Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CENTRE OF CHANGE COUNSELLING AND MENTORING SERVICE 

Bespoke counselling and mentoring for children (from 10 years and upwards), young people, adults and families. The service is based in and focused on the Fieldway and New Addington areas, wards deemed to be the most deprived in the Croydon borough well known for high rates of deprivation, poverty, social exclusion, isolation, high unemployment and high crime rates, but is a borough-wide service.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/12/22£48,734£44,456£4,27828
30/12/21£18,804£29,495£-10,69118
30/12/20£24,165£25,691£-1,5269
30/12/19£12,258£10,023£2,23510
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.centreofchange.org.uk

centreofchangeproject@hotmail.co.uk

07758702452

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 28 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,820 30/09/2020
"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
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Centre of Change: Counselling and Mentoring Service
£13,680 17/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Centre of Change: Counselling and Mentoring Service

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2019, number: 1182201
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

111 Chertsey Crescent
New Addington
Croydon CR0 0DH
CROYDON
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Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON:1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 25 AND UNDER AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.2) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, MENTOR PROGRAMMES, EDUCATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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