Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +3

EMBRACE UK COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE 

Providing information, advice and guidance on education and training, welfare benefits, housing, money and debt, business start up, health promotion such as HIV / AIDS and mental health, youth activities, opportunities for volunteering, interpreting and translation, and conduct research as necessary.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 23 years

www.embraceuk.org

post@embraceuk.org

02088019224

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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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£1,318£1,298£21£0£745£6285.86015
31/03/22£1,732£1,613£119£0£724£6354.77315
31/03/21£2,089£1,931£158£0£605£5563.513223
31/03/20£1,593£1,492£101£0£448£4233.46632
31/03/19£1,200£998£203£0£346£32944932
31/03/18£549£420£129£0£144£1293.7300
31/03/17£335£362£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£381£395£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£361£415£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£380£420£-41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£459£486£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£495£473£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£494£427£67£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£405£405£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£308£346£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£358£337£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£416£385£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£483£378£105£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£262£301£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£256£214£42£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 5.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 20.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 60 employees
  • 15 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£48,737 25/06/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Embrace UK Community Support Centre
£7,695 17/05/2017
12
Community support based in Haringey servicing a multiple of needs for its local community
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Embrace UK Community Support Centre
£22,900 17/09/2015
12
towards one year's running costs of the 'New Opportunities, Better Lives [NOBLe] Project', providing support services to young migrants in the London Borough of Haringey
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Embrace UK Community Support Centre
£56,473 01/03/2015
36
This project will provide a programme of activities to enable young migrants to build confidence and develop pathways to education, skill and healthier lifestyles.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Embrace UK Community Support Centre
£25,000 03/02/2011
the salary of the Project Co-ordinator and on costs, travel expenses for families and volunteers, room hire and refreshments, running costs and advertising and publicity costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities Parent Education Programm
£262,378 13/01/2011
60
This project provides a series of courses to improve the parenting skills of parents in three areas of London. Facilitators will deliver a programme of activities covering areas such as ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/07/2001, number: 1087526
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/05/2001, number: 04215772
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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; AR12: 51 days late, AR07: 27 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

SECRETARY
SELBY CENTRE
SELBY ROAD
LONDON
N17 8JL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISADVANTAGED GROUPS INCLUDING REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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