Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Very static board: -5
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

SUNBEAMS LONDON LTD

Sunbeams addresses a need for multi-disciplinary, early intervention for young women struggling with emotional wellbeing and/or social isolation. Services include accredited 1:1 and group mentoring service, work with parents and within schools.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board composition very static?

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£259£254£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£196£185£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21*£230£183£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£101£89£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£77£76£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£83£78£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£59£51£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£52£51£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£39£38£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

admin@sunbeamslondon.org.uk

02035198878

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Hackney, Haringey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Henry Smith Charity£155,800
BBC Children in Need£128,126
People's Health Trust£38,334
Rosa UK£26,511
The Berkeley Foundation£25,939
Postcode Society Trust£20,184
The Pilgrim Trust£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,760
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Sunbeams
£155,800 14/06/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Mentoring Service' supporting girls and young women aged 11-16 with mental health issues from the Orthodox Jewish community in the London Borough of Hackney.
The Berkeley Foundation - Cost of Living Grant
£3,000 06/06/2023
One-off, unrestricted grant
The Berkeley Foundation - Resilience Fund
£22,939 20/03/2023
Resilience Fund - Year 2 Wave 2 - 2-year grant
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Stepup
£2,900 30/01/2023
Grant to Sunbeams London
National Lottery Community Fund - Space to Thrive
£9,980 20/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide farm based user led group mentoring sessions to vulnerable Orthodox Jewish girls aged between 8-16. The project aims to provide a culturally appropriate safe space to destress improve emotional resilience and ....more
People's Health Trust - iThrive
£22,394 19/12/2022
18
This 18-month project supports Orthodox Jewish girls in Hackney aged 14-18 who are experiencing complex personal and/or family issues. It aims to provide a consistent, supportive network to boost confidence, develop positive friendships and improve ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sunbeams London
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
London Catalyst - Sunbeams London - 2
£2,000 29/09/2022
Space to Thrive
Postcode Society Trust - Space to Thrive - Mental health focused group mentoring
£20,184 27/08/2022
Funding facilitated weekly farm-based group mentoring sessions to improve mental health and social inclusion of 56 vulnerable girls.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sunbeams London
£86,174 03/02/2022
Mentoring support service for girls from the Orthodox Jewish Community. By attending sessions girls will improve their emotional wellbeing, be less isolated and improve their communication skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-connect
£9,780 06/08/2021
The funding will be used to provide wellbeing activities and mentoring sessions for women and girls from the Orthodox Jewish community. The project aims to reduce the isolating effects of the pandemic bring people together and improve mental health.
Rosa UK - WTF-SUNBEAM-2021
£18,557 28/06/2021
£18,557 has been awarded to Sunbeams to run weekly 1-2-1 mentoring with trained mentors (aged 18-25) for an additional 50 Orthodox Jewish girls under the age of 18 in Hackney.
Rosa UK - C19 R4-SUNBEAM-2021
£7,954 30/03/2021
A grant of £7,954 is recommended towards core costs of work with both Jewish young women and their parents to help improve their mental health.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Sunbeams London Ltd
£20,000 03/03/2021
24
A mentoring programme for vulnerable girls from the Orthodox Jewish community
People's Health Trust - Covid-Connect
£15,940 03/02/2021
12
This one-year project provides emotional wellbeing support for vulnerable Orthodox Jewish girls, age 9-16 living in Stamford Hill, Hackney. Using fun and engaging art activities, a five-part programme and with support from a volunteer lead, the ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sunbeams London
£8,482 30/11/2020
This project will provide 1-1 mentoring sessions to high risk and vulnerable girls from the Orthodox Jewish community, to help improve their mental health, raise confidence and enable them to form friendships.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sunbeams London
£10,000 17/11/2020
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged women with mental illness in Hackney
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Sunbeams London Ltd
£10,000 17/09/2020
The funding is for a part of the rent of a larger, Covid-secure space, for mental health focussed mentoring sessions for vulnerable girls and staff & volunteer development costs, associated with the restructuring of services: increase in ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,930 22/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sunbeams London
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund the cost of activity packs to be given to families during COVID-19 to help the children increase their emotional well-being and enable them to help express their feelings and emotions.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Sunbeams London Ltd
£9,328 16/06/2020
Extending our mental health focussed mentoring support and parent engagement services to 130 (105 current users+25 new intake) emotionally vulnerable girls age 7-16 in Hackney?s Charedi community. Costs include more Volunteer Coordinator hours, ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 20/05/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sunbeams London
£29,970 20/03/2020
36
This project will provide mentoring sessions for young women and girls from low income families from the Orthodox Jewish community. The sessions will help them to improve their team working skills and confidence and build positive relationships.
Hackney Council - Grant to Sunbeams London Ltd
£39,524 28/10/2019
24
Early intervention volunteer mentoring with cultural insight for 50+ OJ girls with mental health/trauma disadvantages in transition (Yrs 6/7), coordinated with parents, teachers, & stakeholders to unite efforts & improve futures effectively ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Salaries for the social integration programme
£500 03/04/2019
Towards salaries for the social integration programme for isolated and vulnerable young girls.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£7,398 13/01/2019
Build skills and confidence Group sessions are activity based and require users to lend of their skills to others to complete a project (e.g. choreographing a song/dance where each YP plays a different role), building both their skills and their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting Better Together
£10,000 05/10/2018
12
The project deliver therapy sessions that are designed to support young people who are living with the effects of distress or mental ill health. The aim is to improve their confidence and self-esteem.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sunbeams London
£78,173 27/06/2018
36
Mentoring programme for 150 young women in the Orthodox Jewish Community. Through mentoring the girls will be better able to manage their feelings & emotions, increase their confidence & become better engaged with school.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-65
  • CHAVI MOSKOVITZ Appointed: 2013, Occupation: None
  • JESSICA ZWIEBEL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Teacher
  • MINA DAVIDOVITS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Teacher
  • RIFKA ESTHER REICH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2014, number: 1158753
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/06/2013, number: 08580129
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR21: 9 days late,
Main office

2nd Floor
97 Stamford Hill
London
N16 5DN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR MENTORING SUPPORT AND MENTORING TRAINING TO THOSE WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM AND LOW SELF-CONFIDENCE, WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(B) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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