Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 7

Accounts overdue -5
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

1 Trustee: -5

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -1

ROOTS4LIFE

Roots4life is a community action project set up to tackle childhood obesity. To achieve this we intend to teach cooking skills, horticulture and the importance of nutrition. We also include exercise and mindfulness to support mental well being. It is hoped to include families, schools and community groups.

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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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There is only 1 trustee

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/22	*	£87,746	£86,540	£1,206	30
31/03/21		£50,996	£12,922	£38,074	0
31/03/20	*	£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/19		£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/18		£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/17		£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

https://roots4life.org/

hello@roots4life.org

07470 802379

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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

Greater London Authority	£42,313
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,936
Co-Operative Group	£4,034
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Roots4Life
£1,884	21/10/2023	We would use funding to deliver food growing and cooking sessions to low income families, such as 'Healthy Budget Eats', and provide a monthly community meal. Costs include seeds, equipment and staff.
National Lottery Community Fund - HEAT club
£9,936	28/10/2022	The funding will be used to provide a warm space for young people aged 10-14 and deliver an afterschool weekly homework club boxing crafting and cooking activities and a hot meal. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to provide a warm space for young people aged 10-14 and deliver an afterschool weekly homework club boxing crafting and cooking activities and a hot meal. The project aims to improve their health wellbeing and learning development.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Roots4Life
£2,150	22/10/2022	We would like to provide cooking and gardening equipment, to deliver sessions on food growing and cooking to people on low income. We will create 'community together' meals.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Roots4Life
£2,500	11/10/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Greater London Authority - Grant to Roots4Life
£42,313	11/12/2021	Greening, growing and rewilding: tackling inequalities in access and use of green space in Greenwich

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

STEVEN JAMES MCALLISTER FISHER (Chair) Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/12/2015, number: 1165003

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

6 returns made; AR22: 212 days late, AR20: 5 days late,

Main office

245
Footscray Road
LONDON
New Eltham
SE9 2EL

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING THROUGH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, IN THE AREAS OF: LAND CULTIVATION AND FOOD PRODUCTION, COOKERY, PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF FOOD, CATERING, FOOD SERVICE AND DISTRIBUTION, HEALTHY EATING, AND OTHER DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED AREAS.’THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GARDEN FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF GREENWICH, LEWISHAM, SOUTHWARK AND BEXLEY AND VISITORS TO THE AREA (THE BENEFICIARIES) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR, AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF, THE SAID BENEFICIARIES.

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