Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

ST AUGUSTINES CENTRE HALIFAX

Providing and developing a community based local resource operating from a local base within the Park Ward of Calderdale Borough in West Yorkshire. We offer education, care, training, personal development, sanctuary and community outreach; and assist in relieving poverty, deprivation and isolation.We promote health, wellbeing and community cohesion, particularly in the local population.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • 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
31/12/23£738£687£52£0£421£231419180
31/12/22£740£584£156£0£370£1913.920180
31/12/21£531£476£55£0£214£1082.717200
31/12/20£461£333£128n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£274£250£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£231£308£-77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£261£324£-63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£262£287£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£260£251£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£184£226£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£240£221£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£259£188£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£212£221£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£221£236£-15n/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: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 18.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years

www.staugustinescentrehalifax.org.uk

info@staugustinescentrehalifax.org.uk

01422352492

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Calderdale,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old 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
Community Foundation for Calderdale£266,478
Lloyds Bank Foundation£113,794
Henry Smith Charity£90,000
DCMS£82,838
Barrow Cadbury Trust£44,350
Tudor Trust£24,000
Sport England£18,700
AB Charitable Trust£17,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Integration Through Sport
£9,690 26/02/2024
1
This project will provide a range of sporting activities for asylum seekers and refugees. This will include table tennis, cricket, boxing, yoga and gym sessions. Two new football coaches will be trained to support an existing team.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Advice Drop In - Sanctuary Seekers
£54,900 07/12/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holidays 2024
£9,628 04/12/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Nawroz '24
£4,000 28/11/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Adult Mental Health Support Service (for people fleeing war and persecution)
£5,525 06/11/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Skydive
£15,000 30/10/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to St Augustines Centre
£15,950 04/10/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Legal Literacy
£9,900 30/03/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Welcome Cafe
£4,100 01/03/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holidays - for Sanctuary Seekers
£10,966 10/02/2023
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to St Augustines Centre
£11,220 16/12/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to St Augustine's Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Augustine's Centre
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of St Augustine's Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to St Augustines Centre
£5,000 30/11/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Out and about '23
£5,000 29/11/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Safety of the Support Building
£15,000 16/11/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to St Augustine's Centre
£17,000 06/10/2022
An unrestricted grant of £17,000. St Augustine's Centre provides holistic services which include, immigration advice, English classes and provides general advice and information for refugees and people seeking asylum in Halifax.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Welcome Cafe 2022 and beyond
£4,900 07/07/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Health casework and developments
£4,290 22/06/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Tech Lab
£3,887 07/06/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Sanctuary Through Sport
£9,010 30/05/2022
This project will provide funding for an expansion of existing activity to support those seeking asylum.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Destitution support
£2,500 12/05/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Project Links
£7,347 24/03/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - General fund
£634 08/03/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Trips and Events
£2,500 23/02/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Supporting the wool Merchant and Rock Hotel residents
£8,520 18/01/2022
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Christmas gifts from Harveys
£500 17/12/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to St Augustines Centre
£23,450 09/12/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Befriending Project
£4,958 16/11/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Out of Destitution
£4,918 27/05/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Driving Health Equalities
£15,000 26/04/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Reception and Access Extension
£5,000 20/04/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Clothes Hangar
£1,950 09/03/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to St. Augustine's Centre, Halifax
£9,700 03/03/2021
The refurbishment of a building for a charity supporting refugees, asylum seekers and disadvantaged communties in Halifax
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Digital Inclusion Project
£5,000 12/02/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Augustine's Centre Halifax
£2,000 01/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Community Foundation for Calderdale - The Welcome Cafe and Takeaway
£4,935 19/01/2021
Grant to St Augustines Centre
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to St. Augustine's Centre
£2,500 07/12/2020
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to St Augustine's Centre
£50,000 02/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of St Augustine's Centre, awarded under the Foundation's Asylum Seekers and Refugees funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£58,670 02/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£5,743 01/10/2020
"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
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - St Augustine
£44,350 21/09/2020
6
To fund refurbishment to make the building safe in a COVID climate, and to continue its advice and welfare work.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£8,580 21/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,845 31/07/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to St Augustine's Centre
£11,544 24/07/2020
Grant to St Augustine's Centre meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Augustine's Centre Halifax (COVID19 Grant)
£20,000 21/05/2020
12
over six months as additional emergency funding to help this charity meet the needs of asylum seekers, refugees and other vulnerable people in Calderdale during the Coronavirus pandemic
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Augustine's Centre Halifax (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 14/05/2020
as emergency funding to help meet the essential needs of vulnerable families in Halifax during the Coronavirus pandemic
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to St Augustine's Centre
£90,000 10/12/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support to disadvantaged people in Park Ward, Halifax
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Augustine's Centre
£14,528 20/09/2019
12
Develop fundraising strategy, improve monitoring and evaluation and impact reporting for charity supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Tudor Trust - Grant to St Augustine's Centre Halifax
£90,000 06/09/2019
36
over three years towards core costs, including the salary of a volunteer and activities co-ordinator, at a centre supporting asylum seekers and refugees in Calderdale
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 18/06/2019
Core costs to fund continuation of our vital services for the local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Welcome Cafe
£10,000 29/11/2018
12
This funding will be used to continue to provide social events, trips, outings and hot meals for the local community including asylum seekers and refugees. This will provide volunteering opportunities to help cook the food, and provide social ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Augustine's Centre
£31,000 26/04/2013
This charity provides training courses, advice, support groups, a nursery and creche for refugees and asylum seekers and others from the local community in Halifax. They will use a grant to fund a new Volunteer Co-ordinator.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-70
  • ALICE GEORGIA GARROD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Immigration Caseworker
  • ANDREW RICHARD ALAN JONES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Freelance Project Manager
  • ASHLEY CHARLES PARKIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • ELINA MAANO KASOONDY EADY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor
  • HAKAR ABDULAZIZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student
  • HINA GILLANI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Unemployed
  • JACQUELINE ELIZABETH ADDISON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Hr
  • JESSICA FOWLE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • KEITH RAYMOND BAULCOMBE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • LORA NOELLE EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Programme Manager
  • RACHEL LOUISE GREEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Grants Officer
  • SARA SUHEIM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Housing And Migration Team
  • SEAN PATRICK MCGONIGLE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • SIMON DOMINIC BOTTOMLEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2009, number: 1131784
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/02/2009, number: 06819800
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Internal risk management 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
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

St. Augustines Centre
Hanson Lane
HALIFAX
HX1 5PG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE PARK WARD OF CALDERDALE BOROUGH IN WEST YORKSHIRE AND THE WIDER AREA:-A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH TRAINING, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE BY WHATEVER CHARITABLE MEANS THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT;B) THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING, TRAINING, INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE SESSIONS AND HEALTHY MEALS;C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND AS A WAY OF PROMOTING COMMUNITY COHESION.D) THE EDUCATION, CARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE AGED 0-11 YEARS.E) THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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