Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

IPSWICH HOUSING ACTION GROUP LIMITED

Provide temporary shared housing, then assist tenants to resettle into permanent independent housing. Also provide housing,floating support, welfare rights and money advice. Also campaign both locally and nationally of behalf of single homeless people and any issues that affect them.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,107£1,170£-62£1£1,005£98610.1263
31/03/22£1,190£1,140£50£3£1,067£1,03510.9253
31/03/21£1,251£1,195£56£12£982£9729.83110
31/03/20£1,275£1,282£-7£29£961£9418.83510
31/03/19£1,241£1,259£-19£33£968£9579.12820
31/03/18£1,134£1,150£-17£29£987£97510.2330
31/03/17£1,321£1,297£23£31£1,004£9949.2400
31/03/16£1,361£1,339£22£29£980£9558.6400
31/03/15£1,406£1,400£6£58£964£9127.8340
31/03/14£1,354£1,320£33£39£958£8427.7340
31/03/13£1,370£1,225£145£29£925£8548.4300
31/03/12£1,154£1,142£12£43£780£7808.2320
31/03/11£1,164£1,102£62£30£768£7688.4310
31/03/10£1,128£1,111£17£34£707£7077.6320
31/03/09£1,036£975£61£32£690£6908.5330
31/03/08£868£850£18£51£629£5878.3240
31/03/07£759£747£13£39£611£5809.3220
31/03/06£840£517£323n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 6.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.ihag.co.uk

maureen@ihag.co.uk

01473232426

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£398,101
DCMS£49,184
Suffolk Community Foundation£10,304
The Clothworkers Foundation£3,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Chapman Centre continuation
£398,101 17/06/2021
36
The funding will be used over three years in order to support The Chapman Centre in Ipswich which offers practical help advice guidance and support to people with complex needs often homeless and have experienced homelessness or are facing the risk ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Covid Local Support Grant
£2,500 13/05/2021
1
Hardship Funding Round 5.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Core Costs
£1,100 12/04/2021
To support the core costs of the Chapman Centre.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund
£3,500 25/08/2020
2
To support those who are homeless with emergency funding.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,184 17/07/2020
"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
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Ipswich Housing Action Group
£3,700 16/04/2020
COVID19 : purchase of IT equipment for a charity that works with homelessness in Suffolk
Suffolk Community Foundation - Work From Home Equipment
£3,204 01/04/2020
5
Towards the extra costs of remote working supporting those who are homeless. Covid19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Chapman Centre - Day Centre for Homeless Individuals
£7,500 30/05/2018
11
In recognition of the partnerships which have been built through the Chapman Centre.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Rural Outreach Money Advice
£3,984 28/03/2018
11
To help IHAG Money Advice Service to provide debt and benefits advice to at least 30 clients over 1 year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Women's Outreach - Money Advice
£9,797 13/12/2017
12
This project will provide debt and financial courses for women who have escaped domestic violence.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Chapman Centre
£350,152 09/08/2017
36
This project, based at the Chapman Centre in Ipswich, will support people who have multiple needs including homelessness, poor mental health, substance misuse and chaotic lifestyles. The work will improve their life chances of gaining sustained ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ipswich Housing Action Group
£60,000 04/04/2016
36
Towards a contribution to the Ipswich Homelessness Locality Partnership manager to improve support to vulnerable and marginalised adults in Ipswich.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ipswich Housing Action Group
£74,000 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Money Advice Service Manager at a project providing a debt and welfare advice service to disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Suffolk
National Lottery Community Fund - The Community Resource Centre
£206,377 09/07/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - IHAG Money Advice Service
£296,365 09/11/2011
60
The project provides debt and welfare rights advice to single homeless and vulnerably house people across Ipswich, offering various services such as face to face appointments, home visits and drop-in facilities. The group deals with around 450 cases ....more
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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: 44-74
  • CATHERINE BOWYER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • CHRISTOPHER MCEWEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chairman
  • GLEN CHISHOLM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Customer Support Manager
  • JEANETTE HUNT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Manager
  • ROBERT GEORGE DAVISON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • THOMAS JELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/01/2005, number: 1107841
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/10/2004, number: 05268499
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

IHAG Chapman Centre
1 Black Horse Lane
IPSWICH
IP1 2EF

Objectives

1) The relief of poverty, need and hardship amongst people in Suffolk (i) living with, at risk of, or caused by homelessness, or (ii) who are living in adverse housing conditions, or (iii) who are victims of domestic, sexual and associated discriminatory abuse, or by reason of dependency, financial or other disadvantage.2) The relief of financial hardship amongst people living or working in Suffolk.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IPSWICH AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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