Finance Score: -22
Governance Score: -11
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -30 ?

MELTING POT 

LUNCHEON CLUB FOR AFRICAN CARIBBEAN SENIORS, DEVELOPMENT WORK TO CO-ORDINATOR FOR ALL ACTIVITIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • This charity appears to be dormant

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
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/02/17*£1£0£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/16*£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/15*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a4
28/02/14*£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a03
28/02/13£6£5£2£0£0£0n/a05
29/02/12£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/11*£3£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/10*£3£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/09*£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/08*£28£37£-9£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/07*£16£8£8£0£0£0n/a00
01/01/70£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

redbridgemeltingpot@hotmail.co.uk

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Redbridge,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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 - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 07/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Playing ON CIO
£12,000 14/09/2020
Funds are required to cover core staffing costs, replenish diminished reserves, secure future operations and progress our care leavers project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2005, number: 1109286
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR17: 33 days late, AR16: 339 days late, AR15: 430 days late, AR14: 17 days late, AR11: 124 days late, AR10: 489 days late, AR09: 854 days late, AR08: 1101 days late, AR07: 1704 days late,
Main office

C/O CARDINAL HEENAN CENTRE
326 HIGH ROAD
ILFORD
ESSEX
IG1 1QP

Objectives

1. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE BENEFICIARIES) IN REDBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE.2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING ARE AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SINGING, DANCING AND DRAMA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

REDBRIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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