Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

ST. MICHAEL'S FELLOWSHIP

The charity offers support to vulnerable families including very young parents both by the provision of residential family centres and in the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£1,974£2,153£-179£107£651£6053.4562
31/03/22£2,085£2,167£-82£94£830£6543.6422
31/03/21£2,056£2,285£-229£116£911£6573.5423
31/03/20£2,457£2,440£17£90£1,140£1,0054.9495
31/03/19£2,339£2,464£-124£108£1,124£9754.7512
31/03/18£2,581£2,400£181£91£1,248£1,1435.7500
31/03/17£2,366£2,399£-33£90£1,067£9584.8810
31/03/16£2,636£2,487£149£93£1,100£9994.8710
31/03/15£2,397£2,352£46£87£951£8474.3510
31/03/14£2,074£2,245£-171£77£905£8194.4500
31/03/13£2,331£2,493£-162£73£1,076£9394.5560
31/03/12£2,913£2,754£158£100£1,239£1,1515610
31/03/11£2,656£2,728£-72£68£1,080£1,0284.5610
31/03/10£2,858£2,683£175£54£1,153£1,0804.8550
31/03/09£2,476£2,349£128£33£977£9434.8510
31/03/08£2,165£2,032£133£34£850£8184.8480
31/03/07£1,957£1,866£91£28£717£7044.5440
31/03/06£1,843£1,750£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,478£1,578£-100n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,623£1,541£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 31 years

www.stmichaelsfellowship.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Comic Relief£175,765
City Bridge Trust£118,075
The Segelman Trust£105,000
Department of Health£82,053
National Lottery Community Fund£76,302
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£10,000 15/11/2023
Refurbishment of communal areas and purchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Lambeth
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to St. Michael's Fellowship London
£15,000 26/05/2023
'Fathers Included' intervention program for young dads
City Bridge Trust - Grant to St Michaels Fellowship
£113,450 15/11/2022
£113,450 for a further and final two years (£55,100, £58,350) for the full-time salary of a Young Parent Practitioner and associated on-costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£2,154 22/10/2022
We wish to run groups for young parents and families throughout the year, with a hot meal, different activities and learning each week – and signpost those who need extra support to local networks.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 07/10/2022
Securing Change
The Segelman Trust - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£105,000 22/02/2022
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To support outreach work with young parents, particularly young fathers, in Lambeth
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£2,251 23/10/2021
We would like to buy ingredients and pans so young parents on a tight budget can cook tasty, healthy food for their family – and share tips on social media.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - St Michael's Fellowship - 15/06/21
£1,500 25/06/2021
Core Funding
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£2,000 26/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Comic Relief - Young Fathers Included
£175,765 15/09/2020
The project will expand work with marginalised young fathers in South London who face a range of issues such as mental health issues, being care leavers, learning disabilities and involvement in the Criminal Justice System. It will offer emotional ....more
Department of Health - St Michael's Fellowship
£82,053 28/08/2020
Grant funding to members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance for priority project work in support of DHSC, NHS England and Improvement and PHE strategic priorities.
National Lottery Community Fund - London Funders - St. Michael' Fellowship
£76,302 18/06/2020
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The project will use the funding to provide laptops PPE counselling support for staff additional IT support marketing of services mobile data for parents and resource packs for children. St Michael's works with vulnerable children and their parents.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£4,625 13/04/2020
A grant of £4,625 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Ministry of Justice - Supported Child Contact Centres
£2,670 01/01/2020
To help sustain supported contact centres to contribute to costs to enable them to continue delivering supported contact in the community.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£5,967 15/11/2019
We want to provide weekly activities, special trips, shared meals, support, learning and fun for local children and their young parents.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to St. Michael's Fellowship
£5,000 25/06/2019
Core funding towards our work with vulnerable families, including very young parents, in residential family assessment centres and in the community
The Baring Foundation - Grant to St. Michael's Fellowship
£5,000 25/06/2019
To support vulnerable families including very young parents in residential family assessment centres and in the community
City Bridge Trust - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£140,800 09/05/2019
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£140,800 over three years (£46,000, £46,900, £47,900) for the full-time salary of a Young Parent Practitioner and associated on-costs.
The Segelman Trust - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£90,000 16/04/2019
36
To support the outreach programme for young mothers, fathers and families in Lambeth
Ministry of Justice - ALB - Cafcass - Supported Child Contact Centres (SCCC) Grant 19-20
£2,805 01/04/2019
Provide support for contact centres
Ministry of Justice - Supported contact centres
£3,445 01/04/2018
Provide support for contact centres
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 28/11/2017
Comunity Work to combat domestic abuse in Lambeth
BBC Children in Need - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£9,986 13/11/2017
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Weekly workshops for 4 to 6 year olds who have been affected by domestic violence. Children will be physical safer, have a better understanding of their emotions and increased confidence.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£39,000 08/09/2017
£39,000 over 12 months to expand the Caring Dads programme into Lambeth, Wandsworth, Merton, Southwark and Croydon to scope the market and test the feasibility of social investment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Securing Change
£220,057 06/09/2017
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This group will build on their existing service which aims to provide better life chances to vulnerable mothers, helping them to address complex problems and promoting access to general services, local groups and networks to support better life ....more
Ministry of Justice - Supported Contact
£2,850 01/04/2017
Delivery of Separated Parent Information Programme to participants ordered to attend by Family Courts (CA 1989)
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£30,000 05/01/2017
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over three years towards the running costs of a pilot project to support women in South London not able to keep their children following a residential assessment
City Bridge Trust - Eco-audit to St Michael's Fellowship
£3,400 18/03/2016
£3,400 (8.5 days @ £400) to provide an eco-audit.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to St Michael's Fellowship
£50,386 21/11/2012
Towards training teenage parents as peer educators to deliver workshops in schools to prevent teenage parenthood, domestic violence and susceptibility to gang grooming.
Walcot Foundation - To train and support young parents to deliver peer education
£25,000 17/07/2012
To train and support young parents to deliver peer education
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-76
  • JASMINE KAUR ASSI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Manager
  • JONATHAN BANNISTER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Founder, Strategist Of Make Happy
  • JULINE SINCLAIR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Social Worker
  • ORETHA WOFFORD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Principal Social Worker
  • PROFESSOR VALERIE JEAN WASS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Emeritus Professor Of Medical Education Keele Univ
  • SALLY PRENTICE (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • SAMANTHA DA SOLLER Appointed: 2024
  • YASMIN ANNA GARCIA-STERLING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ph.D Candidate At Ucl
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/1994, number: 1035820
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/03/1994, number: 02914273
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; all on time
Main office

St. Michaels Fellowship
136 Streatham High Road
London
SW16 1BW

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT, COUNSELLING TRAINING AND REHABILITATION FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS, WHETHER IN ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY OR IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH RELIEF SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND INDEPENDENT PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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