Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +6

    THE BROKERAGE CITYLINK 

    To provide a 'pathway' of opportunity for state school students in London to access careers in business or the financial services and improve their employability skills. This includes delivering awareness raising workshops for students in local schools, bringing groups of young people into the City to visit City companies and matching inner city young people with work placements.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    Established: 27 years

    www.thebrokerage.org.uk

    accounts@thebrokerage.org.uk

    02076289904

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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
    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£767£761£7£152£489£4867.715645
    31/08/21£621£599£22£138£483£4659.311167
    31/08/20?*£964£874£90£129£461£4315.9101,527
    31/03/19£689£673£16£84£371£2895.2111,627
    31/03/18£706£699£7£76£355£3005.2111,206
    31/03/17£741£662£79£55£348£2945.3100
    31/03/16£665£742£-77£65£268£2554.1110
    31/03/15£622£625£-3£59£350£3075.9100
    31/03/14£653£595£58£44£353£2625.3110
    31/03/13£574£578£-4£35£295£2244.7100
    31/03/12£590£627£-37£29£299£2144.190
    31/03/11£660£625£34£79£335£1583100
    31/03/10*£549£607£-58£75£301£1533110
    31/03/09£761£780£-19£100£359£1652.5120
    31/03/08£865£807£58£97£378£1822.7110
    31/03/07£815£749£66£200£320£1592.6150
    31/03/06£761£689£72£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£662£644£18£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£538£578£-40£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.9%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 20%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 29%
    Liabilities/Income: 26%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
    Reserves/Spending: 7.7 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
    Quick Ratio: 3
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who works here?
    • 15 employees
    • 645 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout London,

    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£39,876
    Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
    The Childhood Trust£3,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £30,000 11/03/2022
    Core funding
    National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Consultancy
    £10,000 11/02/2022
    The funding will be used to train young people to deliver consultancy to companies on making their HR policies and practice more inclusive to young people from less advantaged backgrounds. The ....more
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Brokerage
    £39,876 28/05/2020
    A grant of £39,876 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
    The Childhood Trust - Museum of Cardiff Appeal
    £3,000 10/12/2019
    Classroom to Boardroom gives Year 6 children (age 10-11) a behind-the scenes insight to the world of work. Pupils visit prestigious companies, meet professionals and learn about careers they may ....more
    The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE BROKERAGE CITYLINK
    £3,500 15/12/2018
    Unrestricted via Big Give Xmas Appeal
    National Lottery Community Fund - Stakeholder engagement videos
    £5,211 22/11/2018
    12
    The project will create careers advice videos for young people with the aim of providing support and information regarding future career options.
    The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE BROKERAGE CITYLINK
    £5,000 01/12/2016
    Via Big Give
    The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2015
    £5,000 18/12/2015
    A free service to young Londoners at state schools seeking advice or support regarding accessing career opportunities in business. This could be helping with a CV or a pre-interview skills session, ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Re-design of the Brokerage web site and materials.
    £10,000 23/01/2014
    12
    This is a project by a charity in the City of London. The group will use the funding to redesign their website. This will increase the capacity of the organisation by improving accessibility and also ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 36-66
    • DAVID LEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Financial Modeller
    • SONIA LUCY JENKINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Global Head Of Reward, Wellbeing & Inclusion
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/11/1996, number: 1059173
    • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/1995, number: 03087362
    Gift Aid
    • 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
    19 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR10: 116 days late,
    Main office

    The Brokerage Citylink
    c/o Sayer Vincent Llp
    Invicta House
    108-114 Golden Lane
    LONDON
    EC1Y 0TL

    Objectives

    THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY AMONGST DISADVANTAGED PERSONS RESIDENT IN AREAS OF DEPRIVATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE IN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS, WOMEN AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR BY:A) THE ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING;B) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; ANDC) THE PROVISION OF ONGOING JOB SEARCH SUPPORT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    INNER LONDON AREA

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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