Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 7

PARTICIPATORY CITY FOUNDATION

Participatory City operates predominantly in Barking and Dagenham and aims to promote social inclusion in the borough through building and testing a participatory platform providing residents with access to trained project designers, openly accessible spaces, local networks, and a range of tools, machines and learning opportunities to create projects and businesses.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Established: 7 years

http://www.participatorycity.org

tessy@participatorycity.org

07798558845

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/12/22?		£2,797	£2,399	£398	£0	£1,326	£1,038	5.2	31
31/07/21		£1,407	£1,471	£-64	£0	£928	£347	2.8	31
31/07/20		£2,070	£1,818	£252	£0	£992	£320	2.1	31
31/07/19	*	£1,726	£1,637	£89	£0	£1,090	£291	2.1	24

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 5.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Barking And Dagenham,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

31 employees

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Every One Every Day Phase 2
£490,000	15/12/2021	The project is using funding to build a large scale inclusive and practical Participatory Ecosystem which includes a strongly networked collection of projects and activities designed around the ....more The project is using funding to build a large scale inclusive and practical Participatory Ecosystem which includes a strongly networked collection of projects and activities designed around the everyday lives of residents in Barking and Dagenham to create strong neighbourhoods and improve wellbeing. The funding will help develop and complete the Research and Development programme and allow the project to integrate further with local services and organisations.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Participatory City Foundation
£1,500,000	14/09/2021 60	Towards unrestricted core costs to support the next phase of Every One Every Day, a participation at scale initiative in Barking and Dagenham.
National Lottery Community Fund - Every One Every Day
£1,500,000	25/03/2019 36	Every One Every Day
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Participatory City Foundation
£1,000,000	25/04/2017 60	Towards the costs of setting up Participatory City in Barking and Dagenham, an initiative to encourage large scale civic and social engagement.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

ALESSANDRO RICCI Appointed: 2018

HANNAH CONNIE RIGNELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Civil Servant

MICHAEL CHARLES COUGHLIN (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

MAISHA AKIL SCAFE-SMITH Appointed: 2019

NOEL MOKA Appointed: 2019

OLIVIA SMITH Appointed: 2019

ROLAND HARWOOD Appointed: 2019

ROSANNA VITIELLO Appointed: 2019

SOPHIA ELIZABETH LOONEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Local Government Officer, Other trusteeship: BEARSTED DISTRICT GUIDE ASSOCIATION,

THOMAS EDWARD HOOK Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/10/2017, number: 1175174
Registered at Companies House on 14/03/2017, number: 10670149

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR19: 53 days late,

Main office

Participatory City Foundation
47 Thames Road
BARKING
IG11 0HQ

Objectives

THE OBJECT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM IS:(A) TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AS INDIVIDUALS, TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY LIVE, AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(B) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM 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 PURPOSES OF THIS SUB-ARTICLE, ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR 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); AND/OR CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY;(C) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS BY:(I) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; AND(III) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION; AND(D) TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

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