Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +13

Overall GiG Score: 14

POLICY CENTRE FOR AFRICAN PEOPLES

The Policy Centre for African Peoples (PCAP) was created in 2008 to enable African and disadvantaged individuals of all ethnic origins to improve their lives through education, leadership and engagement. Thus, PCAP envisions a world where personal and collective prosperity, justice and common good stem from better education, leadership and social engagement. For more info visit www.pcap.org.uk

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
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

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	£167	£126	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22	£135	£101	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/21	£37	£25	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20	£12	£4	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19	£5	£4	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	£6	£1	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17?	£2	£2	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16?	£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£2	£2	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£7	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£9	£2	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 62%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Established: 15 years

https://pcap.org.uk/

info@pcap.org.uk

07765414274

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

Guy's and St Thomas' Charity	£113,920
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£96,000
City Bridge Trust	£94,706
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£34,512
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
Greater London Authority	£4,978

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Policy Centre for African Peoples (PCAP)
£87,546	08/02/2024	£87,546 (£43,193 yr1; £44,353 yr2) contributing towards less than 1 FTE total salaries for the Director's, training officer and engagement officer posts, programme running costs and overhead costs.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Strengthening the Youth Innovation Fellowship programme
£6,000	18/01/2023	The Policy Centre for African Peoples (PCAP) works to enable African and people of all ethnic backgrounds experiencing disadvantage to improve their lives through education, leadership development ....more The Policy Centre for African Peoples (PCAP) works to enable African and people of all ethnic backgrounds experiencing disadvantage to improve their lives through education, leadership development and social engagement. Their unique 6-step programme is inspired by African philosophy to train participants across their three areas of activity. This grant provides core support for PCAP to develop their Youth Innovation Fellowship programme, which will provide young people with a personal support package tailored to their needs.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Policy Centre for African Peoples Covid Continuation Fund
£63,920	31/03/2022	To contribute to core running costs of the Policy Centre for African Peoples
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Strengthening the Youth Innovation Fellowship programme
£90,000	14/03/2022	The Policy Centre for African Peoples (PCAP) works to enable African and people of all ethnic backgrounds experiencing disadvantage to improve their lives through education, leadership development ....more The Policy Centre for African Peoples (PCAP) works to enable African and people of all ethnic backgrounds experiencing disadvantage to improve their lives through education, leadership development and social engagement. Their unique 6-step programme is inspired by African philosophy to train participants across their three areas of activity. This grant provides core support for PCAP to develop their Youth Innovation Fellowship programme, which will provide young people with a personal support package tailored to their needs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	11/03/2022	Main Grants award
Greater London Authority - Grant to Policy Centre for African Peoples & Partners
£4,978	01/04/2021	Capacity building funding for community-led partnerships
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Policy Centre for African Peoples - Covid Emergency Fund
£50,000	30/03/2021	The Foundation will contribute towards core running costs of Policy Centre for African Peoples for the period of the grant including the Lead4Hope leadership Programme and staff costs. The ....more The Foundation will contribute towards core running costs of Policy Centre for African Peoples for the period of the grant including the Lead4Hope leadership Programme and staff costs. The Foundation will also provide Grants plus funding specifically for safeguarding review and fundraising support.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Policy Centre for African Peoples
£34,512	20/03/2021 24	Lead4Hope project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Policy Centre for African Peoples
£7,160	14/06/2020	£7,160 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

ANTONIQUE ADRIANA AFONSO Appointed: 2023

DR THELMA OKEY-ADIBE (Chair) Appointed: 2022

JOSHUA CHUKWUDI AGHADIUNO Appointed: 2022

OLAJIDE ALABI Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD CHAPEL OF GLORY INTERNATIONAL,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2009, number: 1131139

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
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

14 returns made; all on time

Main office

44 Kingswood Road
GILLINGHAM
Kent
ME7 1DZ

Objectives

1 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS AND GENDERS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPSAND GENDERS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENTRACIAL GROUPS AND GENDERS;(C) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR GENDER;2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST AFRICANCOMMUNITIES WORLD-WIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLD-WIDE.

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