Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

SOCIETYLINKS TOWER HAMLETS 

Improve the health and education of residents who reside in Tower Hamlets
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 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: 10 years
(12 years as a company)

www.societylinks.org.uk

info@societylinks.org.uk

02077020901

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£441£445£-4n/an/an/an/an/a67
31/03/22*£395£284£111n/an/an/an/an/a88
31/03/21£305£270£35n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/03/20£290£275£14n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£254£249£5n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18£211£209£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£167£139£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£125£121£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15?*£100£100£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/08/14£145£141£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 67 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
Trust for London£97,500
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
People's Health Trust£11,834
True Colours Trust£6,890
DCMS£5,564
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets
£1,003 22/10/2022
We offer young people 11-18 a space to discuss mental health issues, practise relaxation and mindfulness techniques and explore strategies and tools to anticipate and deal with anxiety.
Trust for London - SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets
£7,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9136
True Colours Trust - Towards stay and play sessions for children with SEND and ASD
£6,890 17/05/2022
Towards stay and play sessions for children with SEND and ASD
People's Health Trust - Something 4 Everyone
£11,834 07/12/2021
This two-year project is for people living in Whitechapel, London. It aims to address the ongoing social isolation resulting from the Covid pandemic, encouraging people to reintegrate into their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Women Together
£10,000 03/12/2021
The funding will be used to run a sewing class and an exercise class for BAME women. The project aims to improve the physical health of residents and strengthen inter community relations after ....more
Trust for London - SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets
£90,000 13/10/2021
36
The funding is to support local people currently working in zero-hour/agency/temporary contracts to access better, permanent, more qualified jobs in the care sector, NHS or local authority.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 01/10/2021
SocietyLinks' Community Engagement
London Catalyst - SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets - 5
£2,000 07/09/2021
Autism help and awareness
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Society Links
£3,500 15/12/2020
0
National Lottery Community Fund - Time 4 Me
£10,000 01/12/2020
6
The funding will be used to hold socially distanced physical and mental health activities. The project aims to address the issues experience by people primarily from black and ethnic minority ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,564 09/10/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staff and activity costs for a 4-week sports programme for young people living in low income families, isolated due to Covid-19. Young people will feel less isolated ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 02/06/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets
£119,997 28/02/2019
36
Youth Club for young people affected by local deprivation in Tower Hamlets. Young people will make better life choices, develop positive relationships and be more confident to access other local ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Recycle, Recover, Reuse
£10,000 15/02/2019
12
The project will deliver up-cycling sewing classes for women. The aim is to build on inter- community relations through social sewing.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£90,000 15/10/2018
Tunes against Knives To engage young people at risk of involvement in knife crime in a programme of preventative music and educational activities. Including works shops in music studios, production ....more
London Catalyst - SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets - 1
£3,000 07/12/2017
Digital Explorers for Beginners will provide IT and computing sessions to enable local residents to use computers and online services with confidence.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-71
  • ALEX KIND Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Theatre Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2013, number: 1154824
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/08/2011, number: 07750061
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
10 returns made; AR22: 37 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR15: 194 days late,
Main office

WHITECHAPEL THRESHOLD CENTRE
80 JOHN FISHER STREET
LONDON
E1 8JX

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PEOPLE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS.2. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT.3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).4. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY , SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(D) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(E) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.5. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.6. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Data Sources

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