Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

Future income +5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 12

AMAZING GRACE SPACES

The charity aims to:Have the ability to provide affordable accommodation;Have the ability to provide access to community recovery;Have the ability to provide training and work in the community; andOpen doors to 'partner' with other agencies, sharing the overall cost.The charity currently operates in Wales but is looking to expand activities to the rest of the UK.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£124	£100	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£103	£87	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£69	£82	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£73	£73	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£172	£142	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£8	£5	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.amazinggracespaces.org

info@amazinggracespaces.org

07703334075

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Lloyds Bank Foundation	£127,250
Cheshire Community Foundation	£14,912
Quartet Community Foundation	£3,560

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - STEM Hub
£9,912	24/11/2023 12	A grant for two weekly STEM sessions. These will be organised in three 12-week cycles across 12 months (36 weeks total provision). The sessions will work with children aged 9-16 who are particularly ....more A grant for two weekly STEM sessions. These will be organised in three 12-week cycles across 12 months (36 weeks total provision). The sessions will work with children aged 9-16 who are particularly disengaged at school, in order to develop their skills in STEM subjects and increase their likelihood of entering meaningful further education or employment.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Amazing Grace Spaces
£75,000	06/07/2023 36	Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Amazing Grace Spaces
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Amazing Grace Spaces
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grace House
£5,000	29/09/2022	Grace House
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Amazing Grace Spaces
£50,000	20/10/2021 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Amazing Grace Spaces
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Amazing Grace Spaces
£3,560	10/12/2019	To purchase bedroom furniture at a centre providing short term accommodation for homeless women.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

GARY NICHOLAS Appointed: 2021

JADE SIMS (Chair) Appointed: 2019

LESTER FRECKLETON Appointed: 2020

STEPHEN ROBERT WATERS Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/06/2017, number: 1173626

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE OLIVE BRANCH DAY CENTRE on 22/02/2023

Main office

Llanwern Park Farm
Llanwern
Newport
NP18 2DS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN ENGLAND AND WALES THROUGH HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTIONS AND OTHER SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, EDUCATION, PRACTICAL ADVICE AND LOW COST ACCOMMODATION.

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