Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

ELIMHOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION SOUTHWARK 

The main activities of the organisation is a full time day community care for older people (5 days per week) for older people (Over 60s) in particularly but not exclusively Caribbean and African in residents in the London Borough of Southwark, Activities provide ensures access to community care, leisure time occupation and community care activities, support and services for the elderly.
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 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

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£181£159£22n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22£122£98£24n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/21£90£74£16n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20£65£68£-3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£64£60£3n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/18£76£78£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£89£89£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£120£116£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

elimhousedaycentre.com

elimhousecas@gmail.com

02076398655

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for the elderly
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£40,592
London Borough of Southwark£15,000
United Saviours Charity£14,856
National Lottery Community Fund£9,740
The Foyle Foundation£7,500
Department for Work and Pensions£5,677
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - TEAMS SOLUTIONS LIMMITED
£4,177 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Elimhouse Community Association
£15,000 31/03/2022
Public Health grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Covid 19 outreach grants
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500 03/12/2021
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Elimhouse Community Association Southwark
£40,592 24/09/2021
22
Enabling community engagement of isolated and lonely BAME elderlies, help them regain their confidence and again participate fully in community events and activities.
Department for Work and Pensions - THE DOMESTIC LIFT COMPANY
£1,500 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Breadfruit Kitchen For Older People
£9,740 22/01/2021
6
The funding will be used to adapt the prepared meals food service provided for older people in Southwark to a meals on wheels service. The project aims to reduce isolation and loneliness ....more
United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
£9,970 21/05/2020
2
The funding is for delivering a meals on wheels service for 50 elderly people in of this help and support. The project will run for 3 days per week. In additional to this the Centre also deliver food ....more
United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
£4,886 09/04/2020
2
We are seeking funding to provide outreach support to elderly people. One of our main service is cooked ethnic lunch every day. The grant we are seeking is the provide luncheon 3 days per week for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - "You and Yours 0 60s" Southwark
£6,800 20/12/2018
12
The project will deliver social and informative sessions for local people affected by loneliness. The aim is to bring people together and encourage community relationships and collaboration.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2015, number: 1161422
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

86-88 BELLENDEN ROAD
PECKHAM
LONDON
UK
SE15 4RQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OF THE LOCAL INHABITANTS BY MEANS OF COMMUNITY CARE. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF THE LOCAL INHABITANTS PARTICULARLY PERSONS OF CARIBBEAN DESCENT WHO ARE VULNERABLE AND ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO BY THE REASON OF AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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