Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

MICHAELS LIMITED 

Operation of Michael House providing accommodation for homeless men and women.Preventing homelessness by early intervention.Rebuilding lives.Promoting opportunities for independent living.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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
31/03/23£431£388£43n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£403£330£72n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£382£332£51n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£449£334£115n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£498£303£195n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£369£297£72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£298£286£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£297£259£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£284£268£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£306£244£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£280£240£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£208£242£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£185£209£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£348£214£134£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£200£185£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£203£172£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£174£174£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£162£157£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£124£132£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£100£116£-17£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

http://michaelhouse.co.uk/

info@michaelhouse.co.uk

01202 393178

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
DCMS£8,500
Co-Operative Group£2,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Michael House
£2,300 22/10/2022
We want to continue to provide creative activities that support homeless people to engage, manage their overall wellbeing and inspire them to gain the confidence and independence to move forward.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 30/10/2020
Michaels Limited - Additional Accommodation
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,500 16/07/2020
"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

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-96
  • JOHN MALINS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/10/1996, number: 1058938
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/10/1996, number: 03271465
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

46 Grosvenor Gardens
BOURNEMOUTH
BH1 4HH

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY PARTICULARLY AMONG HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SOUTH EAST DORSET AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, FOOD, CLOTHING, ADVICE AND RESETTLEMENT BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR SUCH PERSONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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