Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

EMMAUS COLCHESTER

Our principal activity is "Giving people a bed and a reason to get out of it".
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,562,505 available, equivalent to 28 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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
30/06/23*£654£678£-24£10£1,563£1,56327.71210
30/06/22£657£648£10£9£1,587£1,58729.41310
30/06/21£675£588£87£8£1,577£1,468301010
30/06/20£866£610£256£6£1,490£1,30625.71022
30/06/19£661£718£-57£8£1,234£1,23420.61022
30/06/18£683£632£51£9£1,292£1,29224.5100
30/06/17£719£688£31£23£1,241£1,24121.6100
30/06/16£715£657£58£20£1,210£1,20922.1100
30/06/15£623£575£48£3£1,152£1,1512490
30/06/14£564£565£-1£5£1,104£1,10223.4100
30/06/13£564£535£29£31£1,105£1,10424.780
30/06/12£416£349£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£325£352£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10£318£333£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09£284£248£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08£828£147£681£37£1,012£66153.930
30/06/07*£215£100£115n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06?*£165£95£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£114£78£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£97£63£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 27.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years

www.emmaus.org.uk/colchester

info@emmauscol.org

01206541616

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
DCMS£124,815
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Masonic Trust£20,000
Essex Community Foundation£15,000
CAF£7,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Emmaus Colchester
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Renew grant to Emmaus Colchester
£50,000 25/05/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Emmaus Colchester.
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£20,000 03/12/2020
Grant to contribute to the salary of a counsellor providing sessions helping residents/companions resolve challenges relating to the reasons they became homeless and helping them on their way to independence.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£124,815 03/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Emmaus Colchester
£15,000 12/05/2020
to help an organisation which houses vulnerable and previously homeless individuals, providing them with skills allowing them to move on with their lives to adapt and continue its service in response to the COVID19 crisis
CAF - Grant to Emmaus Colchester
£7,400 23/04/2020
3
Grant to Emmaus Colchester to support the organisation through COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Community Development Worker
£5,000 31/01/2019
23
To help employ a community development worker at a charity in Colchester providing support for homeless people in the area
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Emmaus Colchester
£40,000 29/06/2011
the salary of the Deputy Community Leader including training, travel and office costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-72
  • FRANCIS GERARD PERERA Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • GAYNOR BELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • JAMES BRIAN MCELHINNEY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant Retired
  • MATTHEW ROBERT DABBS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Bank Manager
  • NORA SINGH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Property And Marketing Manager
  • VICTORIA FULLER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager
  • VIVIENNE DEPLEDGE (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/1999, number: 1077805
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/07/1999, number: 03805699
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 7 days late, AR07: 111 days late, AR06: 72 days late,
Main office

175 Magdalen Street
Colchester
CO1 2JX

Objectives

FOR THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION BY:1) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION OR ASSISTANCE IN SUCH PROVISION FOR THE POOR AND HOMELESS IN THE IN THE COLCHESTER AREA AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME2) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR SUCH PERSONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT3) THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES OR OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES WORLD WIDE4) THE FULFILLING OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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