THIS CHARITY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTER

Overall GiG Score: -50 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
(no info on trustees)

    ADVISING COMMUNITIES 

    UN SDGs
    ?

    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
    31/03/18£1,292£1,281£11£0£91£910.83185
    31/03/17£1,275£1,298£-23£0£80£800.72685
    31/03/16£1,193£1,194£-1£0£102£10212862
    31/03/15£1,028£1,039£-11£3£104£1041.22458
    31/03/14£1,012£962£50£3£115£1121.42240
    31/03/13£1,013£1,080£-67£3£65£610.7210
    31/03/12£993£996£-3£3£131£1181.4210
    31/03/11£1,041£999£42£3£134£1291.5180
    31/03/10£965£893£71£0£92£921.2180
    31/03/09£848£920£-72£8£20£100.1170
    31/03/08£895£905£-10£14£93£871.2210
    31/03/07£930£914£16£16£103£961.3210
    31/03/06£869£930£-61£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£872£814£58£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£757£812£-55£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 142%
    Liabilities/Income: 15%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 0.8 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
    Quick Ratio: 0.3
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who works here?
    • 31 employees
    • 85 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,

    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
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 18/10/2018
    Main Grants award
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Volunteer Connect
    £9,780 05/10/2018
    12
    The project will facilitate a number of events and training sessions. The aim is to bring volunteers together and increase knowledge through shared learning.
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Advising Communities
    £20,000 03/07/2018
    £20,000 towards advice and casework for migrants. Advising Communities provides legal advice, support and education for individuals which will support them in their communities.It also delivers ....more
    United Saviours Charity - Latin American Community Advice and Integration
    £84,086 03/04/2018
    24
    Continuation funding for work supporting Latin American residents to achieve their goals and improve their quality of life through money management and employment. From 2018, the project will ....more
    Walcot Foundation - Lambeth UC Debt Counselling
    £25,325 06/03/2018
    12
    Lambeth UC Debt Counselling
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Advising London
    £15,000 27/04/2017
    £15,000 towards casework to assist EU migrants and a stream of work to provide immigration casework to destitute migrants. Advising London provides legal advice, support and education for ....more
    Trust for London - Advising London
    £135,000 22/02/2017
    36
    The funding is support continuation for an Employment Solicitor which will allow Advising London to continue providing high quality casework and representations on employment as well as support and ....more
    Big Issue Invest - Citizenship and community
    £56,000 18/11/2016
    People living in poverty and/or are financially excluded
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Rights Reach
    £514,495 16/06/2016
    36
    Advising London will provide advice, information and support to the growing migrant, refugee and asylum seeker populations within the London boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham. A specialist ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Advising London
    £20,000 22/04/2016
    Building reconstruction and refurbishment for a charity which provides welfare, legal and other advice
    United Saviours Charity - The Latin American Community Development Project
    £63,463 03/04/2016
    23
    The grant is employing a Spanish speaking project worker to support the Latin American community across two sites to improve their economic well-being and quality of life and enable them to fully ....more
    AB Charitable Trust - Advice and support for marginalised migrants
    £10,000 26/06/2015
    £10,000 towards advice and support for marginalised migrants
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Advising London
    £138,000 13/05/2015
    36
    £138,000 over three years (3 x £46,000) for a f/t Debt Programme Manager and related costs to promote access to debt advice and to provide specialist casework to indebted Lambeth residents.
    Walcot Foundation - Financially Educating Lambeth
    £60,000 18/11/2014
    Financially Educating Lambeth
    AB Charitable Trust - Tackling employment exploitation of vulnerable migrants
    £10,000 29/04/2014
    £10,000 towards work on the employment based exploitation of migrants
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Right Reach Project
    £428,555 10/11/2010
    60
    This project in Southwark provides specialist legal advice and information to reduce poverty and improve their quality of life overall. The project aims to create independence within the targeted ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales, number: 1061055
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    15 returns made; AR04: 110 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    1. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH SERVICES THROUGH LACK OF MEANS PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE UK. 2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VOLUNTARY, COMMUNITY AND CHARITY SECTORS THROUGH PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICE AND PARTNERSHIPS 3. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES IN THE DIRECT FURTHERANCE OF THEIR OBJECTS BY THE PROVISIONS OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH ORGANISATIONS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE UK.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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