Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

THE SINGLE HOMELESS PROJECT

SHP is a London-based charity that works to prevent homelessness and help vulnerable and socially excluded people to transform their lives. We do this by providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. Our services are located across 20 London boroughs.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/03/23£38,897£38,706£191£318£6,229£4,5531.4796746
31/03/22£37,144£37,044£100£215£6,038£4,2901.4795477
31/03/21£36,397£34,410£1,987£177£5,938£4,0131.4666110
31/03/20£27,830£27,793£37£171£3,951£3,8651.75770
31/03/19£21,523£21,707£-184£156£3,914£3,8452.152770
31/03/18£19,361£19,720£-360£122£5,053£4,0332.55020
31/03/17£18,935£18,922£13£58£5,413£4,5342.94780
31/03/16£18,052£18,112£-60£90£5,400£4,7603.24140
31/03/15£19,037£18,129£908£150£5,505£4,7193.14210
31/03/14£18,063£17,762£301£148£4,598£4,37333950
31/03/13£18,050£17,707£343£14£4,296£4,1272.83810
31/03/12£15,757£16,059£-302£15£3,953£3,9382.92960
31/03/11£14,588£13,293£1,295£15£4,255£4,2443.82470
31/03/10£12,033£11,496£536£20£2,960£2,88332090
31/03/09£9,261£9,164£98£13£2,424£1,49421650
31/03/08£8,080£7,612£468£13£2,326£0n/a1370
31/03/07£7,128£6,921£207£12£1,858£0n/a1280
31/03/06£7,304£6,977£327n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£7,004£6,543£462n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£6,766£6,203£563n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 41 years

www.shp.org.uk

info@shp.org.uk

02045098300

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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£498,402
Sport England£300,000
Youth Music£110,000
City Bridge Trust£95,474
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Single Homeless Project
£8,000 20/11/2023
Catalyst
London Marathon Charitable Trust - The Sport Project
£50,000 30/08/2023
towards the growth of a sports provision project, providing physical activity sessions and support to 150 young people experiencing homelessness
National Lottery Community Fund - The Sport Project
£498,402 03/08/2023
This funding will be used to develop a sustainable inclusive sports model for people experiencing homelessness. The group will influence the sector through annual events partnerships with local community organisations conferences and toolkits and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Single Homeless Project
£90,474 30/06/2023
24
£90,474 over 2 years contributing to salary, management support, staff travel and psychotherapy support.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Single Homeless Project
£30,000 14/06/2023
Psychotherapy Programme
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Single Homeless Project
£14,412 21/02/2023
ArtHouse
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 03/12/2021
towards the charity's work supporting the homeless
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Single Homeless Project
£9,000 06/10/2021
Catalyst
Cloudesley - Grant to Single Homeless Project
£10,000 23/02/2021
Trauma-informed therapy interventions for people experiencing multiple disadvantages in?Islington.
Youth Music - SoundHouse Project
£110,000 05/02/2021
SoundHouse Project
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Single Homeless Project
£3,000 21/01/2021
Disability Fund
Sport England - Active Ageing Programme
£300,000 13/01/2021
63
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing funding programme for a Revenue project titled Active Ageing Programme. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Single Homeless Project
£5,000 12/05/2020
A grant of £5000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Single Homeless Project
£10,000 10/07/2019
Catalyst
Sport England - Active Ageing Programme
£363,134 21/03/2019
63
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Active Ageing Programme. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Masonic Trust - SHP Vegetable Micro Farms
£50,000 21/02/2018
user-led micro vegetable farms in hostel gardens for vulnerable homeless people with multiple complex needs including mental ill health and drug and alcohol addiction.
Youth Music - The Sound House Project
£99,440 10/11/2017
The Sound House Project
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Single Homeless Project
£9,000 04/10/2017
Catalyst
Sport England - Active Ageing Programme
£36,099 11/09/2017
7
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Active Ageing Programme'. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching.
Sport England - Active Ageing Programme
£36,099 11/09/2017
63
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Active Ageing Programme. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Camden and Islington - Multiple and Complex Needs
£7,744,968 18/03/2013
108
This is a project by Single Homeless Project (SHP), a charity and registered company based in London, serving the development of the Multiple and Complex Needs partnership in the Camden & Islington target area.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-71
  • CHINYERE UGWU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Housing Professional
  • EMILIE MCCARTHY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Cfo Mortgage Advice Bureau
  • IAN ADAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Councillor
  • JASMINE BASRAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Policy And Campaigns
  • JON ROSSER (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Director
  • MEETA LUTHRA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant
  • NICOLA ANNE BOLAND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Director
  • PETER BROGDEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • SADIE DARYAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Strategy And Marketing Executive
  • SAMANTHA STOREY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Regional And Legacy Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/09/1983, number: 287779
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/07/1983, number: 01741926
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE JOE STRUMMER FOUNDATION on 10/05/2023
Main office

245 Gray's Inn Road
LONDON
WC1X 8QY

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, FRAILTY, ILL HEALTH, MENTAL, OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, POVERTY, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR OTHERWISE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES AND OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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