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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

SOUL FOOD SPACES 

Soul Food Spaces promotes physical, mental and spiritual well-being through the creation of spaces and settings where people can come together and share food and talk honestly about aspects of their lives as a means of finding acceptance, connection, meaning and community.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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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£6£3£3n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/22£2£2£1n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£6£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19£3£6£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£9£4£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£10£3£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£11£3£8£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.soulfoodspaces.org.uk

admin@soulfoodspaces.org.uk

07780520092

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 18 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/07/2014, number: 1157868
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 Albert Drive
Gateshead
NE9 6EH

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN.2. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED.(II) SUPPORTING AND COOPERATING WITH CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.3. TO PROMOTE GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SESSIONS IN MEDITATION AND DELIVERING THE FIVE WAYS TO WELLBEING PROGRAMME.4. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND MENTORING IN MEDITATION.5. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
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