BIG LOCAL WORKS BERMONDSEY

Registered charity 1182561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Big Local Works provides support in South Bermondsey through four main services:1)Providing vital and life changing benefits and welfare support2)Employability and resilience training; preparing clients for and sustaining them in employment and self employment3)A dedicated employment support service, connecting residents with local jobs4)Supporting local entrepreneurs

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO AREPROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN REGENERATION IN SOUTH BERMONDSEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS: 3.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.3.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE3.4 THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, 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 IN:I) SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS; ORII) TO EXISTING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND BUSINESS.3.5 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;3.6 THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HERITAGE OF SOUTH BERMONDSEY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND THE HERITAGE OF BERMONDSEY AND OF BETTER WAYS OF CONSERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 3.7 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £129,683, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of six months' core expenditure (£90,000). The charity reported a small surplus of unrestricted funds for the year, though total expenditure slightly exceeded total income.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Big Local Works Bermondsey (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bharath Pillai
• Hilda May Smith
• Jason Vincent
• Mary Murdoch · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nina Bruce-Tamakloe
• Philip Poleon
• Rebecca Sentance
• Wendy Cookson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

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• WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE income £211k

Side by side with its peers

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