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

THE SHELTER PROJECT HOUNSLOW 

From Jan 2012 to Mar 2020 The Shelter Project Hounslow (TSPH) volunteers provided homeless men with a warm meal, overnight accommodation and breakfast over winter months in local Christian churches. Such communal shelters are not compliant with Covid regulations so TSPH now operates as Cafe Together to offer a warm welcome and a hot meal to the vulnerable in society more generally.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/08/22£2£17£-15n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/08/21£17£24£-7n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/08/20£21£28£-7n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/08/19£33£25£7n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/08/18*£52£48£3£0£0£0n/a0400
31/08/17£56£38£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16*£74£57£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15*£39£50£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.tsph.org

jpcorbin195@btinternet.com

02085681146

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social & legal advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Hounslow,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2014, number: 1158760
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR18: 140 days late, AR16: 19 days late, AR15: 19 days late,
Main office

10 Augustus Close
Brentford
TW8 8QE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING TEMPORARY WINTER ACCOMMODATION TO SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE PRIMARILY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY, FROM THE BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW, AND TO HELP THEM RE-INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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