Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WIMBLEDON GUILD OF SOCIAL WELFARE (INCORPORATED) 

The Wimbledon Guild is a dynamic charity with a longstanding heritage that helps local people to lead a better life by tackling poverty, supporting ageing & encouraging mental well-being. It provides support from the heart of the community by reaching out to people in the Merton borough with a range of services e.g. grants, counselling, outreach & activities for older people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but very substantial unrestricted reserves are available
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£2,261£2,857£-596£332£32,248£15,18763.838200
31/03/22£1,796£2,663£-867£474£33,698£16,39273.938156
31/03/21£1,596£2,420£-824£308£33,169£15,77978.337250
31/03/20£1,838£2,608£-770£417£29,990£15,59271.737211
31/03/19£1,701£2,171£-470£408£19,705£3,2521830224
31/03/18£1,736£2,204£-468£494£19,743£3,41418.6400
31/03/17£1,723£2,138£-415£474£20,591£3,54019.9400
31/03/16£1,966£2,195£-229£556£18,975£3,48119300
31/03/15£14,803£1,913£12,890£428£19,815£19,783124.1270
31/03/14£1,815£2,462£-647£395£6,142£6,10529.8240
31/03/13£2,867£3,062£-195£379£6,741£6,70126.3550
31/03/12£3,129£3,078£51£354£6,558£6,51425.4560
31/03/11£3,144£2,856£289£319£6,521£6,47027.2550
31/03/10£2,824£2,915£-90£337£6,115£6,05824.9530
31/03/09£2,772£2,862£-90£346£5,539£5,47623550
31/03/08£2,751£2,825£-74£264£6,510£6,43027.3560
31/03/07£2,588£2,503£85£242£6,992£6,90733.1550
31/03/06£2,876£2,401£474£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,390£2,259£130£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,097£2,096£1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 25.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 47%
Reserves/Spending: 63.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 63 years
(80 years as a company)

www.wimbledonguild.co.uk

info@wimbledonguild.co.uk

02089460735

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Merton,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 38 employees
  • 200 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
City Bridge Trust£235,400
The London Community Foundation£10,000
The Wimbledon Foundation£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare
£235,400 27/01/2023
60
£235,400 over five years (£42,936; £46,004; £47,384; £48,805: £50,271) to Wimbledon Guild for Social Welfare to deliver online one-to-one therapy for housebound individuals, an online hoarding ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare
£10,000 07/05/2020
The funding is for supermarket vouchers and to cover running costs of our van being used to collect supplies, make shopping trips and deliver essential items to vulnerable people. Volunteers will use ....more
The Wimbledon Foundation - Support services for older people
£2,500 04/05/2020
Support services for older people

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/08/1961, number: 200424
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/10/1943, number: 00383330
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare
Guild House
30-32 Worple Road
LONDON
SW19 4EF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF WIMBLEDON AND DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEREOF

Defined Area of Benefit:

WIMBLEDON AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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