Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

COVENT GARDEN DRAGON HALL TRUST 

We offer affordable activities to the local community. Activities include Drop In for the under 5s and their parents/carers; junior, intermediate and senior youth clubs; holiday play-schemes; monthly tea-dances; ESOL classes; Over 50s Activities; community events; After School Clubs; art club; dance and drama club We rent out our spaces to generate funding to run the projects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • 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 age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Established: 23 years
(26 years as a company)

www.dragonhall.org.uk

info@dragonhall.org.uk

02074047274

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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£712£659£53£0£481£2284.21650
31/03/22£611£574£37£0£428£2645.51567
31/03/21£581£523£58£0£392£2345.41974
31/03/20£660£703£-43£0£334£2023.51947
31/03/19£707£513£194£0£376£1423.320120
31/03/18£569£440£129£0£183£732140
31/03/17£489£536£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£332£310£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£270£276£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£248£258£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£331£278£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£268£299£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£244£249£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£219£240£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£235£285£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£142£112£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£201£212£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06?£236£166£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/04*£73£44£30£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: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 47%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 11.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Camden, City Of Westminster, Islington,

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
DCMS£97,002
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£95,000
Greater London Authority£66,000
City Bridge Trust£66,000
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£54,388
The London Community Foundation£19,844
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
WCIT Charity£9,987
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Working with Young People
£66,000 23/01/2023
This uplift is for socially excluded young people who are not involved in our original Mentoring programme, providing the high quality, inclusive, nurturing, sustained and outcome-focused support ....more
WCIT Charity - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£9,987 25/05/2022
Funding for three new after-school clubs in coding, robotics and virtual reality at the SoapBox Centre for socially excluded young people in Islington.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£9,400 06/05/2022
purchase of a virtual driving simulator for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Intergenerational
£10,000 11/02/2022
The funding will be used to run intergenerational activities including digital inclusion gardening and creative arts for older and younger people. The project aims to bring people together to share ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£90,000 24/09/2021
36
The continuation and development of activities and services to connect older people in danger of isolation and loneliness resident in central London.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To SoapBox (Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust)
£8,340 20/07/2021
Young Jobs Programme
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£5,000 14/07/2021
6
Covent Garden Trust Foodbank
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
£5,000 09/12/2020
12
In support of its food bank.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Dragon Hall Trust
£9,984 24/09/2020
Project OPAL (Older People after Lockdown) Dragon Hall will provide weekly activities to support older people regain their confidence to leave their homes safely, classes to improve their physical ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,984 24/09/2020
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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£87,018 19/08/2020
"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
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£4,200 28/07/2020
1
Summer Get Together
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£9,860 19/05/2020
The set up, management, development and ongoing administration of Covent Garden Food Bank with partner organisation Covent Garden Community Centre for the relief of food poverty & hardship due to ....more
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - COVID19 Rapid Response Fund Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£5,000 31/03/2020
12
Funding to extend the working hours of the organisation's Activities Assistant to include the weekends so that the provision of food, essentials and daily phone calls is throughout the week.
Sport England - Sporting Soapbox
£9,860 10/02/2020
19
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sporting Soapbox. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£66,000 25/07/2019
24
£66,000 over two further and final years (2x £33,000) for a full time Community Development Worker to develop and deliver services working with older people aged 75+ and carers aged 65+.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£44,388 30/04/2019
24
Wellbeing For All Project
Camden Giving - Active, healthier & connected
£6,200 10/05/2018
11
The project works with older people over 60+ years in Kings Cross and St Pancras areas to co-produce activities. They are supported by staff and volunteers and aimed at encouraging older people to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COMIC (Connecting Older men in Camden)
£9,920 17/01/2018
12
This project will run a range of social, wellbeing and educational activities for older men, enabling people to come together and reduce feelings of isolation.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£90,009 14/06/2017
36
This project will provide a variety of after school activities for disadvantaged children and young people who experience social exclusion, the activity will improve their confidence, life skills and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£87,000 18/03/2016
36
£87,000 over 3 years (£29,600; £28,700; £28,700) for the salary of a full-time Community Development Worker and associated project costs working with older people aged 75+ and support to carers ....more
Comic Relief - NEET Youth Digital Inclusion
£88,260 25/11/2015
36
Digital technology can be a powerful tool in helping disadvantaged young people overcome challenges and gain employment. A grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust will enable young people to attend ....more
The Fore - Grant to Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust
£9,312 30/09/2014
Grant funded the pilot of a range of technology workshops under this initiative, helping the organisation expand into this new field, which also generated a new income stream for the organisation.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-75
  • TIM LYNN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Sound Designer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/06/2001, number: 1087268
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/10/1997, number: 03456508
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR09: 193 days late, AR04: 105 days late,
Main office

COVENT GARDEN DRAGON HALL
17 STUKELEY STREET
LONDON
WC2B 5LT

Objectives

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of London - central London, Covent Garden, Holborn, St Giles and Bloomsbury in particular, by associating local authorities, voluntary organisations and such inhabitants in a common effort to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitantsTo promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the said inhabitants and in particular the advancement of education and skills (with particular but not exclusive reference to technology and the arts)To educate the public in the geography, history, natural history and architecture of the area and to secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of buildings or features of historic or public interest in London to enable them to be enjoyed by the publicTo establish or secure the establishment of community centres and to maintain and manage the same in furtherance of the above objects

Defined Area of Benefit:

COVENT GARDEN, HOLBORN

Data Sources

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