Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 22

TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE

Trauma Informed services for individuals of any age or gender affected by sexual violence. Counselling for adults and young people, play therapy for children. Information, advice, wellbeing, family and group support. Specialist training, prevention and awareness raising. Also supporting sector research. Based in Preston and with key locations county wide and outreach work across Lancashire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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	£729	£544	£184	£11	£338	£201	4.4	17	20
31/03/22	£555	£591	£-36	£0	£153	£132	2.7	18	20
31/03/21	£459	£363	£96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/20	£257	£239	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/19	£428	£353	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 11.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 7 years

www.trusthouselancs.org

office@trusthouselancs.org

01772 825288

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

17 employees
20 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	£275,170
Ministry of Justice	£267,204
Henry Smith Charity	£170,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£85,250
Garfield Weston Foundation	£8,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Development
£10,000	16/12/2022	The funding will be used to engage the services of an expert in digital technologies for the not-for-profit sector. The project aims to improve the capacity and efficiency of the organisation’s ....more The funding will be used to engage the services of an expert in digital technologies for the not-for-profit sector. The project aims to improve the capacity and efficiency of the organisation’s digital infrastructure to deal with increasing demand for services.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Trust House Lancashire
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Trust House Lancashire
£170,000	25/08/2022 36	towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for individuals who have been subjected to sexual abuse or violence in Lancashire.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Trust House Lancashire
£50,000	29/07/2022 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Trust House Lancashire
Ministry of Justice - COVID-19 Extraordinary National Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£33,102	26/03/2021	To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the grant agreement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£201,000	01/01/2021	To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the ....more To provide additional funding to allow national helpline providers and rape & sexual abuse support fund grant recipients to increase remote support in providing the Activities included in the grant agreement during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£2,000	20/11/2020	Weston Charity Award Bonus
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£24,563	12/11/2020	Provision of Victim Services
Ministry of Justice - Support for charities providing support services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
£8,539	22/06/2020	Provision of Victim Services
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Trust House Lancashire
£33,000	21/05/2020 12	One year core funding to support Trust House Lancashire to sustain their work to support work addressing Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Children and Young People's Lead Therapist
£255,170	27/02/2020 59	The aim of the organisation is to support survivors of sexual violence through counselling, peer support groups, advice and a variety of activities to help their wellbeing. Funding will go towards ....more The aim of the organisation is to support survivors of sexual violence through counselling, peer support groups, advice and a variety of activities to help their wellbeing. Funding will go towards specialist staff enabling the project to offer tailored support.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500	31/05/2019	WCA Winner 2019-202 Cohort
National Lottery Community Fund - Assessment/Intervention/Moving on
£10,000	23/05/2019 12	The funding will be used to provide training to address problematic or sexually harmful behaviour in children and young people. The aim is to ensure work can be delivered to children and young people ....more The funding will be used to provide training to address problematic or sexually harmful behaviour in children and young people. The aim is to ensure work can be delivered to children and young people at an earlier stage to address this behaviour, with access to tailored support increasing the chance of recovery and wellbeing.
Ministry of Justice - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund
£134,000	01/04/2019	To provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of rape and sexual abuse, including victims of child sexual abuse.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID O'BYRNE Appointed: 2023

GRAHAM COULSTON-HERRMANN (Chair) Appointed: 2018

LIAM GOGGIN Appointed: 2022

LYNDSAY NICHOLSON Appointed: 2020

PETER DOBSON Appointed: 2021

SALLY JONES Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2017, number: 1174925

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
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

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

P O Box 1355
PRESTON
PR2 0UE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE ARE:3.1 RELIEVE THE TRAUMA, WHETHER PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL, OF PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR OTHERWISE SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF RAPE, OTHER SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF ANY KIND.3.2 PROVIDE SUPPORT, HELP OR ASSISTANCE OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER TO PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR OTHERWISE SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF RAPE, OTHER SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF ANY KIND.3.3 TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF RAPE, SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND/OR ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS.3.4 PROMOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN RELATION TO:(I) COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN RELATION TO THE TRAUMAS SET OUT IN 3.1 ABOVE AND THEIR EFFECT UPON INDIVIDUALS;(II) THE TRAUMAS SET OUT IN 3.1 ABOVE AND THEIR EFFECT UPON INDIVIDUALS; AND(III) RAPE, OTHER SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.3.5 PROMOTE, PARTICIPATE IN AND PROVIDE TRAINING IN RELATION TO:(I) COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN RELATION TO THE TRAUMAS SET OUT IN 3.1 ABOVE AND THEIR EFFECT UPON INDIVIDUALS;PAGE | 2(II) THE TRAUMAS SET OUT IN 3.1 ABOVE AND THEIR EFFECT UPON INDIVIDUALS; AND(III) RAPE, OTHER SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.3.6 PREVENT RAPE, SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION THROUGH TRAINING AND EFFECTIVE AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORT SERVICES TO PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT RISK OF BEING SUBJECTED TO SAID ABUSE.IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

Defined Area of Benefit:

LANCASHIRE

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