Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

ONE BIG FAMILY - HELPING THE HOMELESS

For the public benefit, to prevent or relieve the poverty of people who are homeless or in financial hardship by providing items, information and advice to individuals in need and or other charities and organisations who are also working to prevent or relieve poverty.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • 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
30/09/23£116£118£-2n/a
30/09/22£68£56£11n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.helpingthehomeless.org.uk

info@helpingthehomeless.org.uk

07825254224

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Crisis UK - Grant to One Big Family
£4,950 09/04/2020
Emergency packs for most vulnerable groups, food , actiivty packs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHARLENE EMMA MALONE Appointed: 2022
  • GRAHAM DONALD HILL Appointed: 2023
  • GREGORY ROY HEADLEY Appointed: 2023
  • JAYNE CAROLINE PUGH Appointed: 2021
  • JAYNE PARDESI Appointed: 2022
  • ZARA MARTIN Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2021, number: 1195947
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ONE BIG FAMILY - HELPING THE HOMELESS on 24/05/2022
Main office

104 Rochester Avenue
ROCHESTER
Kent
ME1 2DR

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN KENT AND YORKSHIRE BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND HOUSING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY, AND TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY THROUGH UNDERTAKING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAYS TO MITIGATE THESE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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