Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

SOUTHAMPTON ADVICE & REPRESENTATION CENTRE

The provision of advice and representation in the fields of Welfare Benefits & Employment Law for residents of the Southampton and Eastleigh areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£258£265£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£252£251£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£280£252£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£257£237£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£273£235£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£262£241£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£248£268£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£261£276£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£244£247£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£239£228£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£208£220£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£249£230£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£280£269£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£318£313£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£311£323£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£303£285£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£304£298£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.sarc.org.uk

admin@sarc.org.uk

02380431435

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Southampton City,
Who it helps
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity£164,900
Access to Justice Foundation£40,061
Alex Ferry Foundation£40,000
DCMS£2,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000 28/12/2022
community grant
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196 22/11/2022
Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000 06/12/2021
community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000 06/12/2021
community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000 15/12/2020
community grant
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to SARC
£164,900 16/09/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing advice, support, and tribunal representation in the fields of welfare benefits and employment law to vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Southampton.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£2,900 08/09/2020
"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
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£27,865 16/07/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Southampton Advice and Representation Centre Ltd
£119,600 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Welfare Benefits Adviser at a project providing specialist advice and representation to disadvantaged communities in Hampshire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Southampton Advice and Representation Centre Ltd
£70,500 17/09/2015
24
towards two years' salary of a Welfare Benefits Advisor at a project providing a specialist advice and representation service in and around Southampton
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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: 34-77
  • CATHERINE MCEWING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Bank Official
  • DAVID GREGORY WRIGHTON Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Industrial Chaplain
  • DAVID IAN GOODALL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Senior Project Leader
  • DERRICK CHARLES MURRAY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Accountant
  • DR JOE ROBERT ATKINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Academic
  • JOHN BREAR (Chair) Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Human Resoures Manager
  • MUHAMMAD SAFI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Carer
  • ROBERT JOHN STOKES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2006, number: 1112999
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/10/2005, number: 05582643
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

11 PORCHESTER ROAD
SOUTHAMPTON
HAMPSHIRE
SO19 2JB

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTHAMPTON & EASTLEIGH, OR SUCH OTHER AREAS IN HAMPSHIRE AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DEFINE. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION IN THE FIELDS OF WELFARE BENEFITS FOR ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CLAIMANTS OR EMPLOYMENT LAW RIGHTS FOR EMPLOYEES. THIS ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION WILL BE OF A STANDARD THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE ACCESS DUE TO FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS. ALL SUPPORT MAY BE WITHDRAWN IF A BENEFICIARY REFUSES TO ABIDE BY SARC'S PROCEDURES INCLUDING SARC'S EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROCEDURE.(B) EDUCATION IN RELATION TO RIGHTS & ENTITLEMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF WELFARE BENEFITS AND EMPLOYMENT LAW.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN SOUTHAMPTON & EASTLEIGH OR SUCH OTHER AREAS IN HAMPSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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