Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

ACIS GROUP LIMITED 

Acis Group Limited is a not for profit registered provider of social housing, other housing, accommodation and assistance to help house people, and associated facilities, services and amenities for poor people and for the relief of elderly, disabled (whether physically or mentally) or chronically sick people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • There is a pension deficit of £1,402,000

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£41,240£36,295£4,945£0£60,316£60,31619.92940
31/03/22£45,186£38,779£6,408£0£55,855£55,85517.32870
31/03/21£42,394£37,998£4,396£0£47,736£0n/a2740
31/03/20£40,587£34,614£5,972£0£45,665£45,66515.82520
31/03/19£34,072£29,544£4,528£0£38,493£38,49315.622253
31/03/18£34,443£28,542£5,901£0£36,019£36,01915.12090
31/03/17£34,106£28,916£5,190£0£30,195£30,19512.52070
31/03/16£31,778£25,805£5,973£0£25,212£25,21211.72220
31/03/15£30,271£23,875£6,397£143£20,544£20,54410.31100
31/03/14*£27,619£23,629£3,990£98£8,613£8,6134.42010
31/03/13£22,925£22,455£470£107£4,801£4,6122.51510
31/03/12*£20,282£17,386£2,896£111£4,913£4,9133.41170

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 80%
Liabilities/Income: 581%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 19.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 13 years
(25 years as a company)

www.acisgroup.co.uk

legal@acisgroup.co.uk

08000272057

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire, Doncaster, Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Rotherham, Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 294 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANT
£805,500 01/04/2020
The Affordable Homes Programme provides grant funding to registered providers to support the delivery of affordable housing.
National Lottery Community Fund - YES (Youth and Employer Support) Programme
£395,692 24/04/2019
48
The project will deliver the Youth and Employment Support (YES) Programme. The overarching aim of this partnership is to work jointly to deliver a four year programme providing support for young ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72
  • PAUL WILKIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant (Retired)
  • BRUCE KERR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant
  • RONAN O'HARA Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2011, number: 1141067
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/07/1998, number: 03593345
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
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
  • 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
12 returns made; AR14: 0 days late, AR12: 1 days late,
Main office

ACIS HOUSE
57 BRIDGE STREET
GAINSBOROUGH
LINCOLNSHIRE
DN21 1GG

Objectives

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS SHALL BE TO CARRY ON THE INDUSTRY BUSINESS OR TRADE OF PROVIDING:1) SOCIAL HOUSING, OTHER HOUSING, ACCOMMODATION AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, SERVICES AND AMENITIES FOR POOR PEOPLE AND FOR THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE; AND2) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT NOT PROHIBITED FOR A COMPANY REGISTERED WITH THE REGULATOR AS A NON-PROFIT PRIVATE REGISTERED PROVIDER

Defined Area of Benefit:

SHEFFIELD CITYLINCOLNSHIRENOTTINGHAMSHIREDERBYSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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