Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

GLOBAL SKILLS CENTRE

The key services we offer are:- Educational, vocational and employment training - Information Advice and Guidance (i.e. employment, welfare benefits etc)- Digital Inclusion, ICT, ESOL and Employability workshops- STEM Programme (robotics, coding, mobile phone apps design and software programming)- Supplementary and after school learning activities in Maths, English (KS2, KS3 & KS4)
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • 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 and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
28/04/23*£119£110£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/04/22£101£120£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/04/21£149£96£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/04/20£108£133£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/04/19£79£88£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/18£101£52£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years
(10 years as a company)

www.globalskillscentre.org

info@globalskillscentre.org

02036090606

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, Camden, City Of London, City Of Westminster, Ealing, Hammersmith And Fulham, Harrow, Islington, Kensington And Chelsea, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
John Lyon's Charity£120,000
DCMS£22,544
National Lottery Community Fund£9,995
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills Boost
£9,995 18/08/2023
The funding will be used to continue free ICT and English language support for South Kilburn residents. The project aims to help participants become economically active by learning in a new environment and enhancing their self-confidence.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Global Skills Centre
£120,000 17/11/2022
After School Supplementary Education
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,544 29/09/2020
"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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Global Skills Centre
£4,982 15/11/2019
We want to provide free digital technology skills training aimed at unemployed older people, immigrants and people on low incomes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Skills Hub
£180,000 24/10/2019
53
Community Skills Hub
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Global Skills Centre
£7,500 30/06/2019
Funding for Youth Skills Boost programme (for aged 7-16, disadvantaged and disengaged students) - 2 elements; the STEM Skills Boost and Skills Boost Supplementary Education.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Global Skills Centre
£4,000 17/06/2019
12
STEM Summer Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Global Skills Centre
£3,831 29/11/2017
We aim to develop young people's technology skills. They will learn to code, create mobile phone apps, build and programme robots.
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills Gateway
£10,000 02/04/2017
12
The funding will be used to run a programme of IT training and literacy support activities that will equip young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The project aims to create pathways to employment.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 60-68
  • ESJAE WILLIAMS-GORMLIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Social Worker
  • JEREMY BARKER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Fundraising Manager
  • PAUL EFYHYMIOU Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Learning Mentor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2016, number: 1170010
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/04/2014, number: 09013822
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
6 returns made; AR23: 7 days late,
Main office

2 MASEFIELD HOUSE
STAFFORD ROAD
LONDON
NW6 5YU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CENTRE ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE IN NEED BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL COURSES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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