www.bost.org.uk

info@bost.org.uk

02074033393

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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£1,654£1,227£427£10£855£410418873
31/03/22£1,181£991£189£6£428£3263.914430
31/03/21£756£694£62£9£239£2053.511217
31/03/20£929£1,027£-99£25£176£1041.212702
31/03/19£768£748£20£123£275£1973.211718
31/03/18*£1,134£1,138£-4£608£255£1711.8110
31/03/17£448£427£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£389£451£-62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£455£505£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£608£589£19£189£350£1623.380
31/03/13£480£450£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£335£306£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£349£323£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£335£302£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£284£238£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£202£205£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£209£252£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£552£570£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£469£302£167£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£242£251£-9£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 873 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Southwark,

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£412,655
London Borough of Southwark£147,110
Henry Smith Charity£113,800
London Marathon Charitable Trust£50,000
Greater London Authority£41,665
Sport England£37,271
Power to Change£35,000
DCMS£32,521
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£16,832 31/03/2023
Common Purpose grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£8,900 31/03/2023
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Celebrating Banksides Green Spaces And The Community Who Loves Them
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£113,800 15/03/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Future Gardeners Programme' providing horticultural training for people experiencing long-term unemployment in the London Borough of Southwark.
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating our green spaces and the community that loves them
£9,984 27/01/2023
The funding will be used towards the costs of running a community festival in local parks and green spaces. The project aims to not only bring the community together but educate and show off the ....more
Power to Change - Bankside Open Spaces Trust (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust (RCF)
National Lottery Community Fund - Bankside Open Spaces Festival Jubilee celebration
£10,000 08/04/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a one-day community festival to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee. The project aims to deliver an event that provides an opportunity for members of the ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£16,832 31/03/2022
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£4,758 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£9,997 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£7,747 31/03/2022
High Street Recovery Fund grant from the Chief Executive department
National Lottery Community Fund - Green SE1: building community capacity and resilience through gardening
£392,671 15/12/2021
The project is using funding to continue running volunteer gardening sessions and the Green Hub for local housing estates in Southwark to help improve the quality of local green spaces and ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Programme for vulnerable groups and those with additional needs
£50,000 24/03/2021
A grant towards the development and delivery of a programme of activities focussed on children with disabilities and additional needs and the holiday scheme for vulnerable children.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£7,921 21/12/2020
2
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
DCMS - ALB-SportEngland-COVID19 Return to Play
£7,921 21/12/2020
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£25,000 01/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - Bankside Open Spaces Trust
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£4,750 01/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST)
£16,517 28/05/2020
£16,517 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding existing staff costs.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£16,832 01/04/2020
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£8,000 01/04/2020
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Celebrating 20 yeear of beautiful borough & bankside spaces
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£3,380 01/04/2020
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Junior beach volleyball
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£4,000 01/04/2020
Neighbourhoods Fund - North West grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Volunteering for wellbeing
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£5,000 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 2 grant from the Finance & Governance department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£2,500 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 3 grant from the Finance & Governance department
Greater London Authority - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£40,000 29/01/2020
Building a Green Hub for SE1
United Saviours Charity - The Great Get Together Bankside
£5,000 10/01/2020
6
The Great Get Together Bankside 2020 – a large free festival and street party on Redcross Way and Union Street which brings together thousands of people and showcases all that is good about ....more
Sport England - Floodlighting Netball Courts
£24,600 13/11/2019
17
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Floodlighting Netball Courts. This project lists its main activity as Netball
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Floodlighting Netball Courts
£24,600 13/11/2019
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Install an air dome over 2 of clubs tennis courts. This project is a Netball project.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£1,665 01/05/2019
National Park City Festival 2019 events
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£16,832 01/04/2019
Common Purpose grant from the Place & Wellbeing department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£10,500 01/04/2019
Neighbourhoods Fund: Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Tenants & Residents Associationining & recognition prog; community events
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£15,000 01/04/2019
High Street Challenge round 7 grant from the Chief Executive department for The Great Get Together 2019
United Saviours Charity - The Great Get Together Bankside
£5,000 17/01/2019
6
The Great Get Together Bankside – a large free festival and street party on Redcross Way and Union Street which brings together thousands of people and showcases all that is good about Bankside’s ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£9,000 01/04/2018
Neighbourhoods Fund: Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
United Saviours Charity - The Great Get Together Bankside
£10,000 27/03/2018
3
The Great Get Together is a large street festival at Union Street and Redcross Way that celebrates the wonderful area of Bankside through a variety of entertainment and activities for local people of ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£15,300 31/01/2018
Wildlife for Waterloo
National Lottery Community Fund - Blackfriars Stories: Frozen In Time
£9,987 11/10/2017
12
This project will run a series of creative workshops followed by a celebratory event. This will connect people to their public spaces and bring the community together through positive activities.
United Saviours Charity - The Great Get Together 2017
£3,200 03/05/2017
1
Large street party in Union Street, Flat Iron Square and Redcross Way, SE1, to promote tolerance and co-operation on the anniversary of the murder of Jo Cox MP. The event came shortly after the ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£13,490 01/04/2017
Neighbourhoods Fund: Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Marlborough Sports Garden
£145,000 11/10/2016
Towards improvements to the outdoor sports facilities at Marlborough Sports Garden in Southwark in order to offer a range of free participation opportunities to the local community.
United Saviours Charity - Community Green Champions
£41,628 03/04/2016
23
The grant is funding a Community Development Worker to recruit, train and support 10 ‘Community Green Champions’ – local people from social housing estates who are passionate  about community ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£5,000 01/04/2016
Neighbourhoods Fund :Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & modernisation department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Bankside Open Spaces Trust
£5,000 01/04/2016
Neighbourhoods Fund :Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & modernisation department
Sport England - Move Marlborough 2012
£7,280 01/05/2012
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Move Marlborough 2012'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-74
  • KAREN ATKINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Charity & Social Investment Finance
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/03/2001, number: 1085454
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/07/2000, number: 04040674
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR14: 49 days late, AR07: 6 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

50 Redcross Way
LONDON
London
SE1 1HA

Objectives

1) THE PROVISION, DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF OPEN SPACES, PARKS AND GARDENS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE RECREATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE2) THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN HORTICULTURE PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND GRANTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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