Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 0

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: -4

HARDRES STREET DROP IN CENTRE

We aim to relieve the needs and promote social inclusion of persons in Ramsgate and the surrounding area who are in a condition of need by providing basic services to the community including but not limited to food bank, showers, laundry service, clothes bank, basic courses, soup kitchen and grants. We provide access to internet services and/or assist in filling in claim forms and creating cv's.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/08/22		£64	£3,959	£-3,895	4
31/08/21	*	£1,055	£1,694	£-639	5
31/08/20		£3,864	£5,215	£-1,351	12

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

1947jhowe@gmail.com

01843 294942

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

REV RUTH ARMSTRONG Appointed: 2022

JACQUELINE LESLEY HOWE Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: CANTERBURY AND EAST KENT METHODIST CIRCUIT,

SHEENA DAWN SRODZINSKI Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: THOMAS ANSELL'S BEQUEST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/10/2019, number: 1185705

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR21: 40 days late,

Main office

CENTENARY HALL
HARDRES STREET
RAMSGATE
CT11 8QP

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PERSONS IN RAMSGATE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (BENEFICIARIES) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT BY PROVIDING BASIC SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOOD BANK, SHOWERS, LAUNDRY SERVICE, CLOTHES BANK, BASIC COURSES, SOUP KITCHEN AND GRANTS. TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO INTERNET SERVICES AND/OR ASSIST IN FILLING IN CLAIM FORMS AND THE CREATION OF CV'S. TO ASSIST IN FINDING WORK PLACEMENTS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAIN IN PRACTICAL SKILLS. TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELL-BEING THROUGH THE INCLUSION OF COURSES DESIGNED TO TACKLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR THOSE WHO FIND ASSOCIATING WITH OTHERS DIFFICULT.

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