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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE DOCKLAND SETTLEMENTS 

To establish, administer and carry on community centres in london and elsewhere in the UK. Those centres are to provide facilities for recreation and all types of physical, mental, moral, educational and cultural training in order to improve the lives of the neighbourhood's residents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,422,832 available, equivalent to 30 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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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£840£956£-116£14£2,778£2,42330.42626
31/03/22£745£784£-39£2£3,079£2,73041.82730
31/03/21£756£721£35£1£3,147£2,66544.3263
31/03/20£665£777£-111£39£2,836£2,34236.2268
31/03/19£691£756£-66£24£3,099£2,59441.1266
31/03/18£665£744£-79£21£3,172£2,66242.9270
31/03/17*£684£693£-9£19£3,269£2,78648.3250
31/03/16*£646£608£39£27£3,117£2,61551.6260
31/03/15£545£539£6£19£3,263£2,55356.8160
31/03/14*£3,204£456£2,748£20£3,160£2,44164.2190
31/03/13£596£409£187£32£371£-360-10.6160
31/03/12£432£471£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£571£328£243£97£230£-316-11.6100
31/03/10*£460£548£-88£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£673£791£-118£189£74£-339-5.2110
31/03/08*£707£845£-138£211£192£-255-3.6110
31/03/07*£680£764£-84£202£330£-105-1.6110
31/03/06*£718£726£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£872£623£249£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£483£596£-113£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 30.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 61 years
(99 years as a company)

www.docklandsettlements.org.uk

info@docklandsettlements.org.uk

02085344121

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 26 employees
  • 26 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
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Docklands Settlements
£2,100 31/03/2023
Neighbourhoods Fund North East grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department for Dance Time for 7-11 year old
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to The Docklands Settlements
£1,800 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - North East grant from the Environment & Leisure department
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£25,000 07/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Docklands Settlement
£3,014 01/04/2020
Southwark Mayflower 400 grants fund grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to The Dockland Settlement and Bizzie Bodies CIC
£20,000 01/04/2019
Community Safety - Positive Futures stage 2 grant from the Housing & Modernisation department for Digital Design Makercraft youth club;
United Saviours Charity - My Art Beats in Rotherhithe
£3,425 13/10/2017
3
Art skills workshops for local children themed around 3 cultural festivals – Chinese New Year, Holli and St George’s Day – culiminating in public art exhibitions at the Hub in Surrey Quays ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Dockland Settlements
£2,580 01/04/2017
Neighbourhoods Fund: Bermondsey & Rotherhithe grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Dockland Settlements
£3,792 01/04/2016
Neighbourhoods Fund:Bermondsey & Rotherhithe grant from the Housing & modernisation department
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/1963, number: 306025
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/12/1924, number: 00202349
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR11: 4 days late, AR10: 262 days late, AR09: 44 days late, AR08: 347 days late, AR07: 268 days late, AR06: 652 days late, AR05: 1017 days late, AR04: 200 days late,
Main office

The Dockland Settlements
98 Gibbins Road
LONDON
E15 2HU

Objectives

TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER, SETTLEMENTS, CLUBS OR HOSTELS AND DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE SOCIAL SERVICE AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, PHYSICAL, MENTAL MORAL AND CULTURAL TRAINING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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