Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

CYPRIOT COMMUNITY CENTRE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CYPRIOT ORGANISATIONS 

General charitable purposes, education/training, disability, arts/culture, sport/recreation. Provision of the above services to the Cypriot community in the Barnet, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Islington areas (of London).
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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£633£683£-50£293£452£4527.9190
31/03/22£613£566£46£0£502£47210170
31/03/21*£515£488£27£0£457£45711.2170
31/03/20£522£503£20£257£431£43110.3230
31/03/19*£358£333£25n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£339£319£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£275£349£-74£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£336£361£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£314£332£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£333£380£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£346£400£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£342£386£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£387£441£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£422£437£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£437£416£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£430£407£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£417£381£36£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 46.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 42.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 18 years

cs@cypriotcentre.co.uk

02088812329

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 19 employees

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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cypriot Community Centre
£148,985 26/05/2023
£148,985 over three years (£46,565, £48,700, £53,720) for 1.0 FTE Advice Worker, management, AQS assessment, accreditation, and oncosts to provide specialist housing, employment and benefits ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,920 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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/01/2006, number: 1112762
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR21: 17 days late, AR19: 239 days late, AR18: 43 days late, AR13: 69 days late, AR11: 9 days late, AR10: 4 days late, AR09: 17 days late, AR07: 188 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CYPRIOT ELDERLY AND DISABLED GROUP on 08/04/2020
Main office

CYPRIOT COMMUNITY CENTRE
EARLHAM GROVE
LONDON
N22 5HJ

Objectives

(I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF MAINLY THE CYPRIOT COMMUNITY RESIDING OR WORKING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GREATER LONDON AREA AND PARTICULARLY THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES, ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS(II) TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE CYPRIOT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO COOPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON, IN PARTICULAR HARINGEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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