Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE KEYS PROJECT

Mission:

Charitable Objectives: “To relieve persons suffering from drug and alcohol misuse through a programme of detoxification and rehabilitation in order to help preserve and protect their good health in accordance with Christian principles.”

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Comment by the Charity:
In recent years, increased spending over income was the result of outstanding loan repayments. As of 2019, income has been higher than spending, and as of 2022, all loans have been repaid.

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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
31/08/23	£128	£112	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/08/22	£118	£104	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	62
31/08/21	£89	£85	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	44
31/08/20	£86	£82	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/08/19	£105	£96	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/08/18	£99	£112	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17	£96	£108	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£73	£69	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£48	£48	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.thekeysproject.org

admin@thekeysproject.org

08006349638

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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What it does

KEYS operates a programme of integrated medical, spiritual and community support for individuals with alcohol and drug addiction. The programme is operated by teams comprising mostly of volunteers within churches. The team operates from a conviction that by this holistic approach, issues often at the root of addictions and associated disadvantages will be dealt with in such a way that relapse becomes much less likely.

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for addiction & substance abuse

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The KEYS Project
£2,500	14/07/2023	Funding was provided towards running costs of their new centre in Seaford.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Keys Project
£2,500	21/07/2022	Funding was provided towards running costs and overheads.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Keys Project
£2,500	12/03/2021 5	Funding was provided to support core costs to run the two West Sussex detox centres in Crawley and Horsham.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,500	28/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Keys Project
£2,000	24/03/2020 7	Funding was provided towards core costs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

AUDREY TAN WAE TEEN Appointed: 2022

DAVID BARRATT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: KINGDOM WAY TRUST,

DR KERON FLETCHER (Chair) Appointed: 2017

LLEWELLYN RAMOS Appointed: 2022

PRISCILLA MARY ELSPETH SMITH Appointed: 2020

TRACY CLARRIDGE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2013, number: 1154263

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

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

The KEYS Project
124-128 City Road
LONDON
EC1V 2NX

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DRUG AND ALCHOHOL MISUSE THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF DETOXIFICATION AND REHABILITATION IN ORDER TO HELP PRESERVE AND PROTECT THEIR GOOD HEALTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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