Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

COPLESTON CENTRE 

Operates multi-user community centre building and associated activities in Peckham, London SE15.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 17 years

www.coplestoncentre.org.uk

administrator@coplestoncentre.org.uk

02077323435

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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
31/12/22£206£198£9n/an/an/an/an/a34
31/12/21£184£222£-38n/an/an/an/an/a37
31/12/20*£186£142£44n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/12/19£139£142£-3n/an/an/an/an/a47
31/12/18*£112£122£-9£0£0£0n/a08
31/12/17£108£132£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£248£235£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£198£188£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14?£119£125£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£164£148£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£173£171£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£113£125£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£127£107£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£113£96£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£105£139£-34£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 34 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southwark,

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
City Bridge Trust£129,325
The London Community Foundation£29,418
DCMS£29,418
National Lottery Community Fund£9,989
Co-Operative Group£3,328
London Borough of Southwark£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Copleston Centre
£3,328 22/10/2022
Our volunteer-supported community café will bring people together for affordable nutritious food in a bright welcoming space and help to reduce isolation, improve wellbeing and build relationships.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Copleston Centre
£119,000 02/08/2022
24
£119,000 over two further and final years (£58,000; £61,000) for a Programme and Volunteer Coordinator 0.6 fte and Administrator 0.4 fte, and associated costs of delivering the Silver Linings ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Coplestone Centre
£3,000 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - East Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department
National Lottery Community Fund - Real Meals Community Cafe
£9,989 17/09/2021
The funding will be used to continue a meal delivery and collection service whilst transitioning to a community café. The project aims to bring the community together and reduce social isolation by ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Copleston Centre
£29,418 24/09/2020
building on learning and successes from our delivering differently programme and community consultation by developing: meal deliveries to include socially distanced lunches, online classes and ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£29,418 24/09/2020
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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Copleston Centre
£10,325 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £10,325, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Copleston Centre
£127,300 31/01/2019
36
£127,300 over three years (£41,300; £44,300; £41,700) for a part-time Project Coordinator and Administrator, and associated costs of delivering the Silver Linings programme of activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - copleston creative therapies programme
£10,000 06/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver therapy sessions that are designed to support people who are living with effects of distress or a mental health condition. The project aims to improve confidence ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Therapies Project
£300,000 17/04/2013
36
The aim of this existing project is to continue and expand on the provision of a broad range of services and activities that will appeal to people across the spectrum of mental health concerns in ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-73
  • ANGELA BEBB Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Managing Director
  • TIM FINCH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Writer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/11/2006, number: 1116694
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/12/2005, number: 05651247
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR20: 87 days late, AR18: 91 days late, AR13: 21 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR09: 3 days late, AR08: 189 days late,
Main office

COPLESTON CENTRE
COPLESTON ROAD
LONDON
SE15 4AN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE DIOCESE AND/OR BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DIOCESE AND/OR BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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