Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

EMMAUS TURVEY 

Relief of poverty, hardship and distress by providing (or assisting in) accomodation for poor and homeless people in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Northamptonshire, and their education, training and employment training to develop employment skills. Support for other Emmaus Communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 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
30/06/23£1,554£1,456£98£0£772£7726.41973
30/06/22£1,286£1,337£-51£0£673£67362147
30/06/21£1,138£1,261£-123£0£725£7256.92437
30/06/20£1,408£1,307£101£0£848£8487.82238
30/06/19£1,421£1,327£95£0£747£7476.81838
30/06/18£1,277£1,254£23£0£653£6446.2150
30/06/17£1,271£1,219£52£0£630£4254.2150
30/06/16£1,060£1,077£-17£0£578£4214.7140
30/06/15£1,027£1,027£0£9£596£4575.3150
30/06/14£1,086£970£115£8£615£2483.1150
30/06/13£1,062£898£164£8£499£620.8120
30/06/12£905£837£68£11£336£640.9120
30/06/11£982£726£255£11£268£420.7130
30/06/10£802£780£22£11£60£420.6130
30/06/09£600£708£-108£9£37£370.6110
30/06/08£657£639£18£8£145£921.7100
30/06/07£745£849£-103£4£127£69160
30/06/06£745£849£-103£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£811£613£198£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£708£690£18£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years

www.emmaus.org.uk/village_carlton

office@emmausvc.org

01234 720826

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
GiG Classification
  • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 19 employees
  • 73 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Emmaus Village Carlton
£2,315 22/10/2022
We plan to employ/access a dedicated Mental Health Worker to provide mental health assessments and coordinate the signposting/accessing of local mental health services.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£100,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
National Lottery Community Fund - Emmaus Village Community Food Enterprise
£10,000 31/01/2018
12
This project will run a programme of horticultural training for the local community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/10/2000, number: 1083113
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/02/2000, number: 03924340
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

Emmaus Village Carlton
School Lane
Carlton
BEDFORD
MK43 7LQ

Objectives

THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE EMMAUS MOVEMENT AS PUBLISHED FROM TIME TO TIMEBY EMMAUS UK TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION BY:1. THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, OR ASSISTANCE IN SUCH PROVISION, FOR HOMELESS IN THE BEDFORDSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AREAS AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME. 2. THE REHABILITATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES AS APPROPRIATE AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, EMPLOYMENT TRAINING) AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND SATISFACTION FOR THE BENEFICIARIES WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE FUTURE AND THEREBY DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF WORTH AND DIGNITY THROUGH HAVING A SELF-SUPPORTING LIFE. 3. 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 WIDE. 4. THE FULFILLING OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BEDFORDSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AREAS, AND OTHER PLACES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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