Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

INVISIBLE PALACE 

The advancement of education in and appreciation and understanding of the arts, culture, heritage, history and sciences for the public benefit. The promotion of equality and diversity and the promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into s
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 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£69£51£18n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/22£61£29£32n/an/an/an/an/a64
31/03/21£27£25£2n/an/an/an/an/a91
31/03/20£4£16£-12n/an/an/an/an/a69
31/03/19£16£4£11n/an/an/an/an/a291
31/03/18£11£12£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£20£15£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.invisiblepalace.org.uk

info@invisiblepalace.org.uk

07957643235

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
  • 35 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
National Lottery Community Fund£116,318
Greater London Authority£12,071
City Bridge Trust£10,276
DCMS£9,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Defy Gravity Social Circus
£107,915 16/02/2023
This funding will be used to deliver a Social Circus programme for 80 children aged 8-11 years at St. John’s Primary School and young people 12-14 years old attending the Crystal Palace Community ....more
Greater London Authority - Invisible Palace
£7,078 22/12/2022
This project will enable 16 volunteers to get involved in gardening. People of all ages, from a range of backgrounds come together in the heart of Crystal Palace, through a common interest. ....more
Greater London Authority - Empire and trade - the lost sculptures from the Upper Terrace at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham
£4,993 08/07/2022
Working with local community groups to discover the lost statues in Crystal Palace Park and create a walking trail.
National Lottery Community Fund - Flower Friday
£8,403 09/04/2021
The funding will be used to run gardening activities for local volunteers many of whom are isolated or living with complex needs. The project aims to maintain local green spaces and develop peoples ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,800 07/08/2020
"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 ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Invisible Palace
£10,276 05/06/2020
£10,276 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Meeting Place
£10,000 14/09/2018
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The project aims to provide a meeting space that will bring different communities together. A range of activities and workshops will also be provided.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2016, number: 1165888
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
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • 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
7 returns made; AR17: 28 days late,
Main office

23 DULWICH WOOD AVENUE
LONDON
SE19 1HB

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE, HISTORY AND SCIENCES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).THESE OBJECTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:- BY OFFERING A PROGRAMME OF ARTS, CULTURAL, HERITAGE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, WORKING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE, WORK OR STUDY IN THE AREA WHATEVERTHEIR BACKGROUND, AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH THE AIM OF ENABLING PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER;- IN THE NEIGHBOURHOODS OF ANERLEY, PENGE, NORWOOD, SYDENHAM AND THORNTON HEATH; AND FROM TIMETO TIME IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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