PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION

Charity number: 1157249
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded (in particular but not exclusively members of the Portuguese speaking community living in the United Kingdom) and assisting them to integrate into society

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £44,696
Total expenditure: £38,697

People

5 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • City Of Westminster
  • Croydon
  • Lambeth
  • Merton
  • Southwark
  • Wandsworth

Governance

Registration history:
  • 30 May 2014: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Carla Sofia Araujo Ribeiro Trustee 02 May 2025
None on record
Flavio Serra Trustee 17 January 2025
None on record
Sandra Da Conceicao Mano Ferreira Trustee 14 February 2024
None on record
Maria Conceicao Bruno Trustee 01 October 2023
None on record
Salome Tomaz dos Santos Trustee 09 June 2023
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £18.45k £16.37k £19.06k £16.89k £44.70k
Total expenditure £15.96k £14.07k £16.40k £32.18k £38.70k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 28 November 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 28 November 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 17 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2023 04 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2022 01 May 2023 90 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2021 01 May 2023 455 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 NOV 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/03/2014 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/05/2014

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEMBERS OF THE PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COMMUNITY LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY: A) INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PORTUGUESE SPEAK-ING COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY; A) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS; B) PROVIDING SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMU-NITY; C) PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMU-NITY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLOSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS; LANGUAGE BARRIERS, INABILITY TO ACCESS EMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, YOUTH OR OLD AGE, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL), SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY; INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUALLY ORIENTATION OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT, POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT, RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN, POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS), CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OR AS A AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY). 2. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COMMUNITY, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY

Contact information

Address:
1 Othello Close
LONDON
SE11 4RE
Phone:
02078208666
Email:
INFO@PCCLONDON.UK
Website:

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