Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 11

COMMUNITY LANGUAGE SUPPORT SERVICES

CLSS aiming to advance the education and training of people with limited English language skills and their dependents in need there of so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt with in a new community. Enables clients to have better access to mainstream services. Through provision advice, advocacy, support, interpreting and translating, referrals and signposting service.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 18 years

http://www.communitylss.com

communitylss@hotmail.com

0207 2813228

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£130	£102	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/22	£89	£85	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/21	£124	£79	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20	£92	£59	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19	£44	£47	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18	£46	£47	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£40	£37	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£30	£25	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£29	£25	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£22	£34	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£38	£39	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£50	£32	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£19	£16	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£9	£10	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£9	£7	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08?	£11	£6	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/07	£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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	£212,995
Trust for London	£98,097
Cloudesley	£27,000
Cripplegate Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to Community Language Support Services
£4,000	19/09/2023	Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2024
Cloudesley - Grant to Community Language Support Services
£10,000	21/02/2023	Helping Hand
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching to help vulnerable refugees:
£80,707	18/11/2022	The funding will support BME refugees mainly those from East Africa and other Arabic speaking communities who experience health inequalities poverty and isolation. The aim is to support beneficiaries ....more The funding will support BME refugees mainly those from East Africa and other Arabic speaking communities who experience health inequalities poverty and isolation. The aim is to support beneficiaries to improve their physical mental and social well-being.
Trust for London - Community Language Support Services
£4,667	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.2022-9500
Cloudesley - Grant to Community Language Support Services
£4,000	27/09/2022	Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2023
Trust for London - Community Language Support Services
£56,230	05/05/2022	The funding is for the salary for a part time advice worker (2.5 days a week), who will provide advice and support to our service users, support staff in running workshops and group activities and ....more The funding is for the salary for a part time advice worker (2.5 days a week), who will provide advice and support to our service users, support staff in running workshops and group activities and will do home visits to assist housebound service users.
Cloudesley - Grant to Community Language Support Services
£3,000	01/09/2021	Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2022 - Awarded Sep 2021
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Community Language Support Services
£5,000	29/06/2021	Assist to improve the lives of vulnerable refugees
Cloudesley - Grant to Community Language Support Services
£3,000	22/09/2020	Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2021 - Awarded Sep 2020
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Community Language Support Services
£5,000	30/06/2020	Help: to improve lives and integration of vulnerable refugee
Trust for London - Community Language Support Services
£37,200	10/10/2019 36	The funding is for a salary of a part time advice worker, who will provide advice and support on social welfare to refugees from Arabic speaking countries to access mainstream services, workshops, ....more The funding is for a salary of a part time advice worker, who will provide advice and support on social welfare to refugees from Arabic speaking countries to access mainstream services, workshops, group activities and home visits to assist people with disabilities, housebound and the elderly.
Cloudesley - Grant to Community Language Support Services
£3,000	24/09/2019	Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant Awarded Sep 2019
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching to help disadvantaged people
£132,288	01/07/2019 36	The project will use the funding to run their activities supporting vulnerable women, especially refugees from east Africa and other Arabic speakers to access mainstream services such as health, ....more The project will use the funding to run their activities supporting vulnerable women, especially refugees from east Africa and other Arabic speakers to access mainstream services such as health, education, welfare, housing and legal services.
Cloudesley - Grant to Community Language Support Services
£3,000	27/11/2018	Interim Welfare Grant (Awarded November 2018)
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Community Language Support Services
£10,000	26/06/2018	Help: Building community integration .
National Lottery Community Fund - Women together for a change
£10,000	22/06/2018 12	The funding will be used to continue providing information, advice and advocacy services to refugees with an aim to also enable women to come together in a safe space.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Community Language Support Services
£5,000	27/06/2017	Support: To improve the lives of vulnerable refugees.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Community Language Support Services
£5,000	28/06/2016	Towards the costs of an Improving Access and Inclusion for BME Disabled People Project.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Language Support Services
£20,000	24/11/2011	the salary costs of the Coordinator as well as volunteer costs, travel, training and a contribution to office overheads including rent, utilities, post and stationery

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

KAOUTAR HANNACH Appointed: 2022

MEBRAHTU ROSSOM Appointed: 2020

NATU HADISH Appointed: 2022

RUTH CLARKE

SEGA HABTOM

ZAHRA SULEIMAN Appointed: 2019

ZIBIAH ALFRED Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/08/2006, number: 1115756

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

CHURCH OF ST. MELITUS
TOLLINGTON PARK
LONDON
N4 3AG

Objectives

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.2 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.3 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE IN LONDON, BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UN DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, GREATER LONDON.

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