Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

FITZROVIA NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION 

The Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association has been working since 1975 to relieve poverty, and improve the environment and living conditions of all who live and work in Fitzrovia, an area in Central London with a diverse population, straddling London boroughs of Camden and Westminster. We run a CLS Quality Mark accredited advice service in English and Asian languages, and health and arts initiatives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 18 years
(41 years as a company)

http://fitzrovia.org.uk

fna@fitzrovia.org.uk

02075804576

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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£34£36£-2n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22£40£33£7n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£27£7£20n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£34£43£-9n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19£82£73£9n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/18£81£85£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£77£82£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£67£92£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£66£88£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£82£103£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£86£118£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£181£98£83£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£113£100£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£102£82£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£89£81£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£92£100£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£121£124£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Camden, City Of Westminster,

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
Trust for London£41,000
City Bridge Trust£40,000
The London Community Foundation£5,570
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association
£1,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.06.2019-8109
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association
£5,570 24/11/2020
17
The funding is for equipment to enable our advice workers to work from home: computers, phones, scanner/printers
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association
£40,000 04/11/2020
24
£40,000 over two further and final years (2 x £20,000) as 50% contribution towards a part time Advice Worker and associated running costs.
Trust for London - Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association
£40,000 10/10/2019
24
The funding is for bilingual benefit, housing, and other general advice work mainly with Bengali, Sylheti, Urdu and Hindi speakers. FNA is the only accredited bilingual advice service with all these ....more
Comic Relief - Fitzrovia Advice and Community Support
£123,000 30/09/2015
36
Despite regeneration, there are still areas of severe deprivation in the West End of London. Straddling both Camden and Westminster Councils, Fitzrovia contains a high proportion of housing ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association
£99,000 27/11/2014
36
£99,000 over three years (£32,000, £33,000, £34,000) towards the salary costs of two Advisors and related running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Fitzrovia active and confident elders
£99,117 10/03/2010
36
This project will aim to improve the lives of older people through the expansion of existing services delivered at a neighbourhood centre. Currently the centre offers exercise and healthy eating ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 62-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/10/2005, number: 1111649
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/10/1982, number: 01673259
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR14: 63 days late, AR10: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE FITZROVIA PLAY ASSOCIATION on 05/01/2024
Main office

c/o 29 Gordon mansions
Torrington Place
London
England
UK
WC1 7HF

Objectives

3. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN AND AROUND THE AREA OF CENTRAL LONDON KNOWN AS FITZROVIA (THE BENEFICIARIES) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.THE PROMOTION OF RECREATION, LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IN AND AROUND FITZROVIA IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST THE BENEFICIARIES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH, WELFARE, HOUSING, SOCIAL BENEFITS AND RELATED MATTERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE AREA OF CENTRAL LONDON KNOWN AS FITZROVIA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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