Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

EMMAUS SHEFFIELD

Providing accommodation and work for previously homeless people
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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£567£572£-4£257£1,266£4599.682
30/06/22£449£530£-81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£424£473£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£519£478£41£0£1,399£5171377
30/06/19£383£447£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£434£406£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£423£406£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£412£371£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£375£322£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£339£317£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£362£297£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£415£312£103n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£338£340£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10£239£247£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09£217£231£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08*£217£231£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07£52£70£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06?£668£103£565n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£59£13£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£4£6£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 46.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 45%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 36%
Reserves/Spending: 9.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 6.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

www.emmaus-sheffield.org.uk

enquiry@emmaus-sheffield.org.uk

01142720677

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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
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • 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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£8,845
The Clothworkers Foundation£3,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Emmaus Courtyard Garden Project
£9,000 17/06/2022
The funding will be used to create a courtyard garden beside the residential centre. The project aims to bring people together and support building relationships.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Emmaus Sheffield
£2,634 23/10/2021
We would like to purchase equipment for a training programme that benefits beneficiaries in our workshops, providing opportunities to learn skills and engage with others in our social enterprise.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Emmaus Sheffield
£8,845 24/07/2020
Grant to Emmaus Sheffield meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£35,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Emmaus Sheffield
£3,700 06/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase equipment for a charity that works with homeless men and women who live in Sheffield
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 15/10/2019
Emmaus Sheffield Working Together To End Homelessness-The Companion Development Project.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Emmaus Sheffield
£75,000 28/11/2017
36
The grant will support homeless and socially excluded men over 18 by providing accommodation and developing their skills and abilities to transition into and sustain independent living.
National Lottery Community Fund - Emmaus Sheffield Alchemists Crafting From Scrap
£10,000 20/05/2015
12
The organisation will use funding to deliver therapeutic art and craft sessions, for homeless people living in shelters in the community. This will provide beneficiaries with the opportunity to express themselves through art as a calming therapy, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Emmaus Sheffield
£26,000 28/08/2013
Emmaus Sheffield provides support, accommodation and work experience for homeless people to help them to resettle in the community. They will use a grant to help fund the salary of their Deputy Community Manager.
National Lottery Community Fund - A pathway from homelessness to independence
£185,000 05/08/2013
60
This is a continuation of an existing project by Emmaus Sheffield (ES) which aims to break the cycle of homelessness in Sheffield, by enabling the homeless to embark upon a sustainable coherent pathway which will make a transformational change in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Companion Development Project
£120,000 10/08/2010
36
This project in Sheffield works towards breaking the cycle of homelessness by making a transformational change in people's lives, helping them move from dependency to self-reliance and return to independent living. The project is based in a former ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-74
  • ANDREW DAVID WILLIAM SHEPHERD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Conservation Architect
  • CARL DRAY Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DAVID WILLIAM THOMAS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • DR MARY WINIFRED MURPHY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • JANE KEETON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Probation Officer (Retired)
  • JOSEPH ANTHONY MICHAEL MORGAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Research Assistant
  • LYNDON ALUN MORGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Manager
  • THOMAS DAVID GEOFFREY BROWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Lecturer In Criminology
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2001, number: 1085609
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/04/2000, number: 03978765
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 34 days late,
Main office

Emmaus
Unit 5
Sipelia Works
Cadman Street
Sheffield
S4 7ZG

Objectives

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 SHEFFIELD AREA AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME.2) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR SUCH PERSONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT.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 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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