Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

KNIGHT SUPPORT

We are a charity, based in Brighton and Hove, devoted to helping rough sleepers and the homelessthrough the provision of support, advocacy, clothing and self-care items.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
05/04/23	£82,926	£41,337	£41,589	20
05/04/22	£32,355	£17,527	£14,828	35
05/04/21	£11,148	£6,138	£5,010	63

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

https://knightsupport.org.uk/

info@knightsupport.org.uk

01273324163

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Knight Support
£5,000	17/11/2023	Funding is provided towards core funding to continue to expand both outreach and delivery service and support new partnership development.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Knight Support CIO
£3,375	21/07/2022	Funding was provided towards rent and utilities for a central Brighton hub to allow them to store more donations and make more deliveries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Knight Support Outreach
£10,000	04/03/2022	The funding will be used to continue to run and expand Outreach Service which provides clothing toiletries and food for the homeless community in Brighton and Hove. The project aims to supply and ....more The funding will be used to continue to run and expand Outreach Service which provides clothing toiletries and food for the homeless community in Brighton and Hove. The project aims to supply and deliver essential homeware goods for people in emergency and temporary accommodation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JANET CROAGER Appointed: 2023

JONATHAN PAUL LANK Appointed: 2022

RACHEL CORNISH Appointed: 2023

SIMON ROY CHISHOLM Appointed: 2023

THOMAS DAVID ACOTT Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: KANGAROOS MID SUSSEX, ACOTT FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/08/2020, number: 1190776

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Galloways Accounting
33 West Street
BRIGHTON
BN1 2RE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF BEING HOMELESS OR ROUGH SLEEPERS IN THE CITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, CLOTHING, SELF-CARE ITEMS AND FURNITURE.

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