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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

URBAN COMMUNITY PROJECTS

WE HAVE OVER 10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR AND WITH SOCIAL HOUSING PROVIDERS AND THEIR RESIDENTS ON THEIR PRIORITIES, HELPING TO CREATE, INSPIRE AND BUILD NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. WE SPECIALISE IN DEVELOPING INSPIRATIONAL AND EXCITING PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ON ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERNS AND ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THEM THROUGH ANY BARRIERS THEY FACE.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/03/23£125£120£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£61£101£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£75£28£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£50£31£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19*£9£13£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£18£13£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£17£17£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£21£20£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.urbancommunityprojects.org.uk

info@urbancommunityprojects.org.uk

02079983750

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Camden Giving£74,375
The London Community Foundation£9,478
DCMS£9,478
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Camden Giving - Urban Community Project
£30,000 01/05/2024
This funding is vital to uphold our mission of tackling food insecurity and promoting equity within Camden’s Black, Asian, Minority communities.
Camden Giving - Edith Neville Primary School
£6,535 07/03/2022
28 children from families ‘just getting by’ at Edith Neville School with healthy lunch packs for 36 weeks and PAID positions for 27 Afghan parents to help us run CMFB
Camden Giving - CMFB Employment and Training Service
£9,968 21/10/2020
11
This funding is to support 403 food bank users into work, who have lost their jobs as a direct result of Covid-19.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Urban Community Projects
£9,478 30/09/2020
5
The funding is for Camden Mobile Food Bank Covid-19 emergency service, which has supported 998 people in 16 weeks! Help us to make sure no one goes hungry and continue to support local people who live on housing estates, with emergency food supplies.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,478 30/09/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Camden Giving - Camden Mobile Food Bank
£26,208 21/05/2020
36
The project will engage hard to reach young people in the Somers Town, St Pancras and King's Cross wards, to help run Camden Mobile Food Bank by volunteering and improving their career and life prospects.
Camden Giving - Urban Community Projects - Covid19 Charity Fund
£1,665 09/04/2020
Support to pay a foodbank coordinator to help with facilitating emergency supply packages for residents
Camden Giving - One Mic One Life - Interactive App
£9,976 31/05/2019
11
The project will allow young people to learn and develop skills to build an interactive App that will inform engage and raise awareness around knife and gang crime and give young people the chance to sign up to creative school holiday workshops.
Camden Giving - One Mic, One Life
£6,788 10/05/2018
11
The project will work in unison with young people from the Cantelowes Ward to create a knife and gang crime awareness event for the whole community. They would deliver creative workshops, which are intended to kick start a dialogue with young people ....more
Camden Giving - Camden Central Food Bank
£9,024 27/04/2017
11
The project helps NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) aged 16-24 in Camden.
National Lottery Community Fund - Money Matters - 1 Year Pilot Project
£10,000 22/10/2014
12
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • JACQUELINE LEON FERNANDEZ Appointed: 2021
  • MISS K MCCALMAN Appointed: 2013
  • MISS R GRAHAM Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/03/2014, number: 1156156
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/01/2013, number: 08373501
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
9 returns made; AR20: 43 days late, AR19: 738 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 62 days late,
Main office

C/O Urban Community Projects
14 Ivel Road
SANDY
Bedfordshire
SG19 1AX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS LONDON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX,SEXUAL ORIENTATION,AGE,DISABILITY,NATIONALITY,RACE OR OF POLITICAL,RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS,BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES,VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION,RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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