Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

REMARK! COMMUNITY LTD 

In short the main activities we will be doing are- running lunch clubs for older people- running play schemes during school holidays for deaf children- providing information, advocacy and advice- running deaf clubs and organising social activities
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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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: 13 years

https://www.remarkcommunity.org/

annie.oshea@remark.uk.com

02072692622

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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
31/10/22£388£334£54n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/10/21£334£287£47n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/10/20£328£262£65n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/10/19£277£309£-32n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/10/18£291£283£8£0£0£0n/a021
31/10/17£292£296£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£243£224£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£287£266£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£275£265£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£222£241£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£223£206£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£106£79£27£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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
National Lottery Community Fund£494,626
City Bridge Trust£173,352
BBC Children in Need£119,156
Wolfson Foundation£34,700
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Remark! Community
£34,700 08/06/2023
Installation of a wheelchair accessible lift at premises providing support to people with hearing loss
National Lottery Community Fund - Remark! Community Parents and Toddler group
£10,000 12/05/2023
The funding will be used to provide a weekly parent and toddler group for 6 months for children who are either deaf themselves or have deaf parents. The group will provide provisions to enable ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Remark! Community Deaf Elderly Lunch Clubs
£314,945 20/10/2022
The funding will be used to continue running Deaf Lunch Clubs for older people over 50 who use British Sign Language (BSL) which also includes includes a Development Worker role to help with income ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Remark! Community
£126,600 02/08/2022
60
£126,600 over five years (£23,100; £24,200; £25,200; £26,300; £27,800) towards the running costs of the Remarkable! Club providing activities for London’s Deaf community.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Remark! Community
£119,156 10/08/2021
This project will provide a holiday Play Scheme and a fortnightly Saturday club for deaf children in London. This activity will reduce loneliness and isolation, increase communication and promote ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Remark! Community
£41,752 08/04/2021
towards overheads, such as the rent shortfall, utilities, staff pay and quality mark and training, as outlined in your application
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 28/08/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Remark! Community
£5,000 13/04/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Remark! Community 10 Year Anniversary
£9,945 04/02/2020
8
The project will use the funding to deliver a series of events for the disabled community and their carers to celebrate the group's 10-year anniversary. The events aim to reduce isolation for people ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Lunch Clubs - London
£159,736 30/05/2019
36
The project will use the funding to offer two new Deaf Clubs for older people in East London and North London and to continue running their two Deaf Clubs in South London. These clubs provide social ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Remark! Community
£97,290 27/06/2018
36
Playscheme for 90 deaf young people in North London. By attending sessions young people will be less isolated & improve their confidence & communication skills.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Remark! Community
£10,000 11/04/2017
renovation of community space for a charity which works with disabled people in London
Sport England - Badminton Club
£8,590 30/03/2017
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Badminton Club. This project lists its main activity as Badminton
National Lottery Community Fund - The Remarkable! Club
£10,000 31/08/2016
12
The group will use the funding to provide social activities and basic skills workshops to people who are hard of hearing or deaf. This will reduce social isolation.
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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:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/11/2010, number: 1139198
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/05/2010, number: 07246846
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

18 LEATHER LANE
LONDON
EC1N 7SU

Objectives

1 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF BEING DEAF AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:A PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITYB INCREASING, OR COORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY2 TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH AMONGST ELDERLY DEAF PEOPLE3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES BY THE PROVISION OF PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PLAY

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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