Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 16

DEVIZES OPENDOORS

Three cooked meals per week for homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless. Sign posting to various agencies that can help with issues such as drug dependence, mental illness and rent arrears. Leasing a property to run activities and deliver a befriending service. Intending to acquire emergency single accommodation units.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/10/23		£90	£73	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/22		£72	£63	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/10/21		£60	£52	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/10/20		£40	£23	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/19		£32	£36	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	51
31/10/18		£34	£17	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/17	*	£2	£2	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

http://devizesopendoors.org.uk

admin@devizesopendoors.org.uk

01380819909

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Lloyds Bank Foundation	£102,250
Wiltshire Community Foundation	£31,000
DCMS	£13,466
National Lottery Community Fund	£13,135
Co-Operative Group	£1,179

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Devizes Opendoors
£1,179	21/10/2023	Homeless people need friendly support and unconditional personal regard to restore their self-respect and tackle life issues. These funds would pay for staff to manage the volunteer befriender scheme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keeping the kitchen open
£4,495	22/09/2023	The funding will be used to provide new kitchen equipment to a drop-in centre for homeless and disadvantaged people. The project aims to improve people's wellbeing with nutritious meals and a network ....more The funding will be used to provide new kitchen equipment to a drop-in centre for homeless and disadvantaged people. The project aims to improve people's wellbeing with nutritious meals and a network of support.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Devizes Opendoors
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Devizes Opendoors
£50,000	07/12/2022 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Devizes Opendoors
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Devizes Opendoors
£1,000	17/11/2022	Grant to Devizes Opendoors
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Devizes Opendoors
£15,000	29/09/2022	Devizes Opendoors provides drop-in sessions for homeless or insecurely housed people in Devizes. They offer meals and opportunities for people to wash, launder their clothes, have social interaction ....more Devizes Opendoors provides drop-in sessions for homeless or insecurely housed people in Devizes. They offer meals and opportunities for people to wash, launder their clothes, have social interaction and receive support with housing and other issues. The grant will support running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keeping the door open
£8,640	15/08/2022	The funding will be used to purchase new flooring for the centre. The project aims to improve a space used by the community.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	25/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Devizes Opendoors
£50,000	03/12/2020 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Devizes Opendoors, awarded under the Foundation's Homeless and Vulnerably Housed funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support ....more Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Devizes Opendoors, awarded under the Foundation's Homeless and Vulnerably Housed funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£13,466	03/12/2020	The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on a pound for pound basis, to increase the support to the sector.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Link Up
£15,000	15/05/2019	Devizes Opendoors provides drop-in sessions for homeless people in Devizes offering meals and opportunities for people to wash, launder their clothes, have social interaction and receive support with ....more Devizes Opendoors provides drop-in sessions for homeless people in Devizes offering meals and opportunities for people to wash, launder their clothes, have social interaction and receive support with housing and other life issues. Funding would be towards an enhanced befriending service called Link-up’ with a focus on supporting people to achieve settled accommodation.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH RHODA THOMAS Appointed: 2020

ANTHONY FOSTER Appointed: 2023

IAIN WALLIS Appointed: 2018

JONATHAN DOUGLASS HUNTER Appointed: 2020

NOEL WOOLRYCH Appointed: 2017

RACHAEL ROSS Appointed: 2018

KARIN CARDIFF (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Barrister, Other trusteeship: THE AIRBORNE INITIATIVE TRUST,

RICHARD SCOTT OLIVER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chairman, Other trusteeships: HAYFRAN TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, SOUTHBROOM, DEVIZES, DEVIZES AND DISTRICT FOODBANK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/03/2017, number: 1171841

Gift Aid

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
Risk management
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

7 returns made; AR17: 24 days late,

Main office

Southbroom Centre
Victoria Road
DEVIZES
Wiltshire
SN10 1HG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE IN THE DEVIZES COMMUNITY AREA 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, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY) AND PARTICULARLY HOMELESSNESS.

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