Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Multiple returns filed late: -5

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -8

HASTINGS AREA COMMUNITY TRUST

The provision of accommodation for charities and other organisations and providing an administration service to other grant making bodies. Also making Grants to individuals in line with the Charity's objects.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?
Returns have been filed late on 5 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£65	£69	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	*	£90	£86	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	*	£107	£93	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£80	£95	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	*	£82	£93	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£71	£82	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	*	£59	£63	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	*	£85	£72	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	*	£76	£88	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	*	£72	£74	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	*	£57	£72	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	*	£74	£79	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11	*	£75	£81	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10	*	£46	£51	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09	*	£78	£45	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08	*	£28	£13	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£19	£19	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£16	£18	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£18	£19	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£17	£15	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.reliefhastings.weebly.com

hact@btinternet.com

01424718880

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 Hastings Area Community Trust
£10,000	11/06/2021	Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided for additional food and a part-time support worker to ....more Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided for additional food and a part-time support worker to extend the help they offer by providing information, advice and signposting in response to client needs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,000	03/03/2021	Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided towards staff and rental costs associated with running the ....more Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided towards staff and rental costs associated with running the Pantry Project which supports people in food poverty, mainly living in the town centre of Hastings.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,000	21/01/2021	Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided to purchase fresh food for families using the Pantry ....more Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided to purchase fresh food for families using the Pantry Project.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£4,976	14/10/2020	HACT provide a pantry service, accommodation for charities and other organisations and grants to individuals who need emergency help. Funding is for staffing and PPE to provide wider signposting support.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,984	30/09/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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 Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,100	13/07/2020	Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding is for the continuation of their Pantry Project, supporting people in ....more Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding is for the continuation of their Pantry Project, supporting people in need with food, for the running costs of the project. It will pay towards one staff member and the rent of the premises.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,000	21/04/2020	Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to individuals in need under its common user name of 'Relief'. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding is to purchase supplies for ....more Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to individuals in need under its common user name of 'Relief'. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding is to purchase supplies for their Pantry project which supports people in need with food. Donations of food from local shops have dried up and they now depend on delivery form Fareshare.which has limited supplies.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£1,000	15/03/2019 11	Funding was provided for project development and running costs for a new project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hastings Food Pantry - Volunteers
£10,000	01/11/2018 12	The project will use funding to support the setup of a town food pantry to help people on low incomes combat food poverty and provide a route into employment.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,000	14/07/2017 11	Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to individuals in need under its common user name of Relief. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided towards ....more Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to individuals in need under its common user name of Relief. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided towards developing a new sustainable model for their foodbank.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HELEN VIKI BARRACLOUGH Appointed: 2011

JANICE VANESSA HOWE Appointed: 2014

PETER CARCAS (Chair), Occupation: Local Government Officer

ROSEMARY CAROLE FOSTER Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/04/1991, number: 1002470

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 203 days late, AR22: 456 days late, AR21: 520 days late, AR20: 510 days late, AR19: 274 days late, AR18: 157 days late, AR17: 126 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 66 days late, AR14: 101 days late, AR13: 90 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 356 days late, AR10: 220 days late, AR09: 237 days late, AR08: 53 days late, AR07: 237 days late, AR06: 142 days late, AR05: 226 days late, AR04: 127 days late,

Main office

BOLTON TOMSON HOUSE
49 CAMBRIDGE GARDENS
HASTINGS
EAST SUSSEX
TN34 1EN

Objectives

(A)THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF HASTINGS BOROUGH AND ROTHER DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS.(B)OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF HASTINGS BOROUGH AND ROTHER DISTRICT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HASTINGS BOROUGH AND ROTHER DISTRICT

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