Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

ABBOTSHALL HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CENTRE 

We are a small community centre based in the heart of Catford. Our aim is to provide the community a safe and welcoming place where people can participate in healthy activities such as sports, gardening and eating homemade healthy food. We have a beautiful volunteer lead community garden where we grow our own produce for people to enjoy our homecooked food.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 4 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/11/22*£171,585£186,864£-15,27910
30/11/21*£128,855£116,719£12,1365
30/11/20*£64,130£45,200£18,93010
30/11/19*£70,518£71,876£-1,3580
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

https://www.abbotshallhlc.com

hello@abbotshallhlc.com

02086415355

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lewisham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
Power to Change - Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre (BI)
£2,500 20/08/2020
Grant to Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre (BI)
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre
£9,265 30/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£4,291 01/07/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
Power to Change - Health Lifestyle Centre Steering Group
£14,722 20/06/2018
Grant to Health Lifestyle Centre Steering Group

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-60
  • JULIA EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications Director
  • FRANK HOOKS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Landscape Gardener
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/2019, number: 1186704
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/11/2018, number: 11689521
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR22: 96 days late, AR21: 6 days late, AR20: 151 days late, AR19: 36 days late,
Main office

Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre
ABBOTSHALL ROAD
LONDON
SE6 1SQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH CATFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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