Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

HOMELESS SUPPORT PROJECT 

The prevention or relief of poverty in the Wigan and Leigh area, in particular but not exclusively, by the provision of support, food and shelter to people who are homeless or individuals in need.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 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

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
30/09/23£247£235£12n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/09/22£198£213£-15n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/09/21£233£189£44n/an/an/an/an/a22
30/09/20£181£135£46n/an/an/an/an/a18
30/09/19£135£125£10n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/09/18£46£30£16£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£25£21£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.hspleigh.co.uk

info@hspleigh.co.uk

01942676444

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£28,525
Forever Manchester£17,000
DCMS£12,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£11,090
Co-Operative Group£9,332
Garfield Weston Foundation£8,000
Masonic Trust£5,000
Crisis UK£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Homeless Support Project
£8,500 23/06/2023
12
Personal Livery Giving Award 2023 (unrestricted)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to HSP - Helping Support People
£2,411 22/10/2022
We would like a professional speaker to provide educational talks on emotional and mind health for the users of our services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Walk in Chiller Unit
£8,550 21/10/2022
The funding will be used to purchase a walk in chiller unit that will be used support their service of providing anyone who is homeless destitute or in need with two free meals a day. By purchasing ....more
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Homeless Support Project
£2,000 19/07/2022
The funding will cover the cost of food for the foodbank for approximately 3 months.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Homeless Support Project
£2,590 12/01/2022
12
Small Grant unrestricted core costs
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Homeless Support Group HSP (Homeless Support Project)
£2,000 04/11/2021
The funding will be used to provide the following: - Purchase of food to stock the foodbank. This is open on a referral basis from Local Authority services such as Probation, Social Services, ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Homeless Support Project (HSP)
£2,776 23/10/2021
We will provide three food kitchens per day from our venue in Leigh, while delivering over 200 food hampers to those most in need of immediate food support within the communities of Leigh.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting the Community After Covid-19
£9,975 20/08/2021
The funding will be used to recruit a centre manager who will provide emotional financial and practical support to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness or other life challenges review their ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000 26/01/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Forever Manchester - Food For The Community
£12,000 21/09/2020
Food parcel and hot meal service
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£12,000 21/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
CAF - Grant to Homeless Support Project
£4,000 06/05/2020
3
Grant to Homeless Support Project to support the organisation through COVID19
Forever Manchester - Clinic in a Box
£5,000 01/05/2020
Emergency food parcels
Crisis UK - Grant to Homeless Support Project
£5,000 22/04/2020
Food provision for those not able to access state support
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Homeless Support Project
£4,145 15/11/2019
We want to install new commercial fridges and freezers in our kitchens, which provide hot meals for the homeless and those in need.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£8,000 15/10/2019
Kindness is Free Homeless Support Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Homelessness Development Programme
£10,000 01/08/2019
12
The organisation will run a series of educational workshops and one-to-one mentoring sessions for people who are homeless in the local area, with the aim of increasing access to support and ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Homeless Support Project
£4,600 05/03/2019
purchase of cookers and washing machines for a charity which works with homeless people in Greater Manchester
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Homeless Support Project
£3,536 29/11/2017
We want to by a van so we can pick up all donated food from supermarkets, and private donations from the public.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/09/2016, number: 1169351
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Charles House
19-23 Charles Street
LEIGH
WN7 1DB

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE WIGAN AND LEIGH AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, FOOD AND SHELTER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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