Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE IMMANUEL PROJECT

The charity runs a Christian drop-in centre, serving food and providing support services and signposting for the homeless and vulnerable.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/12/23£104£112£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£99£74£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£83£78£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£85£78£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£50£40£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£68£36£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£43£32£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£19£10£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£19£35£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£42£12£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.theimmanuelproject.org.uk

theimmanuelprojectbradford@gmail.com

07810558878

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City,
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£494,235
Leeds Community Foundation£12,134
DCMS£10,000
Co-Operative Group£5,391
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Spreading the Light
£494,235 17/02/2023
This funding will enable the Immanuel Project to continue delivering food a safe space and holistic wellbeing activities at their city centre base in Bradford West Yorkshire. Their safe space will be open four days a week offering hot food and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Immanuel Project
£1,143 22/10/2022
We plan to continue to support our guests with hot meals, essentials and vital wellbeing services such as Happiness groups.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Immanuel Project Bradford
£4,248 23/10/2021
We aim to extend our opening hours to support the mental health and wellbeing of the homeless and vulnerable people of Bradford with hot food, essentials and vital services from our community centre.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to The Immanuel Project
£10,000 28/07/2020
5
Grant to The Immanuel Project
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 28/07/2020
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
Leeds Community Foundation - The Move for Health Group
£2,134 14/02/2020
The project will encourage guests who are willing to participate, to engage in physical activities such as walking, swimming and cycling to improve their physical well being.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping into the light
£224,418 05/05/2017
60
The project will support the needs of homeless people living on the streets who need a place to go and eat. A number of varied services will be offered, including housing advice, healthcare, welfare benefits, drug and alcohol support, mental health ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANTHONY JAMES CHAPMAN Appointed: 2020
  • BRIAN DAVID NOBLE Appointed: 2013
  • JANET IRENE BANNISTER (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • JOHN BOTTOMLEY Appointed: 2014
  • SARAH HUTCHINSON Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/06/2013, number: 1152419
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR18: 13 days late,
Main office

Middleton House
16 Middleton Avenue
Ilkley
West Yorkshire
LS29 0AH

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY RUNNING A CHRISTIAN FAITH BASED DROP IN CENTRE TO PROVIDE MEALS, CARE AND SUPPORT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE HOMELESS OR OTHERS SUFFERING LOSS, PAIN, ADDICTION AND ABUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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