Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

JUNCTION COMMUNITY TRUST 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGE 16-24FOODBANK
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£981£893£87£18£511£1982.710200
31/03/22£844£936£-92£0£423£1742.210200
31/03/21£1,144£810£334£4£515£1472.26300
31/03/20?£605£527£77£25£181£1112.5730
31/12/18£416£397£19£0£0£0n/a0400
31/12/17£324£347£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£285£341£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£284£256£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£261£219£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£237£178£58£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 12 years

www.junctioncommunitytrust.org

info@junctioncommunitytrust.org

020772236188

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Employment training & rehabilitation
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Trussell Trust£555,227
The Wimbledon Foundation£25,000
The London Community Foundation£14,500
The Childhood Trust£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£87,094 16/10/2023
Continuation of Advocacy & Comms , 4th CA Adviser, Ops Manager, CA Adviser (FI continuation) and new Debt Adviser & CA Adviser
The Childhood Trust - Empowering Young People with skills for success
£5,000 20/06/2023
Thousands of young people across the UK face barriers to employment, from educational failure to crippling social anxiety. Your support will help equip around 90 young people in the next year with ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£1,555 22/10/2022
We're opening a new food bank in Roehampton to provide a local, welcoming space for people to collect emergency food, and to access support and advice, including from our food bank advisers.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£5,000 12/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£25,500 15/03/2022
0.8 FTE CA Advisor post for 12 months
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£204,356 05/10/2021
Advocacy & Comms officer; CA advisor
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£132,088 24/05/2021
Continuation funding for FT CA advisor for two years
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£57,126 23/04/2021
Pathfinder Lead to deliver PPP; research Gift Cards
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Junction Community Trust
£14,500 24/03/2021
11
The funding is for 50% of a lead coachs salary for 1 year. We are seeking an experienced coach who can join the team at a challenging time. They need to be able to coach remotely and support the ....more
The Wimbledon Foundation - Christmas Supermarket voucher initiative
£10,000 09/11/2020
Extension of Christmas supermarket voucher initiative in January
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£29,168 22/07/2020
Income maximisation - advice worker
The Wimbledon Foundation - Wandsworth Foodbank Appeal
£10,000 03/06/2020
Contribution towards the costs of running Wandsworth Foodbank
The Wimbledon Foundation - Wandsworth Foodbank Appeal
£5,000 01/04/2020
Wandsworth Foodbank
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£4,896 31/03/2020
CV emergency costs: delivery costs; salary costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£5,000 30/10/2019
12
Increased hpw for Administrator
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£5,000 30/10/2019
Increased hpw for Administrator
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£88,752 23/04/2019
36
Citizens Advice specialist advice worker
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£88,752 26/03/2019
CAB specialist advice worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Wandsworth Foodbank-Increased Storage to meet Increased Demand
£10,000 26/03/2018
12
This project will increase the charity’s storage capacity to enable the foodbank to work more efficiently and support more people who are in crisis.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wandsworth Foodbank
£4,589 29/11/2017
We need to rent a van, and purchase boxes, crates and trolleys for food storage and transportation.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-55
  • RUTHIE COVERDALE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Event Manager/Commercial Development
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/11/2012, number: 1149780
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/04/2012, number: 08032776
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

ST. MARKS CHURCH
BATTERSEA RISE
LONDON
SW11 1EJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE:1. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF POVERTY, SOCIAL ISOLATION, ADDICTION, SICKNESS OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR ANY SUCH PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY LOCAL TO ST MARK’S AND THE BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH;2. THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND INSTITUTIONS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES,IN EACH CASE, AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND FAITH OF ST MARK’S AND IN SYMPATHY WITH THE ETHOS AND VALUES OF ST MARK’S.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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