Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Award winner
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

STANDING TALL CIO

Standing Tall works alongside people experiencing homelessness and matches them with employment opportunities enabling them to take control of their lives and move away from the streets for good.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity is a recent Award Winner
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/06/23£177£213£-36n/a
30/06/22£195£131£64n/a
30/06/21£64£57£7n/a
30/06/20£15£5£10n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.standingtall.org.uk

christy@standingtall.org.uk

0121 8205244

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Awards received
  • Stephen Lloyd Awards 2021 Winner
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
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
The Fore£15,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/03/2023
Matching people experiencing homelessness into stable jobs and safe homes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stable jobs and safe homes to move away from the streets for good
£10,000 19/08/2022
The funding will be used as a continuation and continuation to provide homeless people living in and around Birmingham with a stable job and safe home providing a realistic pathway to life changing and sustainable changes.
The Fore - Grant to Standing Tall CIO
£15,000 11/11/2021
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Standing Tall is a social enterprise and charity matching individuals experiencing homelessness into stable jobs in local businesses in Birmingham. Standing Tall is using funding from The Fore to employ a full coordinator in Bristol
National Lottery Community Fund - Stable jobs enables transition
£10,000 23/07/2021
The funding will be used to work with people who have experienced homelessness. The project aims to provide each individual with a realistic progression to enable people to secure stability away from the streets.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 13/10/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

  • ALEXANDRA MARKS Appointed: 2022
  • LEE LAM Appointed: 2022
  • MARK ASHFIELD (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • MATTHEW DAVIES Appointed: 2021
  • SABA ARAB Appointed: 2022
  • SIMON DAY Appointed: 2022
  • SOPHIA HOLLIS Appointed: 2022
  • STEVE LAPPIN Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/09/2019, number: 1185476
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Standing Tall CIO
Eleven Brindley Place
2 Brunswick Square
BIRMINGHAM
B1 2LP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION DELIVERED THROUGH A HOSTING SERVICE AND BY WORKING AND LIAISING WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND THOSE AT RISK OF FACING HOMELESSNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SHORT-TERM WORK PLACEMENTS AND ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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