Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

SPRING COMMUNITY HUB 

1. Provide relief to individuals and families in the London Borough of Southwark experiencing food insecurity through the provision of Food Parcels, Budgetting/Cooking Workshops and Holiday Hunger provision.2. To provide support through signposting or by referal to approved partner agencies to enable users to avoid future crisis.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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£573£456£117£0£212£1874.9780
31/03/22£493£447£46n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/03/21£312£271£42n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£36£36£0n/an/an/an/an/a34
31/03/19£32£30£2n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£7£7£1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 7 years

www.cschub.co.uk

office@springcommunityhub.org.uk

020 7703 1653

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southwark,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
  • 80 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
London Borough of Southwark£444,852
City Bridge Trust£136,300
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£88,000
The Childhood Trust£63,750
DCMS£39,328
United Saviours Charity£16,564
National Lottery Community Fund£9,675
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Peter Minet Trust - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£2,370 19/10/2023
Unrestricted Cost of Living uplift grant
National Lottery Community Fund - MH – Spring Forward Youth: Creating positive futures for Southwark youth
£9,675 28/07/2023
This project will support young people at risk of antisocial behaviour with a summer holiday programme that will run for five weeks. Using two youth workers and volunteers it will run engaging ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£21,000 31/03/2023
Common Purpose grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£4,050 31/03/2023
Neighbourhoods Fund North East grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Holiday Club
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£2,500 31/03/2023
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Back2Work
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£2,500 31/03/2023
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Holiday club
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£3,000 31/03/2023
Neighbourhoods Fund - East Central grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Holiday Club
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£25,920 31/03/2023
Positive Futures for Young People grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£19,800 31/03/2023
Public Health grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department for Holiday activity & food grants Easter 2022
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£102,080 31/03/2023
Public Health grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department for Holiday activity & food grants Summer 2022
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£26,680 31/03/2023
Public Health grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department for Holiday activity & food grants Winter 2022
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£111,000 31/01/2023
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£111,000 over three years (£36,204, £36,900, £37,896) towards the running costs of the Spring Community Hub, including salaries, volunteer training and signposting services for the local ....more
The Childhood Trust - Spring Holiday Clubs
£50,000 23/12/2022
43.1% of Southwark?s children live in poverty. As we plan our holidays for this summer, with the current economic challenges, post lockdown even more families will need our help. Last year with your ....more
The Childhood Trust - C-59304
£2,500 28/06/2022
43.1% of Southwark's children live in poverty. As we plan our holidays for this summer, with the current economic challenges, post lockdown even more families will need our help. Last year with your ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas with all the trimmings for every child!
£6,250 12/06/2022
Christmas is a treasured holiday filled with delicious food and presents. But for some children in Southwark, Christmas is just another day ? no turkey, no presents, no holiday cheer. Let?s give them ....more
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Covid Emergency Fund Continuation 2022
£88,000 20/04/2022
To contribute to the core running costs of Spring Community Hub, in particular in relation to staff costs and premises
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£21,000 31/03/2022
Common Purpose grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£4,000 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - North East grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£2,500 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£2,500 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£5,000 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£81,250 31/03/2022
Public Health grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Holiday activity & food grants summer 2021 including SEND
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Spring Community Hub
£17,550 31/03/2022
Public Health grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Holiday activity & food grants Christmas 2039
The Childhood Trust - Help us put the fun back in summer holidays!
£5,000 22/06/2021
44% of Southwark?s children live in poverty. As we plan our holidays for this summer, a different kind of lockdown continues for these children. But with your help, our holiday club will give them an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,328 19/08/2020
"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 Southwark Central Community Hub
£25,300 28/05/2020
A grant of £25,300 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
£12,000 29/04/2020
2
Funding will enable us to adapt our provision to meet the unprecidented demand for food, from local people who because of C-19 are unable to collect food from our food bank. We will mobilise more ....more
United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
£4,564 23/04/2020
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We are requesting for funding as a response to the current Covid - 19 crisis . We need shelving to accommodate the increased food items . We are also in need of smart phones for the volunteers who ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£3,000 01/04/2020
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Back2work
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£5,000 01/04/2020
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Holiday Club
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£9,250 01/04/2020
Public Health grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Holiday activity & food grant Easter 2021
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£8,000 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 1 grant from the Finance & Governance department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub (CSCH)
£3,000 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 3 grant from the Finance & Governance department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Central Southwark Community Hub
£75,272 01/04/2020
Community Food Hub grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to CenTenants and Residents Associationl Southwark Community Hub
£5,000 01/04/2019
Neighbourhoods Fund: Borough Bankside & Walworth grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Holiday Activity Club
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to CenTenants and Residents Associationl Southwark Community Hub
£3,000 01/04/2019
Neighbourhoods Fund: Bermondsey & Rotherhithe grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Holiday Activity Club
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Holiday Hunger
£2,530 08/08/2018
Provision of meals to families on free school meals during school holidays
National Lottery Community Fund - "People Moving On "
£9,750 27/07/2018
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The funding will be used to deliver a programme of activities at the local foodbank. The project aims to expand the services of the organisation to reach beneficiaries before they hit crises.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/04/2017, number: 1172789
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Hub
86-88 Vestry Road
Camberwell
LONDON
SE5 8PQ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS, IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES.TO PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH SIGNPOSTING OR BY REFERRAL TO APPROVED PARTNER AGENCIES TO ENABLE USERS TO AVOID FUTURE CRISES.

Data Sources

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