Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 10

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Very static board: -5

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -2

RIVERS LEARNING PROJECT COMMUNITY

LEARNING PROGRAMME: English, Literacy & community @IT & Computer programme EMPLOYMENT SCHEME: Free employability skills training & CV writing supportSPACE PROGRAMME A facilitator & organiser of resources to benefit women who need non-judgmental and impartial support and/or guidance.@Coaching & mentoring@PRESENCE: Safe space for women; DV awareness advocacy; encourage integration

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 8 years

www.riverslpc.org

contact@riverslpc.org

03300576006

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	*	£1	£6	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£28	£31	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21	*	£44	£47	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/20		£23	£16	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/19		£29	£25	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18		£9	£19	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£17	£12	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Surrey, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

Sussex Community Foundation	£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£9,980
Rosa UK	£8,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,691

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rivers Learning Project Community
£5,000	17/11/2023	Funding was provided towards core costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rivers LPC
£1,691	21/10/2023	Our food club would provide a walk-up service in a local community hall with no referral; we'd support mental wellbeing, tackle loneliness, and signpost for other queries.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rivers Learning Project Community
£5,000	19/05/2023	Funding was provided towards project costs for an IT and community awareness programme.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rivers Learning Project Community
£5,000	17/11/2021 8	Funding was provided towards running costs.
Rosa UK - C19 R4-RIVERS-2021
£8,000	30/03/2021	A grant of £8,000 is recommended for further core salary and volunteer costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rivers Learning Project Community
£5,000	11/02/2021	Rivers provides a platform to empower women to take up new challenges. Confidence building, reducing isolation, promoting integration and accessing education are the foundations of their vision. ....more Rivers provides a platform to empower women to take up new challenges. Confidence building, reducing isolation, promoting integration and accessing education are the foundations of their vision. Funding was provided for the continuation of the CHRYSALIS project which supports the local families in Crawley by providing essential items and giving support with bills.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,980	06/10/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rivers Learning Project Community
£5,000	21/09/2020	Rivers provides a platform to empower women to take up new challenges. Confidence building, reducing isolation, promoting integration and accessing education are the foundations of our vision. Rivers ....more Rivers provides a platform to empower women to take up new challenges. Confidence building, reducing isolation, promoting integration and accessing education are the foundations of our vision. Rivers support vulnerable women who due to social, economic or other lifestyles affected by an invisible barrier to accessing service of established institutions. Funding will support the Phase 2 of the organisations Covid response.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rivers Learning Project Community
£5,000	21/04/2020	Rivers provides a platform to empower women to take up new challenges. Rivers support vulnerable women who due to social, economic or other lifestyles affected by an invisible barrier to accessing ....more Rivers provides a platform to empower women to take up new challenges. Rivers support vulnerable women who due to social, economic or other lifestyles affected by an invisible barrier to accessing service of established institutions. Funding is to is to provide basic food, female hygiene products and toiletries as these are not priorities in food parcels to lessen the extra financial burden of women and girls.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rivers Learning Project Community
£5,000	18/11/2019 10	Funding was provided towards the costs of running the women's resource centre for one year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Validating Voices
£10,000	09/10/2019 11	Validating Voices
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rivers LPC
£9,500	12/09/2018 12	towards one year's running costs of a women's resource centre providing adult education, advocacy, employment training and support to vulnerable women in Surrey
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rivers Learning Project Community
£5,000	16/03/2018 14	Rivers supports vulnerable women, who due to social, economic or immigration status are unlikely to approach formal institutions. Funding was provided towards core costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

EVANJALIN VIVEKANANDARAJAH Appointed: 2015

JEREDYNE STANLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2015

JOCELYN CHIRIMAMANGA Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/11/2015, number: 1164574

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR23: 8 days late, AR21: 12 days late, AR17: 18 days late,

Main office

PRESENCE Women's Resource Centre
Bewbush Centre
Dorsten Square
Crawley
West Sussex
RH11 8XW

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST WOMEN IN CRAWLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.2. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG WOMEN IN CRAWLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT.

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