Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -4
Pension deficit: -1

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 3

PEABODY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Peabody Community Foundation is a leading community development organisation working in London, with a focus on Thamesmead. Our community work is aimed at building the capacity of individuals and groups, through employment, training, volunteering, community engagement, youth programmes, sports programmes, financial advice, healthy living advice, and family support services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £33,808,320 available, equivalent to 49 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
There is a pension deficit of £209,239

Established: 48 years

https://www.peabody.org.uk/community-programm

company.secretary@peabody.org.uk

0800 022 4040

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£8,478	£8,221	£256	£0	£34,225	£33,808	49.3	103	837
31/03/22		£11,796	£6,776	£5,020	£0	£33,976	£33,066	58.6	90	788
31/03/21		£7,715	£7,806	£-91	£0	£28,848	£28,109	43.2	107	850
31/03/20		£8,558	£8,494	£65	£0	£28,898	£28,238	39.9	115	733
31/03/19		£6,851	£7,425	£-574	£0	£28,840	£389	0.6	106	1,391
31/03/18	*	£6,405	£6,865	£-460	£0	£29,313	£28,945	50.6	92	0
31/03/17		£6,084	£7,173	£-1,089	£224	£29,688	£29,688	49.7	98	0
31/03/16		£2,205	£3,748	£-1,542	£0	£32,835	£32,835	105.1	62	0
31/03/15		£7,399	£3,302	£4,096	£17	£34,479	£34,479	125.3	51	0
31/03/14		£2,996	£3,157	£-161	£67	£30,493	£30,293	115.1	69	0
31/03/13	*	£3,612	£2,901	£712	£59	£30,746	£24,614	101.8	50	0
31/03/12		£6,006	£2,450	£3,557	£49	£30,015	£24,670	120.9	41	0
31/03/11		£3,732	£2,236	£1,496	£58	£26,670	£24,728	132.7	41	0
31/03/10	*	£4,993	£2,388	£2,604	£64	£24,939	£24,321	122.2	35	0
31/03/09		£4,920	£3,089	£1,832	£117	£22,320	£22,320	86.7	35	0
31/03/08		£2,501	£2,411	£90	£325	£62,894	£62,894	313	25	0
31/03/07	*	£2,240	£2,102	£138	£113	£69,903	£69,903	399.1	19	0
31/03/06	*	£3,206	£1,263	£1,943	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£2,028	£1,520	£507	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£2,306	£1,590	£716	£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: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 49.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 31 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

103 employees
837 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
Sport England - Champions Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage
£33,998	17/09/2020 23	Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Champions Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage. This project lists ....more Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Champions Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Sport England - MUGA Surface Upgrade
£26,000	14/12/2018 4	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled MUGA Surface Upgrade. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-MUGA Surface Upgrade
£26,000	14/12/2018	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'MUGA Surface Upgrade'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has ....more Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'MUGA Surface Upgrade'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has contributed towards a MUGA - MUGA (Informal Recreation)
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody
£50,000	18/01/2018	Claridge Way Play
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody
£50,000	18/01/2018	Claridge Way Play
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody
£50,000	18/01/2018	Claridge Way Play
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody
£50,000	18/01/2018	Claridge Way Play
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody
£50,000	18/01/2018	Claridge Way Play
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody
£50,000	31/12/2017	Claridge Way Play
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody
£50,000	31/12/2017	Claridge Way Play
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody
£50,000	31/12/2017	Claridge Way Play
Greater London Authority - 2Work
£833,984	10/11/2017	NEET young people onto the programme and support them into sustained employment, education or training opportunities
Greater London Authority - Grant to Peabody Community Foundation
£833,984	04/08/2017	To fund an ESF match funded project called 2WORK. This 3 year 2Work project aims to support young people aged 18-24 and help build young people’s experience and employability skills
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Trust Thamesmead
£90,000	09/07/2015 36	£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards Trust Thamesmead’s Positive Steps Thamesmead initiative providing advice services, debt counselling, and support for disabled people.
City Bridge Trust - Eco-audit to Trust Thamesmead
£4,400	10/04/2014	£4,400 (11 days) to undertake an eco-audit.
LandAid Charitable Trust - Conversion to create construction skills training centre
£28,750	11/02/2014	Conversion of an existing Peabody building in Southwark, London into a construction skills training centre for local unemployed young people.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-70

CATHERINE O'KELLY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

DEIRDRE MOSS (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

HELEN EDWARDS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Civil Servant

KATHARINA WINBECK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Strategic Lead For Transport And Environment

PETER NTIAMOAH BAFFOE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Worker, Other trusteeship: PEMBROKE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT,

SHREYA HEWETT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Self Employed

UBA AMIRI MBARAK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Customer Service Coordinator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/1976, number: 271731
Registered at Companies House on 08/07/1976, number: 01267728

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR10: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 28 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from OLD OAK HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED on 26/11/2020

Main office

PEABODY TRUST
MINSTER COURT
45-47 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD
LONDON
SE1 7JB

Objectives

The Charity is established for general charitable purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of Greater London and its Environs, including and in particular Thamesmead and the surrounding areas, and in particular:1. to advance education;2. to relieve financial need;3. to promote health;4. to promote amateur sport;5. to promote for the public benefit community safety and the prevention of crime;6. to relieve unemployment for the public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, includingassistance to find employment;7. to develop the capacity and skills of the members of the community in such a way that theyare better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society;and8. to provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of members of the community who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.“Greater London and its Environs” shall mean those Local Authority areas in and around Greater London, as further set out in Annex 1 parts A and B to the Articles, and any successor authorities to those listed in Annex 1.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

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