Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THAMES LIFE

Thames Life (TWCP) aims to be a catalyst for sustainable community-led change. The project brings together schools, community groups and residents from across the Thames ward of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to create a stronger, healthier, cleaner more confident, and cohesive community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£368£349£19
31/03/22£316£308£9
31/03/21£182£104£78
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

https://www.thames-life.org.uk/

info@thames-life.org.uk

07827258411

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham,
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£72,096
London Marathon Charitable Trust£35,000
Barking & Dagenham Giving£15,000
Greater London Authority£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Barking & Dagenham Giving - Grant to Thames Life Community Development Trust
£15,000 30/04/2024
6
Community 'unconference' around housing in the borough
Greater London Authority - BD_Community Resilience Network 
£5,000 01/01/2024
BD_Community Resilience Network aims to enable better connections, accountability and trust between social sector organisations, existing networks, and statutory responders to improve the resilience ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - TWCP LMCT
£35,000 01/05/2022
towards the delivery of capacity building and sports activities for ethnically diverse communities based in Barking and Dagenham in collaboration with identified partner organisations.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£72,096 22/09/2020
"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 (6)
Current Trustees appointed

  • AMINA HUSSIEN Appointed: 2022
  • HAFIZUR RAHMAN Appointed: 2022
  • ISALINA FERRERIA Appointed: 2024
  • JOSIAH OYEKUNLE Appointed: 2019
  • LAI OGUNSOLA Appointed: 2019
  • NATALIE OGENE Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/06/2020, number: 1189743
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Sue Bramley Childrens Centre
Bastable Avenue
BARKING
Essex
IG11 0LG

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THAMES WARD IN BARKING AND DAGENHAM BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;C) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;E) THE PROTECTION OF CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; ANDF) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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