Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    EAST ANGLIAN RUSSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL SOCIETY 

    To advance the education and training of Russian speaking communities in need thereof so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community.To advance the education of the public in the language, culture and history of Russia and other countries..
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    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 is declining
    • Income has been volatile recently

    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
    31/08/23£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/08/22£47£50£-4n/an/an/an/an/a4
    31/08/21£35£36£-2n/an/an/an/an/a4
    31/08/20£35£34£1n/an/an/an/an/a6
    31/08/19£42£37£5n/an/an/an/an/a3
    31/08/18£45£33£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/17£33£34£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/16£25£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/15£23£26£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/14£21£23£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/13£24£22£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/12£15£14£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/11£14£12£1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/08/10£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
    30/08/09£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/08/08£21£20£2£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 17 years

    vladimir.f1949@gmail.com

    07702794812

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Technical, vocational and continuing education
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups

    Who supports 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
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Education Development Center "Lingua" Ipswich
    £2,000 30/06/2021
    Towards core running costs of the Education Development Centre "Lingua" Ipswich.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Education Development Center "Lingua" Ipswich
    £2,000 13/05/2021
    Towards core running costs of the Education Development Centre "Lingua" Ipswich.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Education Development Center "Lingua" Ipswich
    £5,000 22/10/2019
    11
    To support the Education Development Centre "Lingua".
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Theatre and Dance
    £10,000 22/11/2017
    12
    This project will run a series of theatre, dance and engagement sessions for young people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2007, number: 1121269
    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
    16 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    12 Cranwell Grove
    Kesgrave
    IPSWICH
    IP5 2YN

    Objectives

    OBJECTIVES:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RAINING OF RUSSIAN SPEAKING COMMUNITIES IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.2. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND HISTORY OF RUSSIA.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: LOCALLY IN SUFFOLK, ESSEX, NORFOLK AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND THE BOROUGH OF IPSWICH.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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