Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

ST PETROCS

St Petrocs provides services in support of people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, including outreach, resettlement, emergency accommodation and supported accommodation. We provide access to advice, support, and medical services at our resource centres and have a counselling service. We also have an employment and training programme for our residents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/24£4,240£3,906£334£125£3,793£2,7358.463242
31/03/23£3,811£3,791£20£121£3,459£2,3577.562186
31/03/22£3,823£3,493£330£141£3,439£2,3898.25856
31/03/21£4,836£4,056£780£161£3,109£2,0075.94946
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 5 years

https://stpetrocs.org.uk/

home@stpetrocs.org.uk

01872260948

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Reducing racial tensions
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall,
Who it helps
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£104,243
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
DCMS£93,400
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£78,640
Crisis UK£66,970
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£60,000 06/04/2023
St Petrocs: Supporting people experiencing homelessness in Cornwall
National Lottery Community Fund - St Petrocs Volunteer Recovery Programme
£10,000 16/12/2022
The funding will be used to expand their volunteer programme and recruit train and support new and existing volunteers. This will enable them to continue to provide a range of services and activities for people experiencing or at risk of ....more
Crisis UK - Grant to St Petrocs
£25,000 07/02/2022
A new ‘Prevent and Retain’ project worker will help St Petrocs to provide person-centred and client-led support, helping people rough sleeping to find and sustain private rented accommodation (a particular challenge given the number of holiday ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 04/02/2022
St Petrocs: Supporting people experiencing homelessness in Cornwall
Co-Operative Group - Grant to St Petrocs
£6,427 23/10/2021
We would like to be able to provide weekly, volunteer-led wellbeing groups for homeless people in Truro, to support their mental and physical wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£93,400 05/10/2020
"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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£78,640 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
National Lottery Community Fund - The St Petrocs COVID-19 Homeless Emergency Response
£94,243 04/05/2020
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The funding will enable the project to expand and adapt its services in light of Covid-19. The project supports people experiencing homelessless across Cornwall by offering supported accommodation information and guidance volunteering opportunities ....more
Crisis UK - Grant to St Petrocs
£41,970 22/04/2020
Funding for homeless outreach worker for dispersed caravan park, food, and cleaning.
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid 19
£3,000 01/04/2020
3
To provide an increase of opening hours to weekends.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-77
  • DONNA BIRRELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Multi Media Journalist
  • DR JAMES OLIVER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor
  • JAMES PETER ANDERSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Nurse (Adult)
  • JONATHAN WINSTON SPARKES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • MARGARET RICARDO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Artist
  • RACHEL THOMSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Manager
  • ROGER CARSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • SALLY ATTWELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • THE RIGHT REVEREND HUGH NELSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Bishop Of St Germans
  • THOMAS DUNCAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • VICTORIA JANE SEWELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2019, number: 1187077
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/11/2019, number: 12320784
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CHS FOUNDATION LIMITED on 21/09/2022
  • Asset transfer in from SIR WILLIAM MATTHEWS PENSION FUND on 16/12/2022
Main office

Peat House
Newham Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2DP

Objectives

The Charity's objects are, for the public benefit, the provision of housing, social housing, accommodation and assistance in housing individuals, and the provision of associated facilities, services and amenities for the care and support (including but not limited to health care and related advice and educational, occupational and vocational advice and training) of people in need by reason of financial hardship or for any other reason.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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