Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN CAREERS & EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES UK 

Provide bespoke, community based careers solutions and IAG services for disadvantaged jobseekers particularly Black and Minority Ethnic service users.Access UK also provides additional anti gang services that deliver tailored solutions which are designed to reduce the over representation of young black males in street gangs
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent 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 benefits from the charity
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
30/04/22£344£220£124n/an/an/an/an/a7
30/04/21£460£167£293n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/04/20£252£176£77n/an/an/an/an/a23
30/04/19£142£99£44n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/04/18£108£84£24£0£0£0n/a010
30/04/17£70£59£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£60£55£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£32£31£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.accessuk.org

info@accessuk.org

07798928335

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 7 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - CBNLD683
£12,250 01/04/2022
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Road Ceo (Divert)
£310,000 04/07/2019
36
Access UK supports young people, particularly Black and Minority Ethnic NEETs (Not in Employment, Education or Training) and will use the funding to help reduce BAME youth unemployment, provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Urban Shakespeare
£10,000 18/05/2018
12
The funding will be used to put on a creative writing workshop. The project aims to encourage youths to become active readers and to find new ways of expressing themselves.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/08/2014, number: 1158103
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Trampery, 639 Enterprise Centre
639 High Road
LONDON
N17 8AA

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16-24 YOU ARE NOT IN EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION OR TRAINING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO HELP ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS AND EX-OFFENDERS IN LONDON, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A)ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B)ADVANCING EDUCATION; AND(C)RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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