Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 18

THE CENTRE PROJECT LIMITED

The Centre Project aims to reduce isolation and promote well-being. Current activities include- My connect ' Community Hub'- Centre Kitchen - Social eating- Support, information, advocacy, signposting and referrals- Day services for adults with learning difficulties- Activities such as, games, art therapy, day trips and IT classes- The Freedom Youth Club - Community Food bank

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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

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	£246	£212	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22	£152	£132	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21	£134	£119	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20	£130	£102	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19	£100	£104	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/18	£96	£90	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£90	£83	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£80	£84	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£79	£77	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£71	£77	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13?	£105	£112	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£107	£100	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.centreproject.org

info@centreproject.org

01162554013

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Leicester City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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

BBC Children in Need	£30,000
DCMS	£25,988
Henry Smith Charity	£14,090
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£10,770
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Masonic Trust	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Freedom Youth Club
£10,000	28/09/2023	The funding will be used to run weekly youth club drop in sessions for mainly young refugees and migrants. The project aims to provide a safe space to improve their health and wellbeing build social ....more The funding will be used to run weekly youth club drop in sessions for mainly young refugees and migrants. The project aims to provide a safe space to improve their health and wellbeing build social relationships and raise aspirations whilst reducing the risk of anti-social behaviour.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Centre Project
£14,090	15/06/2022 24	towards two years' running costs of an urban gardening project for disadvantaged communities in Leicester City, Leicestershire.
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£3,000	26/05/2022	Core Funding for The Centre Project charity.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	07/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - The Centre Project
£10,770	07/10/2020 6	To provide youth club services to young asylum seekers and refugees
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£25,988	03/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Centre Project
£30,000	20/03/2020 36	This project is a youth club working with refugee and asylum seeking children living in Leicester. The aim of the project is to increase confidence, reduce isolation and build positive relationships ....more This project is a youth club working with refugee and asylum seeking children living in Leicester. The aim of the project is to increase confidence, reduce isolation and build positive relationships with others.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Centre Project Limited
£9,500	08/12/2016 12	towards one year's salary of the Community Engagement Worker at a project providing support to isolated and disadvantaged people in Leicester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Centre Project
£10,000	13/06/2012 24	towards two years' running costs of a drop in service in Leicestershire for unaccompanied young asylum seekers

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72

AKUA SAI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Worker

DR ABIODUN EGBETOKUN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lecturer

HANNAH COBB Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Worker (Mst Therapist)

ADRIAN OPPON Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Customer Services Manager

MARTIN GAGE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Regional Coordinator With Christian Aid

PROFESSOR ROBERT NORMAN, Occupation: University Lecturer

VICTORIA FRIMPONG Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Specialist Nurse

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2011, number: 1140710
Registered at Companies House on 15/10/2010, number: 07409088

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE CENTRE PROJECT
1 ALFRED PLACE
LEICESTER
LE1 1EB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE SUCH ACTIVITIES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN LEICESTER AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEICESTER

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