Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

COLOMBO STREET COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE 

The Centre offers a range of affordable & accessible sports, community and leisure activities for the communities of Southwark and Lambeth; Facilities include a sports hall, gymnasium, 4 outdoor sports courts, cycling studio, therapy room. Activities provided include tennis, community football sessions for children and young people, netball, sports camps during school holidays
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 38 years

www.colombo-centre.org

helpdesk@coinstreet.org

02070211608

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UN SDGs
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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£508£571£-63£3£238£238570
31/03/22£536£508£29£7£301£3017.1729
31/03/21£258£396£-137n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£552£556£-5£9£409£4098.8841
31/03/19£783£670£113£7£414£4147.480
31/03/18£724£616£108£5£301£3015.970
31/03/17£720£590£130£1£193£1933.970
31/03/16£637£737£-100£3£77£771.330
31/03/15£704£660£43£8£178£1783.260
31/03/14£778£669£108£22£134£1342.460
31/03/13£694£713£-20£10£26£-69-1.270
31/03/12£721£740£-18£13£45£-21-0.360
31/03/11£697£693£4£12£64£110.290
31/03/10£479£476£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£407£414£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£410£336£74£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£411£392£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£403£480£-77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£769£699£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£278£303£-25£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Southwark,

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
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Colombo Jubilee Trust
£15,000 31/03/2022
Public Health grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Health improvement
Sport England - COVID-19 CLRF
£53,600 28/06/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Leisure Recovery Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CLRF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/1985, number: 292623
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/07/1985, number: 01933656
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; AR08: 0 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 90 days late,
Main office

COIN STREET
NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE
108 STAMFORD STREET
LONDON
SE1 9NH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THOSE RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON GREATER LONDON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX AND OF POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SAID RESIDENTS AND WORKER IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO PROVIDE FULL-TIME FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID RESIDENTS AND WORKERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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