Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 15

SOUTH ESSEX COMMUNITY HUB

To advance education, to relieve financial hardship and to promote and protect good health by providing drop in centres where people in need can access the appropriate help, in particular but not limited to accredited training and access to computers and the internet including a digital translation service available to those who first language is not English, debt advice and counselling.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity and another benefit
The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 7 years

www.sech-uk.com

info@sech-uk.com

01702611199

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex, Southend-on-sea,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
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	£578,326
Henry Smith Charity	£152,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£78,000
Essex Community Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£8,200
Sport England	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to South Essex Community Hub
£5,000	18/05/2023	to support the core costs of a community hub delivering a range of services to the community in Southend
National Lottery Community Fund - SECH YOUTH HUB
£392,126	11/05/2023	Funding will help continue support to young people (age 12-18) in Southend providing a safe community hub with wellbeing support and youth-led activities and connecting members with each other and ....more Funding will help continue support to young people (age 12-18) in Southend providing a safe community hub with wellbeing support and youth-led activities and connecting members with each other and their community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to South Essex Community Hub
£150,000	09/06/2021 36	towards three years' running costs of a community hub delivering a range of holistic support for disadvantaged communities in Southend on Sea, Essex.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Hub
£176,200	15/03/2021 24	The funding will provide a variety of support services for the local community including digital skills and support advice and support for people suffering with mental health problems partnership ....more The funding will provide a variety of support services for the local community including digital skills and support advice and support for people suffering with mental health problems partnership work with other community groups to provide support and advice on the management of debt and to improve financial capability.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,200	22/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£6,000	02/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to South Essex Community Hub
£5,000	18/05/2020	to deliver a shopping support scheme to vulnerable older people and families experiencing food poverty in Southend during the COVID19 lockdown period
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to South Essex Community Hub
£78,000	23/01/2020	Breathing Space
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to South Essex Community Hub
£2,000	24/07/2019	towards a four-night trip to Camber Sands for 42 children from Southend-on-Sea
National Lottery Community Fund - Well-being and Life Skills Mentoring
£10,000	02/05/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to run mentoring sessions for young people, particularly those not in education, employment or training, and improve skills to help them to get access to ....more The organisation will use the funding to run mentoring sessions for young people, particularly those not in education, employment or training, and improve skills to help them to get access to employment opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Taking it out to the Community
£9,854	31/01/2018 12	This project will run a programme of digital inclusion activities for older people, people with physical and mental health issues and those from black and minority ethnic groups.
Essex Community Foundation - Counselling costs - Young Adults Mental Health
£4,500	16/11/2016 11	To help pay for specialist counselling for young adults experiencing mental health problems from disadvantaged community groups in Southend

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW WRIGHT Appointed: 2024

GILL SANDFORD Appointed: 2022

JOHN PENNINGTON Appointed: 2022

MALCOLM CLARK Appointed: 2017

DR DAVID SOLLIS Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: ATF SOUTHEND,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/10/2017, number: 1175385

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

5 returns made; AR21: 39 days late, AR19: 1 days late,

Main office

1st FLOOR
324-325 CHARTWELL SQUARE
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
ESSEX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH BY PROVIDING DROP IN CENTRES WHERE PEOPLE IN NEED CAN ACCESS THE APPROPRIATE HELP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACCREDITED TRAINING AND ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET INCLUDING A DIGITAL TRANSLATION SERVICE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH, DEBT ADVICE AND COUNSELLING.

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