Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 10
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE CHICKEN SOUP SHELTER

Relief of poverty
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?

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£873£799£74£0£223£2233.347
31/03/22£708£707£1£25£149£1492.563
31/03/21£897£881£16£29£147£147264
31/03/20£667£699£-33£1£131£1312.303
31/03/19£619£565£54£1£164£1643.543
31/03/18£644£613£31£1£110£1102.140
31/03/17£556£605£-49£2£79£791.650
31/03/16*£468£455£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£557£485£72£11£123£123320
31/03/14£464£426£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£317£327£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£249£229£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£181£179£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£140£140£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£101£100£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£0£0£0n/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: 63%
Liabilities/Income: 43%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

https://thechickensoupshelter.org

thechickensoupshelter@gmail.com

02088093002

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
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
City Bridge Trust£185,700
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£139,650
National Lottery Community Fund£98,598
DCMS£92,350
The London Community Foundation£49,450
Hackney Council£46,010
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Chicken Soup Shelter
£185,700 27/01/2023
24
£185,700 over two years (£85,252, £100,448) towards the cost of storing, cooking and distributing surplus kosher food.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Chicken Soup Shelter
£7,500 26/01/2023
to increase capacity and provide additional support to a charity providing a meals on wheels programme during the winter months, in Hackney and Haringey
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Unit
£88,848 18/03/2022
The project is using funding to establish a ‘Family Support Unit’ to provide tailored support and assistance led by key workers to vulnerable Jewish families in Hackney. The project aims to increase resilience and feelings of empowerment by ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to The Chicken Soup Shelter
£20,000 24/03/2021
12
Wave 5 (Core): Our Family Support Programme, a new team of staff and volunteers dedicated to supporting families with young children who are unable to provide for their daily food needs through a combination of fresh meals and food parcels, with ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The Chicken Soup Shelter
£10,000 27/11/2020
2
increasing the capacity of our home-delivery service, providing hot, nutritious meals to vulnerable people in the safety of their own home throughout the Covid-19 crisis. The funding will cover the additional expense required to safely prepare, ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to The Chicken Soup Shelter
£6,010 10/09/2020
3
DEFRA: We are looking for a grant of £10,000 which will contribute towards the cost of our home-delivered food parcels program. This amount will cover the cost of 1200 food parcels.
Hackney Council - Grant to The Chicken Soup Shelter
£20,000 26/08/2020
6
LCRF Wave 3: The expansion of provision to deliver food parcels to families and individuals in need.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£92,350 11/08/2020
"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 London Community Foundation - Grant to The Chicken Soup Shelter
£39,450 11/06/2020
This funding is for transforming our soup kitchen into a home-delivery service, providing hot, nutritious meals at meal times to vulnerable people in the safety of their own home throughout the Covid-19 crisis. The funding will cover the additional ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£69,825 03/06/2020
The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 food Charity Grant Scheme
£69,825 03/06/2020
Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme: will be used to support other food redistribution charities that do not have sufficient funding. They will use these grants to purchase food to supply vulnerable people. This will provide immediate support for a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Volunteer's Kitchen
£9,750 09/03/2020
5
The funding will be used to increase the group's capacity to prepare and provide food for low-income households. The project aims to increase community involvement in delivery of the soup kitchen.
National Lottery Community Fund - Breakfast Club Pilot
£9,850 25/01/2019
12
The project will pilot a free breakfast club and provide a space for people to meet to develop relationships and maintain a daily routine.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

  • ABRAHAM BAR-HORIN
  • JOSEPH MARGULIES
  • PINCHAS BENEDIKT
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2007, number: 1119905
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
  • 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
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR09: 47 days late, AR08: 52 days late,
Main office

87
Vartry Road
London
uk
N15 6QD

Objectives

1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND2 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE HACKNEY AND HARINGEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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