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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR CHANGE

Community Rersources for Change seeks to support isolated members of the community through befriending, lobbying and offering advocacy. Various services and courses are offered, with the help of volunteers, to empower vulnerable people.The charity also runs a community coffee shop.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£674£813£-139£0£182£1782.61140
31/03/23£937£816£121£0£322£2964.3375
31/03/22£283£280£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£393£311£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£354£300£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£275£266£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£275£266£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£269£303£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£88£112£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£110£58£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£20£26£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£26£16£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 47%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years
(18 years as a company)

www.communityresources.co.uk

info@communityresources.co.uk

02085972900

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Redbridge,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lankelly Chase Foundation£126,890
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£92,592
Tudor Trust£83,000
National Lottery Community Fund£52,700
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Community Resources for Change
£92,592 07/07/2022
50% of salary over 3-years for a Family Support Worker at a community support charity in London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering.
National Lottery Community Fund - Neighbourhood Network - Development Grant
£52,700 24/03/2022
The project will use funding to continue the neighbourhood networks project to further explore how residents can be at the core of developing strong vibrant and supportive neighbourhoods. The project aims to shift power share accountability and ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Community Resources for Change
£83,000 26/01/2022
24
over two years towards the project manager's salary at a community hub in Barking and Dagenham, East London
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Community Resources for Change
£26,000 01/12/2021
Community Resources for Change
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000 16/07/2021
The Hub @ Castlepoint - improving the life chances of vulnerable local people in Barking and Dagenham
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Community Resources for Change
£60,000 01/04/2021
Community Resources for Change
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Community Resources for Change
£4,600 04/05/2020
A grant of £4,600 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Community Resources for Change
£40,890 01/05/2020
Community Resources for Change
Co-Operative Group - Grant to LifeLine Community Projects
£6,691 15/11/2019
We want to provide adventure expeditions at our innovative alternative school, to support disadvantaged students taking their GCSEs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Community Resources for Change
£10,174 19/11/2018
We want to meet local need by expanding our opening hours and buying new equipment that will help us run the store.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Community Hub @ Castle Point
£417,084 17/08/2018
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The project will use the funding for management, training and development and on-going running costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 27/06/2018
The Corner Coffee House
National Lottery Community Fund - Health @ the Hub
£8,830 04/10/2017
1
This volunteer-led group will deliver health and wellbeing programmes for local residents, to improve self-confidence and fitness.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Hub @ Castlepoint
£231,717 09/02/2015
35
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Resources For Change
£21,000 25/10/2013
The charity offers a range of support to the local community, particularly isolated and vulnerable people. Creche support will reduce barriers to accessing services and give families opportunities to gain new skills and seek one to one support.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-80
  • JOHN SINGLETON (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
  • NZILANI KAUNDA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Housewife
  • RACHEL DOROTHY WRIGHT Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Teacher
  • SALLY ANN RUTH DIXON Appointed: 2006, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2011, number: 1140209
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/02/2006, number: 05702090
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
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Community Resources for Change
Lifeline House
25 Neville Road
DAGENHAM
Essex
RM8 3QS

Objectives

A THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT INCLUDING (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN DAGENHAM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FITB THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FITC THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN DAGENHAM AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

DAGENHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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