Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

CASSANDRA CENTRE 

The organisation's objects is to relieve those who have been affected by domestic violence, in particular but not exclusively young people, by the provision of advice, counselling and support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 16 years

https://www.cassandracentre.org.uk

info@cassandracentre.org.uk

07930462968

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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
31/05/23£22£67£-45n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/05/22£42£84£-42n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/05/21£82£57£26n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/05/20*£101£50£51n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/05/19*£41£32£9n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/05/18£30£26£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£5£23£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16*£29£15£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15*£33£26£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£34£27£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13£24£19£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12*£15£14£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£6£19£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10£21£9£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09*£3£15£-12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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
City Bridge Trust£77,580
The London Community Foundation£26,967
National Lottery Community Fund£18,635
DCMS£9,787
Solace Women's Aid£7,992
Cheshire Community Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£3,041
Henry Smith Charity£1,860
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cassandra Centre (referred to as CC in application)
£77,580 07/03/2023
£77,580 over two years (£37,660, £39,920) towards sessional therapy and counselling costs, a 20 hours p/w co-ordinator and related project overheads.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cassandra Learning Centre
£1,860 21/09/2021
towards the costs of a trip to Chessington World of Adventures for children from families who have experienced domestic abuse in Norbury, South West London.
Solace Women's Aid - Women's Sector Large Grants - England
£7,992 08/05/2021
This project aims to provide a range of workshops to improve employment skills, provide mental health information and support, and educate on domestic violence.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Cassandra Learning Centre
£7,766 03/02/2021
5
Our request is to extend our meal delivery service by providing and delivering 4 hot freshly cooked meals a week to vulnerable women and fin Domestic violence households along with the associated ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - just In Time
£8,845 20/11/2020
6
The funding will be used to support older black people within the community by delivering hot meals and offering a telephone support service. The project aims meet their needs by offering emotional ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Hear Our Cry
£5,000 12/11/2020
This will cover some of the costs of our Outreach Worker, volunteers travel, and costs of essential Reduce isolation and anxiety of self-isolated of 130 older people; each week sustain their ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cassandra Centre
£3,041 24/10/2020
We will provide activities within the community focussing on the vulnerable, especially those who are disabled, lonely and isolated.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Cassandra Learning Centre
£9,787 09/09/2020
Digital Transformation of support services for women and children living/fleeing in Domestic Violence relationships. T o move services on line and provided blended wrap around services.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,787 09/09/2020
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
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Cassandra Learning Centre
£9,414 02/06/2020
The provision of 60 meals a week to women and their children who face Domestic Violence and older women who are isolated and in need of support. In addition the provision of access to counselling ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Soulful Writing
£9,790 12/09/2019
12
The project, which aims to improve wellbeing and build levels of confidence, will use its funding to deliver a programme of creative writing activities that are designed to support women who are ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cassandra Learning Centre
£15,000 22/03/2016
12
The funding will support a review and needs analysis with a view to producing a business and funding strategy that will strengthen the charity's governance, improve structures and systems and enable ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Healthy Relationship programme hub for young people
£10,000 08/12/2014
12
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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: 31-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2008, number: 1125508
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/05/2007, number: 06235705
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR20: 52 days late, AR19: 36 days late, AR16: 31 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR12: 43 days late, AR09: 36 days late,
Main office

PO BOX 59935
LONDON
SW16 3XY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THAT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON MATTERS RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF SUFFERERS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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