Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Volatile income
spending growth: -1

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

NUCLEUS COMMUNITY ACTION LTD

Nucleus combats poverty by providing advice and access to social welfare advice through telephone advice, face to face advice and representation.

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Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 49 years

www.nucleus.org.uk

advice@nucleus.org.uk

07960422018

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£711	£873	£-162	£0	£857	£656	9	19	50
31/03/22		£937	£980	£-43	£24	£1,019	£673	8.2	22	75
31/03/21		£997	£901	£97	£40	£1,031	£678	9	24	75
31/03/20		£739	£673	£66	£0	£935	£673	12	14	50
31/03/19		£697	£620	£77	£0	£869	£701	13.6	11	45
31/03/18		£601	£558	£43	£0	£792	£657	14.1	11	0
31/03/17		£591	£547	£43	£0	£748	£632	13.8	13	0
31/03/16		£652	£531	£121	£0	£705	£610	13.8	13	0
31/03/15	*	£596	£584	£12	£15	£584	£511	10.5	11	0
31/03/14		£594	£538	£56	£15	£495	£447	10	13	0
31/03/13		£579	£440	£139	£10	£440	£349	9.5	13	0
31/03/12		£618	£455	£163	£11	£432	£280	7.4	9	0
31/03/11		£411	£362	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£393	£369	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£393	£360	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£383	£360	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£383	£360	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£284	£257	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£284	£257	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£222	£237	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

City Of Westminster, Ealing, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

19 employees
50 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

DCMS	£48,660
Access to Justice Foundation	£45,400
AB Charitable Trust	£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
City Bridge Trust	£14,372
London Legal Support Trust	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Nucleus
£20,000	21/04/2022	An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Nucleus Legal Advice Centre supports individuals and families living in West and South-West London to access entitlements, legal advice and services.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	04/04/2022	Core Cost Project
London Legal Support Trust - Centres of Excellence 2021
£10,000	14/12/2021	Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice ....more Long term core funding for specialist free legal advice organisations, along with in-kind help and support with ongoing development. Aiming to support a sustainable and robust specialist advice sector.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£48,660	05/10/2020	"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."
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£45,400	19/08/2020	A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
CAF - Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd
£6,000	03/07/2020 3	Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd
£14,372	11/06/2020	£14,372 towards three months of costs as outlined in your application.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	18/12/2018	Volunteer Development
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Nucleus Community Action Ltd
£150,000	28/01/2015 36	£150,000 over three years (£51,000; £49,000; £50,000) for an Ealing-based debt and money advice service with funding to cover a Debt Advice Caseworker and associated project running costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-79

ALAN MURDIE (Chair) Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Barrister And Writer, Other trusteeship: THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH,

CHARLES EDER Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Estate Agent

CHANTAL WARREN-JONES Appointed: 2023

CHARLES DONKOH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director

ROY HISCOCK, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

ROBERT ALLAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Lawyer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/04/1975, number: 269325
Registered at Companies House on 05/03/1975, number: 01202541

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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; AR15: 31 days late, AR10: 4 days late, AR09: 4 days late, AR07: 139 days late, AR06: 122 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

298 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
LONDON
SW5 9JF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, FURTHER HEALTH AND RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AMONG PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING WITHIN THE AREA OF EARLS COURT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA BY ESTABLISHING AN AID, INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EARLS COURT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

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