Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

TOHUM CULTURAL CENTRE

Tohum Cultural Centres services consist of many different cultural activities such as drama, folk dance, music and musical instrument classes along with translation services, housing advice and seminars/workshops on different current issues and health issues.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

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

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	*	£112	£105	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£107	£99	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£96	£66	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20		£36	£58	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£37	£34	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18		£37	£40	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£49	£48	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£30	£26	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£28	£27	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£29	£29	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£24	£24	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£23	£23	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£21	£21	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£20	£19	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£52	£54	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£38	£33	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£25	£27	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£17	£18	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£36	£35	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

http://www.tohumculturalcentre.org.uk/

tohumculturalcentre@gmail.com

02072499158

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

City Of London,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£7,430
City Bridge Trust	£4,000
HM Revenue & Customs	£1,995

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Social; Cultural and Art Activities for Community Members
£7,430	17/03/2023	This project will support the community with a lunch club for older people and cultural folk dance classes for young children. The project aims to provide a safe space to build new relationships.
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£1,995	22/07/2021	Funding provided for Professional Advice Grant
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tohum Cultural Centre
£4,000	24/04/2020	£4,000 towards the items specified in your application with the exception of £1,000 towards materials for masks.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

ISMET CALIK Appointed: 2019

KARL CARTER Appointed: 2020

GUL CIFCIKAYA (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2003, number: 1100570
Registered at Companies House on 08/10/2002, number: 04556909

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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: 1 days late, AR15: 54 days late, AR14: 187 days late, AR13: 57 days late, AR12: 245 days late, AR11: 8 days late, AR10: 18 days late, AR09: 64 days late, AR08: 47 days late, AR07: 162 days late,

Main office

70 STOKE NEWINGTON HIGH STREET
LONDON
N16 7PA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TURKISH AND KURDISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN LONDON AND IN PARTICULAR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:-1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;2) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH;3) THE PROVISION AND ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR THOSE IN NEED OF IT;4) THE PROVISION AND ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR THE SAID COMMUNITY IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON

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