Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

HARBOUR SUPPORT SERVICES

Harbour is working towards safer communities through holistic services addressing all aspects of Domestic Abuse and other related support services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/03/24£6,953£6,934£19£0£2,113£553131334
?31/03/23£6,580£5,790£790£0£2,094£7371.530034
31/03/22£4,581£4,364£217£0£1,304£6841.921134
31/03/21£4,674£4,488£186£0£1,087£4361.21878
31/03/20?£3,965£4,009£-43£0£901£3981.21708
31/03/18£3,833£3,777£57£38£1,025£4591.51330
31/03/17£3,732£3,658£74£36£968£5511.81500
31/03/16£3,337£3,370£-33£35£894£6062.21470
31/03/15£2,713£2,561£152£44£927£6743.2780
31/03/14£2,287£2,251£36£43£775£6523.5690
31/03/13£2,078£1,978£99£42£739£5993.6610
31/03/12£1,841£1,814£27£44£639£5283.5640
31/03/11*£1,889£1,938£-50£53£612£4562.8630
31/03/10£1,509£1,454£55£43£662£1551.3460
31/03/09*£1,633£1,542£91£42£607£400.3460
31/03/08£1,545£1,518£27£35£516£0n/a440
31/03/07£1,541£1,436£104£69£489£0n/a400
31/03/06*£1,282£1,216£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£891£867£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£898£886£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 4.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.myharbour.org.uk

lesleygibson@myharbour.org.uk

07970036658

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, North Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£189,854
Comic Relief£33,860
County Durham Community Foundation£16,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£9,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Harbour Support Service
£1,000 12/05/2022
Resettlement/ move-in packs for individuals/families using services in north east england who are moving into new accommodation
County Durham Community Foundation - Hardship Resettlement Fund
£5,000 25/10/2021
Sherburn house Charity RIN.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - resettlement/ move-in packs for individuals/families moving into new accommodation
£1,000 11/02/2021
resettlement/ move-in packs for individuals/families moving into new accommodation
County Durham Community Foundation - Sherburn House Relief in Need
£3,000 08/02/2021
Sherburn House Relief in Need
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisations charitable purposes
£4,000 27/11/2020
the organisations charitable purposes
County Durham Community Foundation - Sherburn House Relief in Need
£3,000 16/11/2020
Sherburn House Relief in Need
Comic Relief - Family Intervention Service
£33,860 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£94,927 05/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - General running costs for its additional work with vulnerable clients in the North Tyneside refuge during the COVID19 pandemic
£5,000 22/05/2020
General running costs for its additional work with vulnerable clients in the North Tyneside refuge during the COVID19 pandemic
County Durham Community Foundation - Extended Perpetrator Programme
£5,000 13/05/2020
To increase capacity of Harbour's domestic abuse support services and perpetrator programme.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£94,927 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
Comic Relief - Family Intervention Service
£152,444 06/11/2019
36
The project will provide a Family Support Team to work across six refuges in North East England, supporting women who are pregnant or with children under school age. The team will provide 1-to-1 and group support to mums and babies/children to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Harbour Recovery Service
£316,000 17/10/2019
23
Harbour Recovery Service
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£99,175 02/10/2019
To improve partnerships between Harbour specialist domestic abuse service and homelessness services across six local authority areas in the north east: North Tyneside, Durham, Darlington, Stockton, Hartlepool & Middlesbrough.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£49,588 02/10/2019
To improve partnerships between Harbour specialist domestic abuse service and homelessness services across six local authority areas in the north east: North Tyneside, Durham, Darlington, Stockton, Hartlepool & Middlesbrough.
County Durham Community Foundation - Hospital Based IDVA
£9,701 23/08/2018
To continue to develop the hospital based IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advocate) project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Hospital Based IDVA
£9,961 29/08/2017
Towards the Hospital Based IDVA project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mindful mentors - supporting those suffering Domestic Abuse
£9,950 04/01/2017
12
The project will deliver peer mentoring training for survivors of domestic abuse and carry out an evaluation of the volunteers’ progress. This will equip the mentors with mindfulness skills and self-esteem, and provide improved holistic ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI Stage 2
£745,125 22/03/2016
36
The aim of the project is to offer an extended recovery service to women and girls who have been supported in Harbour’s existing crisis services but would benefit from ongoing support to enable them to achieve sustainable changes, leading to ....more
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Harbour Support Services (North East)
£2,500 26/07/2013
Towards the cost of CAADA IDVA training.
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Harbour Support Services (Tees Valley)
£9,868 25/11/2011
Towards the cost of accreditation for the Perpetrator's Programme.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-74
  • CHRISTINE MULGREW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
  • DEBRA MCKITTRICK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Controller
  • FRANCESCA COSSTICK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • LOUISE HURST Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Deputy Manager Youth Offending Sus
  • VICTORIA DUNCAN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Solicitor
  • WENDY MORRIS Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Senior Lecturer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2001, number: 1086897
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/01/2001, number: 04141850
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 16 days late, AR09: 32 days late, AR06: 17 days late,
Main office

8 Sydenham Road
HARTLEPOOL
TS25 1QB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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