Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 20

THE FORGE PROJECT

Drop-in day centre for homeless and vulnerable housed adults, including engaging in activities, volunteer program, work experience placements, referrals, general support, food parcels, breakfast, lunch, listening and befriending service, partnership working with drug and alcohol, mental health and local authority housing advice and support teams.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

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
31/03/24		£220	£224	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£262	£205	£58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£206	£156	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	*	£195	£137	£58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£166	£136	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£72	£116	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£103	£83	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£98	£80	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£61	£58	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£46	£61	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13?		£43	£67	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/12		£91	£93	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/11		£95	£93	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/10		£110	£78	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 15 years
(19 years as a company)

www.theforgeproject.co.uk

talktous.forgeproject@gmail.com

01724276742

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

North Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£265,788
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£127,250
Lincolnshire Community Foundation	£6,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Forge Project
£75,000	06/07/2023 36	Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of The Forge Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Forge Project
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Managing Change Project
£255,788	24/03/2022	The Forge Project (TFP) will continue to support the homeless community in Scunthorpe and surrounding areas of North Lincolnshire. The aim is to provide a safe space promoting physical and emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving Forward
£10,000	10/12/2021	The funding will be used to equip a kitchen and dining area in which those who are or at risk of homelessness will come together for a hot nutritious meal to access support and to participate in baking and cooking activities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Forge Project
£50,000	08/09/2021 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of The Forge Project
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - The Forge Scunthorpe Covid Project
£3,000	16/04/2020	Emergency food for homeless people
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - The Forge Scunthorpe Covid Project
£3,000	16/04/2020	Emergency food for homeless people
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving Forward
£10,000	16/10/2019 12	Moving Forward
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£3,000	07/03/2018	Day centre support, meals, befriending and advice and information for homeless people and vulnerable people experiencing poverty and social isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out Project
£304,427	15/01/2018 36	The group will offer a variety of support sessions for people who are experiencing homelessness, as well as employing a mental health link worker. This will provide short term crisis support, however it will also look at improving the longer term ....more The group will offer a variety of support sessions for people who are experiencing homelessness, as well as employing a mental health link worker. This will provide short term crisis support, however it will also look at improving the longer term health, wellbeing and opportunities of people who access the services.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Forge Project
£50,000	11/11/2015 24	provides a range of support services to people that are experiencing homelessness to help them not only find and secure accommodation but to develop appropriate life skills that will help them maintain their tenancies and move closer to employment

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-64

JAMES ANTHONY JOZEF JELLINEK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Government Officer

JULIE DEBORAH REED (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Councillor

PETER FREDERICK BELL BSC

PAUL VOLLANS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Sales Director

RUTH MARNIE CHITTENDEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Health Visitor

SHEILA DEIRDRE WALSHE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Acountant

SIMON JOHN LINDEN BATT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2010, number: 1134325
Registered at Companies House on 31/08/2005, number: 05549681

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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; AR21: 7 days late,

Main office

The Forge Project
Methodist Church
Cottage Beck Road
SCUNTHORPE
DN16 1UB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF TO HOMELESS AND OTHER VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN SCUNTHORPE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Defined Area of Benefit:

SCUNTHORPE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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