Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

WEST LONDON TURKISH VOLUNTEERS LTD

We do festival once a year including Turkish cultural traditions in social context, including Turkish food, folk dances,Turkish music, we have weekend(Saturday) school for kids to help them Turkish speaking writing reading We have programs for Turkish food cooking for people who is interestedWe held religious days for Ramadan, eid or holy days
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £683,900 available, equivalent to 69 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
15/02/24£503£119£384£20£684£68469.1050
15/02/23*£285£116£169n/an/an/an/an/an/a
15/02/22*£140£98£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
15/02/21*£86£48£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
15/02/20*£103£62£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 69.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 69 months
Quick Ratio: 91.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 6 years

Wltv.org

contact.wltv@gmail.com

07889891568

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,950
London Borough of Hounslow£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to West London Turkish Volunteers
£500 22/06/2023
West London Turkish Volunteers Summer Festival
National Lottery Community Fund - West London Active Together Again
£9,950 22/04/2022
This project will support the Turkish community by providing people with the chance to come together at a series of events such as the 5th West London Turkish Festival on 3 July 2022. In addition ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 08/07/2020
"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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-54
  • BAHRI GURKAN (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • EYUP OZDEMIR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Secretary
  • HALIT KARAKAYA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Man
  • OZKAN KALKAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Man
  • SULEYMAN OKTAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Construction
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/01/2019, number: 1181563
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/02/2018, number: 11207385
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR23: 25 days late, AR22: 4 days late, AR21: 14 days late, AR20: 268 days late,
Main office

Rear of Mangal kebab
670 Hanworth Road
Whitton
HOUNSLOW
Middlesex
TW4 5NP

Objectives

1. 4(1) (1) The advancement of education for all through facilitation of educationalsupport, in particular but not exclusively, through study groups, knowledge clubs and sessions at our education and cultural centre. By providing study groups thatoffers support to enhance understanding and practice of Turkish language, history, arts, culture and heritage, in particular by organising special days of celebration and the promotion of annual festivals to that end.'(2) The advancement of wider education opportunities through training and coaching in fields advocated by the membership

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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