Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

CITY CATERING SOUTHAMPTON 

Social Care CateringHoliday Hunger - provision of food for families
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£5,445£5,422£23£0£533£0n/a2310
31/03/22*£5,394£5,413£-19£0£510£5101.123912
31/03/21£4,193£4,470£-277£0£529£5291.424313
31/03/20£4,985£5,058£-74£102£806£8061.92450
31/03/19£5,023£5,008£15£0£880£8802.12440
31/03/18£4,927£4,801£125£0£865£8652.22450
31/03/17£4,915£4,698£216£0£739£7391.92560
31/03/16£5,051£4,528£523£0£523£5231.42560

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 77%
Liabilities/Income: 34%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 9 years

www.citycateringsouthampton.co.uk

admin@citycateringsouthampton.co.uk

02380332226

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Southampton City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
Who works here?
  • 231 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£24,900 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/03/2015, number: 1160776
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/11/2014, number: 09331784
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR22: 56 days late,
Main office

Latimer House
5-7 Cumberland Place
Southampton
Hampshire
SO152BH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH;2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND3) THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, DISABILITY, ILL-HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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