Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

ISLEWORTH EXPLORERS CLUB 

Isleworth Explorers Club is a purpose built youth centre which provides a range of activities for young people. The club provides junior and senior youth sessions and there is additional provision for children with special needs and disabilities There is an out of club programme offering day trips. There is also a childcare project incorporating an after school club, and holiday play schemes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

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
31/08/22*£228£253£-25n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/08/21£228£216£13n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/08/20£220£223£-4n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/08/19£241£231£10n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/08/18£208£241£-33£0£0£0n/a04
31/08/17£233£215£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£175£193£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£222£212£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£192£206£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£181£166£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£150£164£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£146£161£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£163£178£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£193£173£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08£219£233£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07£214£212£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£181£173£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£143£187£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£156£188£-32£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 56 years

www.isleworthexplorers.com

isleworthexplorers@hotmail.co.uk

02085604552

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hounslow, Richmond Upon Thames,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund£29,680
London Borough of Hounslow£24,695
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving the lives of young people with special educational needs
£9,680 15/08/2022
The funding will be used to continue running two programmes supporting people with special educational needs and disabilities. The project aims to increase independence confidence and self-esteem.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 18/02/2022
Core Costs
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Isleworth Explorers Club
£10,000 03/11/2021
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged young poeple in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Consequences
£10,000 05/02/2021
5
The funding will be used for staff training and to offer free or subsidised youth club activities. The project aims to improve the organisation's capacity to support the local community including ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 25/09/2020
Core Costs
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Isleworth Explorers Club
£9,695 10/07/2020
6
Activities for young people with special needs and disabilities and respite care for parents and carers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mixed ability club for young people with special needs and disabilities
£10,000 11/02/2020
12
The funding will be used to run an integration programme for children living with disabilities. The project aims to bring young people together.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Isleworth Explorers Club
£15,000 11/11/2019
12
Delivery of a range of youth sessions and afterschool and holiday activities for young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Facility improvement project
£10,000 20/12/2018
12
The project aims to improve the safety and condition of a local community centre.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Isleworth Explorers Club
£15,000 15/11/2017
12
To contribute towards the cost of delivering youth club sessions at the centre, in particular staffing costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Staying cool in a warming world
£10,000 08/11/2017
12
This project will install a new air conditioning system at their headquarters, improving the venue for people in the community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 10/07/2017
Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating 5 decades of youthwork
£10,000 18/08/2016
12
The organisation will use the funding to hold an open day and evening dance to celebrate the past 50 years of the club's activities. It will include taster sessions a historical walk around ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Isleworth Explorers Club
£15,000 10/11/2015
12
Provide a continuation of their current activities for 350 children and young people including junior and senior youth clubs, breakfast clubs, after school clubs and clubs for young people with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Transitions Club for young people with disabilities
£10,000 18/02/2015
12
Not Available
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Climbing wall at Isleworth Explorers Club
£25,000 13/11/2014
Climbing wall at Isleworth Explorers Club
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Isleworth Explorers Club
£15,000 23/07/2014
12
Youth sessions - junior and senior
National Lottery Community Fund - Energy Efficiency Project
£10,000 18/07/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Hounslow. The group will use the funding to install a new energy efficient boiler at their premises. This will reduce costs for the organisation and improve the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community open days and graffiti project
£10,000 12/01/2012
12
This is project by a charity in Hounslow. The charity will use the funding to provide community open days by offering taster sessions of workshops and activities and resolve issues in the community ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/07/1968, number: 303093
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 2 days late,
Main office

ISLEWORTH EXPLORERS CLUB
TWICKENHAM ROAD
ISLEWORTH
TW7 7EU

Objectives

THE AIM OF THE CLUB SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS, PARTICULARLY THOSE AGED BETWEEN 6 AND 18 AND RESIDENT IN OR NEAR THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW AND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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