Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Spending declining: -1
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

NEUTRAL GROUND CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Neutral Ground is a safe, friendly place for parents and children who live apart to spend time together. The centre facilitates and supports arrangements which parents have already agreed, often with the help of a conciliation service, solicitors or the courts.Neutral Ground provides parents a step in the right direction in making other arrangements to see their children.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining

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		£27	£21	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/22		£27	£24	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/21		£38	£29	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£29	£24	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/19		£23	£24	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/18		£14	£35	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£10	£28	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£19	£23	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£24	£23	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£29	£19	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£48	£13	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£13	£7	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£6	£26	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£21	£18	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£19	£19	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£19	£29	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£12	£21	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£44	£22	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£23	£20	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£31	£21	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.neutralground.info

contact@neutralground.info

07954211103

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
16 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

Co-Operative Group	£8,258
Garfield Weston Foundation	£7,500
Ministry of Justice	£5,170

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Neutral Ground Child Contact Centre
£1,290	21/10/2023	The money donated by the Co-op Community Fund would go towards making sure local families and people have access to our food donations.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Neutral Ground Child Contact Centre
£1,654	22/10/2022	Our project will source food from local supermarkets, arrange collection, and provide local community members with quality food plus recipes so they can use the food to make meals for their families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Neutral Ground
£1,242	23/10/2021	We would like to host occasional events with professional entertainers. These events enhance the children's experience of being with non-resident parents at our centre and are greatly enjoyed.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,500	01/04/2021	To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£7,500	01/05/2020	Neutral Ground Child Contact Centre
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670	01/01/2020	To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Neutral Ground Child Contact Centre
£4,072	15/11/2019	We want to enhance the experience of all the children who use our centre with new toys and equipment.
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805	01/04/2019	Provide support for contact centres
National Lottery Community Fund - Neutral Ground Child Contact Centre
£104,956	08/08/2018 60	The project will work with children who have experienced extreme family breakdown and separation. The project aims to improve the life chances of families through developing relationships with ....more The project will work with children who have experienced extreme family breakdown and separation. The project aims to improve the life chances of families through developing relationships with estranged parents in a safe environment.
Ministry of Justice - Supported contact centres
£3,760	01/04/2018	Provide support for contact centres
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Neutral Ground Child Contact Centre
£6,208	04/08/2017	A safe child centered place where children can meet a parent that they do not live, where we work to rebuild trust and reunite families.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Contact
£2,850	01/04/2017	Delivery of Separated Parent Information Programme to participants ordered to attend by Family Courts (CA 1989)
Ministry of Justice - Supported Contact
£3,000	01/04/2016 12	Delivery of Separated Parent Information Programme to participants ordered to attend by Family Courts (CA 1989)

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ELIZABETH CUTAJAR Appointed: 2017

IVOR JAMES KINSLEY

JEAN AMELIA PECK

JOANNA BERKOWICZ Appointed: 2017

PAUL NARPAL GOSAL Appointed: 2016

REV RUTH TURNER Appointed: 2020

STEPHEN KEITH WHITMORE

STANLEY MUKASA Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2001, number: 1088970

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
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: 33 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD AND THE RCCG THE POTTERS HOUSE PARISH THAMESMEAD on 04/07/2019

Main office

NEUTRAL GROUND CONTACT CENTRE
WILLIAM TEMPLE CHURCH
EYNSHAM DRIVE
ABBEY WOOD
LONDON
SE2 9PT

Objectives

TO ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF GREENWICH AND LEWISHAM PLUS OTHER LOCATIONS ACCORDING TO DEMAND CAUSED BY THE BREAK-UP OF MARRIAGE, RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF SUCH CHILDREN BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A CENTRE AND FACILITIES WHEREBY SUCH CHILDREN CAN MORE READILY ENJOY THE COMPANY AND LOVE OF THEIR NON-RESIDENTIAL PARENT OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREENWICH AND LEWISHAM, LONDON

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