Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

THE WISH CENTRE LIMITED 

To relieve the distress and suffering of women, youth and children who have been victims of abuse, violence and neglect and of those who self harm in particular but not exclusively by providing support services, advice, information and counselling.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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: 16 years
(20 years as a company)

www.thewishcentre.org.uk

info@thewishcentre.org.uk

02031379044

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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£276£238£38n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£237£234£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£287£271£16n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/20£202£244£-41n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£306£285£21n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£308£265£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£342£307£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£293£252£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£225£198£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£186£173£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£137£136£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£134£134£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£131£121£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£131£112£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£89£117£-28£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 33%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, Harrow,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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
John Lyon's Charity£289,470
BBC Children in Need£118,724
DCMS£35,599
City Bridge Trust£11,525
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to The Wish Centre
£10,000 17/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
John Lyon's Charity - Recovery grant to The Wish Centre
£150,000 16/06/2021
Core Costs
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to The Wish Centre
£90,000 18/11/2020
36
Lead Self Harm and Youth Support Worker
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,960 01/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to The Wish Centre
£9,970 27/08/2020
12
COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Creation of Digital Resource Packs
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£25,639 24/06/2020
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
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to The Wish Centre
£29,500 13/05/2020
3
COVID-19: LCR Wave 2 - Delivering Differently
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The WISH Centre
£11,525 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £11,525, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisations current grant.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The WISH Centre
£118,724 26/06/2019
36
Project supporting children and young people in Merton and Harrow who engage in self-harm. Young people will stop self harming, learn to keep themselves safe from harm and experience increased ....more
Comic Relief - Sustainability Fund 2
£39,900 13/02/2019
3
The recent evaluation by the Centre for Mental Health, “A space to talk: An evaluation of the WISH Centre’s services with young people who self-harm”*, confirms our unique and effective service ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The WISH Centre
£138,300 14/11/2018
36
£138,300 over three years (£45,200; £46,100; £47,000) to cover the cost of a full-time Therapist, Clinical Supervision and a contribution to organisational overheads.
Comic Relief - Community-based therapeutic model roll-out
£277,500 27/05/2015
36
Self-harm amongst young people is a growing issue that is under reported and falls outside of existing statutory mental health support. It’s hidden, misunderstood and is more prevalent amongst ....more
Comic Relief - Support and Recovery from Self-harm and Sexual Exploitation
£178,926 28/01/2015
36
It is estimated that 1 in 5 teenagers in the UK self-harm. The reasons for this are complex but can often include domestic violence, poverty and child abuse. As an experienced organisation with links ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Wish Centre
£30,000 28/06/2013
The WISH Centre supports young people across Harrow aged 10-25 at risk of self harming, who have experienced domestic and/or sexual abuse, violence or neglect. Its services include counselling, peer ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 20-58
  • MAHUM ARIF Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Social Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/07/2008, number: 1125263
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/2004, number: 05060450
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
15 returns made; AR09: 5 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from COLLETTE FOUNDATION on 17/01/2022
Main office

85 GREAT PORTLAND STREET
LONDON
W1W 7LT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF WOMAN, YOUTH AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF ABUSE, VIOLENCE AND NEGLECT AND OF THOSE WHO SELF HARM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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