Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

BALHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE 

The charity is a long established community centre which provides: 'School's Out Projects' for five local primary schools and Breakfast Clubs for three local schools. Adult Counselling Service providing low cost counselling for upto 50 clients per week. Adult Education Classes in I.T., ESOL, also self help groups, AA meetings, Parentle skills, and provide rental space for Music classes, Drama Tra
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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*£813£733£80£0£372£0n/a3623
31/03/22*£695£744£-48£0£292£2924.7360
31/03/21*£536£694£-158£0£341£3415.93616
31/03/20*£773£755£18£0£499£4997.93512
31/03/19£788£730£58£0£481£4817.93524
31/03/18*£734£691£43£0£423£4237.3370
31/03/17£677£638£39£0£380£3807.2340
31/03/16*£657£582£75£0£301£3016.2300
31/03/15£610£566£44£6£226£2264.8310
31/03/14£531£490£41£6£182£1824.5310
31/03/13£420£396£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£397£386£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£387£365£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£351£350£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£354£329£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£318£302£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£297£290£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£315£309£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£320£315£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£289£292£-3£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: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 40.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 22 years

balhamcommunitycentre.org

margaretbcc@btconnect.com

02086736463

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-84
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/10/2002, number: 1094316
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/07/2002, number: 04488546
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; AR23: 43 days late, AR22: 30 days late, AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 59 days late, AR18: 349 days late, AR16: 3 days late, AR07: 234 days late, AR06: 792 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Alderbrook Primary School
Oldridge Road
LONDON
SW12 8PP

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF POOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND THE ELDERLY AND OTHER PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING BOROUGHS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON - WANDSWORTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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