Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 12

ASIAN RESOURCE CENTRE OF CROYDON LIMITED

Capacity Building/Infrastructure support to Asian voluntary groups including Training, Seminars/Workshops. ICT, Monitoring & Evaluation Project, Social Enterprise, Health Awareness, Community Leadership Programme as well as Inter-Faith Projects. The charity consults with a wide range of groups and agencies in the Borough and makes representation to decision makers on their behalf.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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		£906	£711	£195	£0	£563	£108	1.8	15	30
31/03/22		£622	£514	£108	£0	£370	£94	2.2	8	30
31/03/21		£498	£399	£99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£345	£355	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£358	£303	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18		£380	£276	£103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£147	£113	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£64	£68	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£56	£58	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£103	£91	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£149	£137	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£95	£124	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£143	£129	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£170	£145	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£108	£117	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£51	£36	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 19%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 40.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 17 years

www.arccltd.com

info@arccltd.com

02086843784

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Croydon, Surrey,

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

Who works here?

15 employees
30 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	£499,902
People's Health Trust	£26,932
City Bridge Trust	£9,561

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
People's Health Trust - Croydon Community Chats
£26,932	20/01/2021 24	This two-year project will continue to run community coffee gatherings for older women and men from the Asian community living in Croydon. Activities will include fortnightly community-chat sessions ....more This two-year project will continue to run community coffee gatherings for older women and men from the Asian community living in Croydon. Activities will include fortnightly community-chat sessions and digital sessions. A Project Advisory Group of participants will meet weekly to plan and shape the project. The project will enable people to stay connected during Covid-19 and “laugh, learn and celebrate together”.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Asian Resource Centre Croydon
£9,561	15/12/2020	0
National Lottery Community Fund - Croydon Community Development Partnership (CCDP)
£499,902	29/08/2019 36	Croydon Community Development Partnership (CCDP)
The Childhood Trust - JAVAN UMEED PROJECT (YOUNG HOPES PROJECT)
£6,309	05/12/2017	ARCC is a charity working with Asian children and young people seeking support for our youth service that will deliver transformative outcomes for poor children and families. Our youth hub will ....more ARCC is a charity working with Asian children and young people seeking support for our youth service that will deliver transformative outcomes for poor children and families. Our youth hub will provide activities that address health and wellbeing, recreation, education and social integration
Sport England - Making a change
£9,220	14/06/2011	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Making a change'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-83

SAHADAT HOSSAIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Manager

TAMKIN RIAZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Education

ASHOKKUMAR BALAKRISHNAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Development Manager

DR HANA PATEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor

HUSSEIN GHOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

JAYANT PATEL (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Practice Manager, Nurse & Health Advisor

SAMINA KHAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Self Employed

DILSHAD SURELIA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Registration Officer

DR SURAJ MANI PAUDEL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Clinical Coding & Data Quality, Nhs

MR SOMASUNDARAM KANAGASUNDARAM, Occupation: Retired

RUMEL AHMED JAHUR Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2007, number: 1120376
Registered at Companies House on 17/05/2007, number: 06250781

Gift Aid

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

16 returns made; AR16: 10 days late,

Main office

C V A Resource Centre
82 London Road
CROYDON
CR0 2TB

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CROYDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN PARTICULAR THEY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE ASIANS OR OF ASIAN ORIGIN:1 TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND GRANTS;2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ON HEALTH;3 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS;4 PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CROYDON

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