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Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

ROOM FOR WORK

Room for Work delivers employability skills courses to the unemployed. The courses equip participants with a range of skills that enable them to find work. Room for Work specialises in assisting skilled and mature workers, especially those who are long-term unemployed. The course is delivered three times each year at St John's Hampton Wick KT1 4AL and occasionally in other London locations.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather 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
31/07/23£90£86£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£60£62£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£74£72£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£63£67£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£50£45£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£38£37£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£22£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£15£15£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.roomforwork.org

room4workinfo@gmail.com

02089775468

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Room for Work
£70,884 06/09/2023
36
To help support mature job seekers through a learning programme and community cohesion.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-76
  • GARTH WATKINS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Manager
  • MATTHEW HENRY ROBERT HARRIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • REV DONNA WILLIAMS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2015, number: 1160957
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/08/2014, number: 09183037
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

50 Broom Park
Teddington
TW11 9RS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMPANY MAY DETERMINE, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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