Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

TOM HARRISON HOUSE

Tom Harrison House is a specialist facility providing addiction treatment exclusively to military veterans, reservists, emergency personnel, and their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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
  • 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

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
30/09/23£1,236£1,202£34£57£184£1381.41810
30/09/22£1,203£1,077£127£32£151£1511.71513
30/09/21£745£862£-117£32£67£670.91212
30/09/20*£665£688£-23£31£184£1843.2138
30/09/19£654£627£27£1£207£2074108
30/09/18*£728£524£204£0£180£1643.870
30/09/17£412£401£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£412£401£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£400£332£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£34£72£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years

www.tomharrisonhouse.com

info@tomharrisonhouse.org.uk

01519098481

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for addiction & substance abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Liverpool City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
Ministry of Defence£280,606
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust£50,480
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 13/10/2023
Veterans Therapeutic Centre
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£100,000 10/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed Forces community. 2) It aims to encourage all parties ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Tom Harrison House
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Tom Harrison House
£1,424 22/10/2022
We're a community of UK armed forces veterans in recovery who want to give something back by working to improve our local area and by providing assistance to elderly and vulnerable local residents.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£17,500 12/11/2021
To increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for those in the Armed Forces community impacted by events in Afghanistan, and the wider veterans community.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£50,000 03/09/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 13/11/2020
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Tom Harrison House
£15,000 26/10/2020
purchase of the minibus for a charity supporting addiction recovery centre for military veterans in Merseyside
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Tom Harrison House
£6,000 24/07/2020
Grant to Tom Harrison House meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£50,480 25/06/2020
Funding enabled the group to provide intensive therapeutic support to 60 veterans with addictions and poor mental health during the Covid-19 crisis. The programme will enable veterans to continue to access services to maintain abstinence, improve ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£50,480 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 01/05/2020
THH Addiction Recovery Programme
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£27,626 01/04/2020
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
National Lottery Community Fund - Tom Harrison House Weekend Wellbeing
£9,692 23/10/2019
12
Tom Harrison House Weekend Wellbeing
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Tom Harrison House
£100,000 16/07/2019
36
Tom Harrison House supports veterans to sustain recovery from dependency and successfully reintegrate in civilian life. The grant will contribute to their core costs.
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£91,666 01/04/2019
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£98,666 01/04/2018
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
National Lottery Community Fund - Tom Harrison House. "Honour, Hope and Healing".
£10,000 05/03/2014
12
This charity in Liverpool will use the funding to run equine therapy sessions for veterans, reservists, serving armed forces and emergency personnel who are suffering from addictions. The project aims to support beneficiaries to explore their issues ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-70
  • ALBERT KIRBY Appointed: 2016
  • AMI GILMARTIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None
  • DANIEL BROUGHTON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Police Officer
  • JANET SUSAN CASS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • JOHN CASS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • KATHRYN STUART Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Owner Childrenswear Shop
  • PAUL FREDERICK WRIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Petty Officer, Royal Navy
  • STEPHEN PEARSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Safety Consultant
  • TOBY JON DOWNING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2013, number: 1154510
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/09/2013, number: 08675134
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR20: 10 days late, AR18: 19 days late,
Main office

4 Argyle Road
Liverpool
L4 2RS

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER HARDSHIP AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) TO: PROVIDE TREATMENT, SUPPORT AND HOUSING FOR EX SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN HELPING THEM TO ACHIEVE CHANGE AND FREEDOM FROM SUBSTANCE MISUSE; THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO EX SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN RETURNING TO SOCIETY AND WORK LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE ARMED FORCES; TO ASSIST WITH ACCESS TO VOLUNTARY WORK PLACEMENTS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES RELEVANT FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OF EX SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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