Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

TURNING TIDES HOMELESSNESS 

Relief of poverty by the provision of emergency and other accommodation, advice and assistance for persons who are deemed homeless and/or in need of such accommodation, advice or assistance.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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£5,969£6,083£-114£0£6,725£5,34210.5157398
31/03/22£5,633£5,671£-38£0£6,839£5,42711.5155359
31/03/21£6,050£4,845£1,206£0£6,877£5,26913.1134283
31/03/20£4,140£3,956£184£0£5,672£4,73114.4116300
31/03/19£3,668£3,689£-21£223£5,488£4,67815.2109265
31/03/18£4,489£2,649£1,840£182£5,526£4,69721.3780
31/03/17£2,864£2,290£574£169£3,685£3,28217.2690
31/03/16£2,519£2,425£94£426£3,111£3,09615.3650
31/03/15£2,085£1,903£182£402£3,017£2,83617.9530
31/03/14£1,496£1,589£-93£306£2,835£2,83421.4460
31/03/13£1,740£1,503£237£273£2,928£2,92623.4390
31/03/12£1,362£1,422£-60£231£2,691£2,68322.6390
31/03/11£1,226£1,267£-41£127£2,751£2,74726350
31/03/10£1,479£1,452£27£126£2,792£2,78823310
31/03/09£1,048£1,187£-140£98£2,765£2,76227.9350
31/03/08£991£1,207£-216£110£1,420£1,41614.1350
31/03/07£1,157£1,102£54£103£1,636£1,60217.4340
31/03/06£1,175£757£418£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£715£604£111£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£736£575£161£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 10.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 31 years

http://www.turning-tides.org.uk/

info@turning-tides.org.uk

01903680740

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookInstagramX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 157 employees
  • 398 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
National Lottery Community Fund£948,993
Henry Smith Charity£399,700
DCMS£145,500
Sussex Community Foundation£81,709
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£65,667
The Michael And Betty Little Trust£65,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Hubs; empowering people experiencing homelessness
£499,000 20/07/2023
Funding will be used for the running of two homelessness support hubs in Littlehampton and Worthing. The project aims to connect users with further support employment or volunteering opportunities ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Turning Tides
£74,859 10/01/2022
Funding was provided to support the organisation with core costs, specifically for an additional Advice and Assessment Worker post at St Clare's Community Hub in Worthing.
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Turning Tides
£40,000 02/10/2021
Relief of poverty by the provision of emergency and other accommodation, advice and assistance for persons who are deemed homeless and/or in need of such accommodation, advice or assistance.
Sussex Community Foundation - Mobile Dental Clinic
£1,000 30/04/2021
Funding was provided to run a mobile dentistry service to the homeless community.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Turning Tides
£2,850 09/12/2020
Funding will provide £2850 towards providing meals over the festive season to local homeless and vulnerably housed individuals.
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Turning Tides
£25,000 12/07/2020
Relief of poverty by the provision of emergency and other accommodation, advice and assistance for persons who are deemed homeless and/or in need of such accommodation, advice or assistance.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£65,667 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Crisis UK - Grant to Turning Tides
£47,491 07/05/2020
New posts to support a digital offer.
Crisis UK - Grant to Turning Tides
£5,000 09/04/2020
Food provision
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Turning Tides
£3,000 06/04/2020
Since 1992 Turning Tides has provided support for the homeless and those insecurely housed across West Sussex with the aim of empowering our clients to achieve sustainable independent living. Funding ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Littlehampton Community Homelessness Project - Extension
£449,993 24/03/2020
39
Turning Tides, a Homeless organisation, will use the funding to continue and build on their services. The grant will enable them to set down permanent roots through the addition of a small ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Turning Tides
£399,700 19/03/2020
48
towards four years' funding towards the development of the West Sussex Housing First Partnership
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£97,000 02/10/2019
Increasing capacity in West Sussex for women only spaces at local hubs and services by extending times, location and days of current women only groups in Worthing and Littlehampton. Increase the ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£48,500 02/10/2019
Increasing capacity in West Sussex for women only spaces at local hubs and services by extending times, location and days of current women only groups in Worthing and Littlehampton. Increase the ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Worthing Churches Homeless Projects
£8,305 19/11/2018
We wish to develop a volunteer be-friending service for people who have previously experienced homelessness.
National Lottery Community Fund - St. Clare's Community Hub
£490,000 26/07/2017
60
This group will develop their project which aims to provide a range of support interventions for homeless people, which helps them out of crisis and into independent living and stable accommodation. ....more
Masonic Trust - Outreach Project Worker
£10,000 19/10/2016
Funding towards the salary of an Outreach Project Worker to work with clients in their own homes, helping them with life skills to enable them to live independently.
National Lottery Community Fund - Littlehampton Community Homelessness Project (LCHP)
£322,545 01/06/2016
47
This project will support people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, including a breakfast club for people to socialise and access support and advice. People will receive an individual ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Worthing Churches Homeless Project
£81,400 17/09/2015
36
towards three years' salary of the Substance Misuse Social Work Co-ordinator at the 'Recovery Project', a residential rehabilitation project for people who are homeless or insecurely housed with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - St Clare's Day Centre
£486,501 05/03/2014
36
This project is a continuation and expansion of the existing support for homeless people in Worthing by Worthing Churches Homeless Projects (WCHP). It aims to reduce homelessness by providing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - St Clare's Day Centre
£490,546 08/09/2010
36
This project in Worthing provides crisis intervention and advice, signposting to appropriate services, temporary accommodation and eventually permanent housing to adults experiencing or at risk of ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-73
  • DANIEL KEECH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Resettlement And Reconnection Worker
  • JANE LODGE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nhs Manager
  • MARTIN QUINN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Leadership Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/10/1993, number: 1027832
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/04/1992, number: 02708334
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
20 returns made; AR05: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from RAVENSCOURT on 11/01/2020
Main office

Turning Tides
Town Hall
Chapel Road
WORTHING
West Sussex
BN11 1HA

Objectives

RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND OTHER ACCOMMODATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEEMED HOMELESS AND/OR IN NEED OF SUCH ACCOMMODATION, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE WORTHING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great