Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

Accounts overdue -5
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS CAP GROUP

The Charity works in cooperation with Christians Against Poverty (CAP), a national charity (Reg charity 1097217) to provide debt counselling to those struggling in problem debt. The service is free at the point of delivery.

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/21	£11,732	£15,201	£-3,469	33
31/12/20	£22,951	£15,019	£7,932	33
31/12/19	£12,569	£14,122	£-1,553	33

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

nickwarren@capuk.org

01274760720

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
33 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hastings & St Leonards CAP Debt Advice
£3,787	24/10/2020	We aim to help families struggling with unmanageable debt, due to ill health, loss of work or relationship breakdown, to become debt free.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,200	25/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

ANN WALLACE Appointed: 2019

ELAINE LEE Appointed: 2019

JONATHAN NICHOLAS WALES Appointed: 2019

MARILYN BURNS Appointed: 2019

REV JANET ELIZABETH MARDELL (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Baptist Minister

REV MATTHEW JOHN FOY Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: THE FRIENDS OF ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LEONARDS ON SEA, ST LEONARD AND ST ETHELBURGA, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MATTHEW, ST. LEONARDS ON SEA,

ROY MCGAUGHEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: CHAPEL PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2019, number: 1182583

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Chapel Park Community Centre
Chapel Park Road
ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA
TN37 6HR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MONEY MANAGEMENT TRAINING;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION;WITHIN THE AREA OF HASTINGS, INCLUDING THE BOROUGH OF HASTINGS AND IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREA.

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