Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

ST MARY'S CENTRE COMMUNITY TRUST 

To advance education and welfare in particular of those who are at risk of social exclusion. To relieve the effects of poverty particularly among the young and to provide some relief to the elderly. To provide or assist in the provision of recreational activities for those in need through age disability or social exclusion, to build social trust.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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

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£441£405£36n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£406£214£192n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/21£217£154£63n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/20£150£114£36n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£131£87£44n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£73£69£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£48£69£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£63£69£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£55£48£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£47£19£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£26£26£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£45£45£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£59£59£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£57£76£-19£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.maryscharity.org

info@maryscharity.org

02031616615

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Gangs Intervention Project
£81,200 01/02/2023
This uplift is for continuing and scaling the Gangs Intervention Project that has successfully run since 2020. It is an increase in the volume of young people receiving the caseworker intervention to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SMC Youthwork Violence Reduction
£209,941 29/03/2021
35
The project is using funding to continue mentoring and counselling young people aged 10-25 at risk of exclusion gang exploitation and serious youth violence in Camden. The group provide therapeutic ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - St Mary's Violence Reduction Work
£10,000 23/03/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide mentoring for young people at risk of serious youth violence. The project aims to provide intervention and support to manage anger and improve behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - 1:1 Mentoring of At Risk Young People
£10,000 29/11/2018
12
The project will deliver 1 to 1 mentoring for at risk young people. The aim is to reduce crime and improve life chances.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£4,000 31/05/2017
Swiss Cottage Gang Intervention Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-56
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/12/2007, number: 1122054
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2006, number: 05754092
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR11: 14 days late,
Main office

ST. MARY'S CENTRE
ELSWORTHY ROAD
LONDON
NW3 3DJ

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION.(B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN;(C) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY;(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION, WITH THE OBJECT OF STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY AND INCREASING SOCIAL TRUST;IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PRIMROSE HILL, AND IT'S NEIGHBOURING PARISHES WITHIN THE NORTH CAMDEN DEANERY (NAMELY, ST SAVIOUR'S, ETON ROAD; ST MARK'S, REGENTS PARK; ST PETER'S, BELSIZE PARK; HOLY TRINITY, FINCHLEY ROAD, HAMPSTEAD; AND ST MARY WITH ALL SOULS, KILBURN) OR ANY OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH ASSOCIATED WITH OR ADDED TO ANY OF THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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