Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK 

To support the voluntary and community sector, promote volunteering, encourage and facilitate partnership working, involvement and active participation, act as the key interface between the sector and statutory bodies, provide capacity building and support to enable sector organisation to manage themselves more efficiently.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 20 years

www.communitysouthwark.org

info@communitysouthwark.org

02038486540

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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£997£907£90£5£285£2713.621150
31/03/22£931£867£64£11£196£1842.51826
31/03/21£952£906£46£10£131£1311.71915
31/03/20£897£931£-34£11£85£851.1186
31/03/19*£1,361£1,335£26£29£119£1191.1238
31/03/18£1,327£1,478£-151£29£93£870.7280
31/03/17£1,262£1,381£-119£0£245£2282250
31/03/16£1,303£1,310£-7£0£363£3423.1220
31/03/15£1,092£1,096£-3£4£370£3704.1130
31/03/14£1,258£1,133£125£4£393£3483.7120
31/03/13£572£468£104£4£268£2305.990
31/03/12£462£455£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£932£853£79£7£158£1181.7150
31/03/10£841£898£-58£7£79£440.6150
31/03/09£931£927£4£10£137£901.2170
31/03/08£466£506£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£475£513£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£686£710£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£696£594£102£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southwark,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 21 employees
  • 150 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
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£417,337
City Bridge Trust£264,400
National Lottery Community Fund£225,695
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund£25,000
United Saviours Charity£20,000
London Borough of Southwark£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Corporate and Community Relationships Officer
£205,801 17/03/2023
This funding will support the project to hire a full-time dedicated Corporate and Community Relationships Officer (CCRO) for three years. The CCRO position will work to strengthen the VCS in ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Southwark
£3,200 02/03/2023
£3,200 (8 days) to provide an eco audit.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Southwark
£146,400 20/12/2022
36
£146,400 over three further years (£47,265; £48,355; £50,780) for the salary of a full-time Impact and Evaluation Officer and associated running costs to deliver a monitoring evaluation programme ....more
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the salary of its Support Officer to minoritised community groups
£5,000 15/11/2022
Towards the salary of its Support Officer to minoritised community groups
National Lottery Community Fund - Post-COVID recovery Outreach Officer – marginalised groups
£9,996 29/09/2022
The funding will be used to expand the capacity of a dedicated outreach worker. The project aims to provide more face-to-face contact and in-person outreach work for smaller and minority-run ....more
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Community Southwark Advocacy and Capacity Building Roles
£254,042 06/06/2022
To provide funding to Community Southwark to strengthen the support available to small diverse-led community organisations. Funds will cover Community Southwark for two important roles that 1) ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Community Southwark
£10,000 31/03/2022
Afghan Evacuees Support grant from the Environment & Leisure department
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the salary of its Support Officer to minoritised community groups.
£10,000 23/11/2021
Towards the salary of its Support Officer to minoritised community groups.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the salary of its Support Officer to minoritised community groups.
£10,000 23/11/2021
Towards the salary of its Support Officer to minoritised community groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hybrid Models of Working in Southwark
£9,898 14/05/2021
The funding will be used to purchase IT equipment to offer hybrid events and meetings for staff and member organisations. The project will enable people to participate remotely and improve ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Southwark
£19,800 13/08/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application to support local VCS groups to increase their capacity, capabilities and improve collaboration between them and to enable them to adapt to the new ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,918 24/07/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Southwark
£95,000 22/07/2020
24
£95,000 over two further years (£47,600; £47,400) for the salary of a full-time (35hpw) Evaluation and Impact Support Officer and associated running costs to deliver a monitoring evaluation ....more
United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
£20,000 11/06/2020
11
The funding is to develop an online VCS support system composed of three linked digital platforms: 1. online interface that triages volunteers 2. database of VCS organisations which will support the ....more
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - COVID response
£48,295 22/04/2020
SFAA Coordination - Covid Response
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - BFB Labs
£25,000 09/04/2020
BFB Labs are providing their Champions Of The Shenga (COTS) app to selected grou
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Catalyst
£90,000 19/02/2020
Catalyst grant-making
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Social Prescribing
£24,300 12/03/2019
Landscape Review and scoping exercise for social prescribing model
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Southwark
£326,900 14/11/2018
60
£326,900 over five years (£65,380 per year) towards part-time Head of Southwark Giving and Community Investment Officer posts, plus associated running costs for the development and consolidation of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Camberwell Connected / Nunhead Connected
£174,817 31/10/2018
42
The project aims to create stronger communities where people work together to tackle local problems, ultimately leading to improved health and wellbeing outcomes. They will work with individuals to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Southwark
£100,000 11/05/2017
24
£100,000 over two years (£50,000; £50,000) for the salary of a Full Time (35hpw) Outcomes Framework Development Officer and associated running costs to deliver a monitoring and evaluation ....more
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Social Innovation Lab
£20,000 18/03/2015
Establishing a health and social care Social Innovation Lab
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Southwark
£146,900 10/04/2014
36
£146,900 over three years (£47,800; £49,100; £50,000) towards a Outcomes Framework Development Officer and running costs for Community Action Southwark’s monitoring and evaluation support ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Action Southwark
£30,500 28/02/2014
The charity provides volunteer related support. Its support for long term unemployed people enables them to become more employable and have reduced social isolation and increased self confidence and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-69
  • CAROLE BRADY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Learning Disability Service Manager
  • CEDRIC WHILBY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Alternative Provision Manager
  • JOHN COX Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Manager
  • WINNIE BAFFOE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Engagement And Influence
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/09/2004, number: 1105835
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/03/2004, number: 05090324
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; AR19: 221 days late, AR07: 99 days late, AR06: 182 days late, AR05: 87 days late,
Main office

11 Market Place
London
SE16 3UQ

Objectives

15.1 TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PUBLIC WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK AND SURROUNDING LONDON BOROUGHS, INCLUDING: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, PROMOTE VOLUNTARY WORK AND A VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC.15.2 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF VOLUNTARY AND CHARITABLE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING HEALTH, COMMUNITY CARE AND CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PUBLIC WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK AND SURROUNDING LONDON BOROUGHS, THROUGH PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICE AND PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE VOLUNTARY AND CHARITABLE SECTOR.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK AND SURROUNDING LONDON BOROUGHS

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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