Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

URBANWISE.LONDON LIMITED 

Urban Environmental Education focussing on all aspects of the local area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£155£155£0n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22£143£141£1n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/21£111£110£2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£108£108£0n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£122£115£8n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£110£106£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£125£123£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£120£119£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£105£101£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£93£97£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£93£93£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£98£98£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£108£107£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£108£95£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£109£97£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£121£128£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£104£102£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£93£90£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£92£88£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£107£107£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 41 years

www.urbanwise.london

learn@urbanwise.london

02087417138

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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£176,500
John Lyon's Charity£91,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£59,000
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)£12,710
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)£4,770
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Urbanwise.London
£176,500 07/01/2024
£176,500 over 3 years (£58,500, £59,000, £59,000) to cover costs of developing Urbanwise.London?s programmes engaging families, adults, children and young people from local minoritized and ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Urbanwise London
£4,000 31/01/2023
Fabulous February and Marvellous May Half Term Clubs
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Urbanwise.London Limited
£10,000 14/10/2022
Wren's London 300
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Ubranwise London
£3,970 31/03/2022
Working with the community around Wormwood Scrubs and deliver some activities which would promote and enhance existing work. During the project, children and families participating will also learn ....more
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Ubranwise London
£3,970 31/03/2022
Working with the community around Wormwood Scrubs and deliver some activities which would promote and enhance existing work. During the project, children and families participating will also learn ....more
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Small Grants - Urbanwise London
£4,770 16/07/2021
A series of projects, including walks and workshops, designed to showcase the ecology of Hammersmith and Fulham's largest green space (Wormwood Scrubs). We will use the list birds found in Wormwood ....more
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - Small Grants - Urbanwise London
£4,770 16/07/2021
A series of projects, including walks and workshops, designed to showcase the ecology of Hammersmith and Fulham's largest green space (Wormwood Scrubs). We will use the list birds found in Wormwood ....more
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Urbanwise London
£6,000 05/08/2020
6
COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Adapt for Digital Delivery
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Urbanwise London
£81,000 13/11/2019
36
Urban STEAM project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Urbanwise.London
£49,000 05/11/2019
Bazalgette's London: East & West
National Lottery Community Fund - Nature Discovery Project
£15,900 12/01/2018
13
Nature Discovery Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Urbanwise.London
£9,900 07/06/2017
Urbanwise.London on the move to the Fulham Jetty
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Urbanwise.London
£47,300 03/06/2015
Tales of the Thames Path - A Children's Guide
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-73
  • MAHBUBA KHAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Library Volunteer Manager
  • JOHN KAIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Operations Manager
  • MIKE LACHOWICZ Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Environmental Management Consultatant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/11/1983, number: 288102
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/1983, number: 01762007
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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

Canalside Activity Centre
Canal Close
Ladbroke Grove
London
W10 5AY

Objectives

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS IN AN URBAN SETTING WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, THE GREATER LONDON AREA BY THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE (B) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING THE AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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