Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

ALFORD HOUSE 

Youth club founded 1884.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,928,020 available, equivalent to 120 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 16 years

www.alfordhouse.org.uk

tim@alfordhouse.org.uk

02077351519

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UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£933£293£640£0£3,102£2,928119.9124
31/03/22£383£287£96n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£243£249£-7n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/20£219£218£1n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/19£216£197£18n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£218£200£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£193£230£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£211£199£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£217£184£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£134£112£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£269£327£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£151£126£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£246£252£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£298£267£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£2,304£118£2,186£17£2,432£2,424246.1130

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 36%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 119.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 89 months
Quick Ratio: 6.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 12 employees
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth,

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
Walcot Foundation - Cost of Living Top-Up Grant
£3,000 18/11/2022
Cost of Living Top Up Grant awarded to support small/medium-size organisations with additional costs incurred due to the cost of living crisis.
Walcot Foundation - Building Young Aspirations
£52,663 16/11/2021
The Club will combine open access activities with targeted work to ensure that young people aged 10-19 engage with support when it is needed and avoid any stigma associated with receiving targeted ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Young Aspirations
£162,500 04/11/2021
The project is using funding to continue running workshops in schools and at their youth club. Activities include sports art music production dance health and fitness training and roller skating. The ....more
Walcot Foundation - COVID19 - Preventing exclusions
£14,092 20/08/2020
12
Alford House wish to deliver a programme of support that combines school-based and youth club based intervention to improve the mental health and resilience of young people as a way to reduce the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Lambeth?s Young Communities (Alford House)
£38,968 30/08/2019
12
Building Lambeth's Young Communities
Walcot Foundation - Targeted Youth Support - 2017/18
£17,500 21/11/2017
12
Targeted Youth Support - 2017/18
Walcot Foundation - Targeted Youth Support
£56,100 02/07/2014
Targeted Youth Support
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-96
  • BYRON BOND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Derivates Broker
  • JANE SANCHEZ Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Deputy Headteacher
  • TOBA SHITTU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Data Governance Analyst
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2008, number: 1123902
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/03/2008, number: 06521183
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

Alford House Club
Alford House
Aveline Street
LONDON
SE11 5DQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL MORAL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR MENTAL MORAL SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING AND RECREATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE POORER CLASSES OF SOCIETY PARTICULARLY THOSE BETWEEN FIFTEEN AND TWENTY YEARS OF AGE NO LONGER IN FULL TIME ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL AND ESPECIALLY OF THOSE RESIDING IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN LAMBETH LONDON OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM INCLUDING DISTRICTS FORMING ADJUNCTS TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND BY DOING SO TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF FRANK BRIAN WHO SPENT HIS LIFE IN HELPING OTHERS AND WHOSE FAITH IN GOD AND HIS BROTHER MAN WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM

Defined Area of Benefit:

LAMBETH LONDON OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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