Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Static board: -3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -7

FRIENDS OF MARY SEACOLE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

The Friends of Mary Seacole Housing Association work to prevent and relieving hardship and distress amongst persons who are in need by reason of homelessness, for the public benefit in the Luton area. We provide supported semi-independent accommodation for single people and provided life skills, credited and non accredited training and social activities to support the users back into independency.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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
31/03/24		£1	£10	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£1	£7	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£7	£15	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£39	£35	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£43	£34	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£38	£56	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£36	£29	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	*	£31	£24	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

HTTP://MARYSEACOLEHA.COM/THE-FRIENDS/

mail@maryseacole.com

01582415651

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people

How it operates

Provides other finance

Where it operates

Luton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Crisis UK - Grant to Friends of Mary Seacole
£9,500	11/05/2020	Development of web based services
Crisis UK - Grant to Friends of Mary Seacole
£4,751	09/04/2020	IT equipment for social isolation
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Community Tea House - Females Complex Needs
£4,999	29/06/2017 11	Grant to The Friends of Mary Seacole

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

DESLINE STEWART Appointed: 2015

KEITH WILLIAMS Appointed: 2015

LENNOX ADAMS Appointed: 2018

SYDNEY KNIGHT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant

ELAINE CRUISE Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2015, number: 1160265

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR16: 8 days late,

Main office

12 Cardiff Road
LUTON
LU1 1QG

Objectives

TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE LUTON AREA, BY PROVIDING SUPPORTED / SEMI-INDEPENDENT ACCOMMODATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LUTON AREA

Data Sources

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