THE BARKING AND DAGENHAM PROGRESS PROJECT

Registered charity 1102465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROGRESS PROJECT

The Barking & Dagenham Progress Project aims to develop services, strategy and joined up ways of working with disabled children & young people to effect good practice, promote the ethos of inclusivity and by being user led within a theme of 'participation'. This is achieved through a combination of project delivery and developing collaborative work within a partneship / consortium approach.

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN ENGLAND AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM AND ADJOINING AREAS OR SUCH OTHER AREA AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE BY PROVIDING OR ENCOURAGING THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES AND SERVICES WHICH WILL IMPROVE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO FACILITATE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, INCLUSION AND FULL INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.(B) TO PROMOTE AND/OR PROVIDE TRAINING AND EDUCATION AS WILL ASSIST DISABLED CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PURSUING AN INDEPENDENT LIFE, MAKING THE TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD AND AIDING THEIR INTEGRATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY.(C) TO PROMOTE, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE OTHER SCHEMES OF A CHARITABLE NATURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND GROUPS WHICH WORK WITH DISABLED CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA.

Area of benefit: IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM AND ADJOINING AREAS OR SUCH OTHER AREA AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a free reserves deficit of £11,630, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £20,000 (three months' revenue funding). Total net assets decreased to £14,967, with the unrestricted fund showing a deficit of £11,630 against restricted funds of £26,597. The trustees acknowledge the deficit and state that new grant bids and fundraising plans are being developed to resolve the issue.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Margaret Mpalampa
• Mark Gerbaldi
• Rajiv Gadhvi

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).