Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

NEWINGTON GREEN ALLIANCE 

Newington Green Alliance conducts projects and events that improve social inclusion
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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
31/03/23£13,350£3,387£9,96330
31/03/22*£13,328£7,391£5,93740
31/03/21£11,819£1,040£10,779100
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

https://www.newingtongreenalliance.org/

andy@newingtongreenalliance.org

07809144879

Charity Commission for England and WalesInstagramX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney, Islington,
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 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£12,450
London Catalyst£3,000
Hackney Council£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Building resilient community hyperlocally
£9,950 29/04/2022
The funding will be used to fund the basic operating costs necessary to run the charity. The project aims to provide continuity of it functions and knowledge management retention.
National Lottery Community Fund - Women in Mutual Support (WIMS)
£2,500 13/07/2021
The funding will be used to bring Black Asian and other women marginalised by race together to share experiences and receive training and support from their local community. The project aims to ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Newington Green Alliance
£1,000 30/06/2021
Newington Green Unity Festival/Newington Green Birlik Festivali 10th July 2021 This is a local intercultural event of celebration, remembrance, and community-building.
London Catalyst - Newington Green Alliance - 1
£3,000 11/05/2021
Women in Mutual Support -- a mutually supportive network specifically for women of colour.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2020, number: 1190473
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR22: 10 days late,
Main office

Andrew Pakula
Newington Green Alliance
128 City Road
LONDON
EC1V 2NX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE NEWINGTON GREEN AREA BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, BY PROVIDING PROGRAMMES, GROUPS, AND EVENTS:A. FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BUILD STRONGER AND MORE TRUSTING CONNECTIONS ACROSS BARRIERS POSED BY SOCIOECONOMIC, ETHNIC, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGIOUS, ABILITY, SEX, RACIAL, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AGE, HEALTH AND LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES, ANDB. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME MORE ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT GIVE THEM A GREATER SENSE OF BELONGING AND PURPOSEFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHARITABLE PURPOSE:‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF 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; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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