Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 19

SIGNPOSTS (LUTON)

To provide residential and supportive services for those who for many reasons and circumstances are unable to obtain appropriate accomodation to meet their needs.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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	£3,387	£3,425	£-39	£2	£1,053	£1,000	3.5	64	12
31/03/22	£3,355	£3,367	£-13	£2	£1,092	£1,089	3.9	63	0
31/03/21	£3,119	£2,998	£121	£2	£1,105	£1,071	4.3	57	0
31/03/20	£2,390	£2,412	£-22	£2	£984	£982	4.9	47	7
31/03/19	£2,309	£2,305	£4	£0	£1,006	£1,002	5.2	46	15
31/03/18	£2,161	£2,121	£40	£0	£1,002	£994	5.6	45	0
31/03/17	£2,008	£1,986	£22	£0	£961	£953	5.8	43	0
31/03/16	£1,915	£1,936	£-21	£0	£939	£932	5.8	45	0
31/03/15	£1,767	£1,746	£21	£10	£960	£952	6.5	41	0
31/03/14	£1,659	£1,588	£71	£11	£939	£927	7	37	0
31/03/13	£1,552	£1,466	£85	£10	£868	£858	7	39	0
31/03/12	£1,705	£1,574	£130	£10	£782	£769	5.9	45	0
31/03/11	£1,835	£1,750	£85	£16	£652	£637	4.4	52	0
31/03/10	£1,814	£1,753	£61	£18	£567	£472	3.2	52	0
31/03/09	£1,761	£1,763	£-2	£14	£505	£408	2.8	49	0
31/03/08	£1,671	£1,689	£-18	£24	£507	£421	3	46	0
31/03/07	£1,573	£1,537	£36	£15	£525	£438	3.4	48	0
31/03/06	£1,525	£1,505	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£1,476	£1,435	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£1,466	£1,476	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 30 years

www.signpostsso.org

info@signpostsso.org

01582722629

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing

GiG Classification

Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Central Bedfordshire, Luton,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

64 employees
12 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

Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£9,091
Crisis UK	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	23/09/2022	Sapsworth Court
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Refurbishment of kitchen
£5,591	20/09/2022	New kitchen for Swaysdale House
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Client 1-2-1 Counselling
£3,500	20/01/2022	121 counselling sessions for homeless people who have experienced childhood trauma.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£100,000	07/05/2020	Organisations supporting homelessness
Crisis UK - Grant to Signposts
£5,000	09/04/2020	IT equipment and tablets for staff and self isolating

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-85

MAVI TZAIG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

DAVID BALL (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

KEVIN JOSEPH LEE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

ANN HYDE Appointed: 1994, Occupation: Admin Officer

CAROLE ANN VANSCHAGEN Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Retired

CHERRY NEWBERY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired

CHRISTOPHER REGINALD LEE SLOUGH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

JACQUELINE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Managing Director

JAMILE PAUL LITTLE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Unemployed, Other trusteeship: SIGHT CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE,

MR LES WARD, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/1994, number: 1040860
Registered at Companies House on 31/03/1994, number: 02914936

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Unit 6
Titan Court
Laporte Way
LUTON
LU4 8EF

Objectives

THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN WHO THROUGH HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND WHO REQUIRE SUPPORTIVE ACCOMMODATION AND SKILLED HELP TO ACHIEVE A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE AND THEIR FUTURE WELLBEING IN SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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