Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 11
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

HESTIA HOUSING AND SUPPORT

Hestia delivers high quality & empowering housing, support, protection & care services in partnership with service users & local communities in 22 London boroughs. Hestia provides services to people with mental health needs, physical disability, substance misusers, offenders, women & children fleeing domestic abuse, older & young people, personal budget holders & other wider community groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent 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:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£48,244£46,910£1,334£152£18,339£15,6624742628
31/03/22£42,337£41,427£909£323£16,922£14,0884.1734612
31/03/21£37,443£36,925£518£200£15,098£12,6804.1680600
31/03/20£31,719£31,589£129£237£12,782£10,7804.1605950
31/03/19£30,212£29,976£235£259£12,962£11,0514.4560230
31/03/18£26,885£26,815£70£258£12,787£10,4264.75230
31/03/17£24,338£24,073£265£237£12,525£10,1735.15010
31/03/16£23,709£23,654£54£262£11,329£9,0834.64980
31/03/15£21,566£21,459£107£213£11,397£9,3265.24530
31/03/14£19,216£18,754£462£134£10,832£8,8435.74100
31/03/13£17,485£17,139£347£114£10,236£8,59363590
31/03/12£15,103£14,393£710£106£9,819£8,1036.83060
31/03/11£13,514£13,126£388£155£9,091£7,61972960
31/03/10£12,909£12,578£331£157£8,703£7,29672830
31/03/09£12,189£11,927£263£159£7,729£6,3376.42830
31/03/08£11,766£11,166£600£163£7,466£6,1736.62410
31/03/07£9,777£9,498£279£108£6,674£5,4466.92310
31/03/06£9,562£9,250£312n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£7,468£6,776£693n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£6,866£5,926£940n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 38 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Home Office£473,362
City Bridge Trust£309,640
Greater London Authority£256,923
John Lyon's Charity£122,200
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£191,440 29/02/2024
36
£191,440 over three years (£63,340; £62,765; £65,335) to contribute to the role of the Volunteer Coordinator for Project Cornerstone, a programme focused on building strong economic foundations for women and children fleeing to domestic abuse ....more
The Childhood Trust - The healing power of play: Summer Playscheme
£5,000 20/06/2023
Play is a vital tool in helping children heal from the trauma of domestic abuse. This project will provide opportunities for approx. 200 children in our refuges this summer to participate in fun activities to help build confidence, self-esteem and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£48,000 02/03/2023
£48,000 over eighteen months for the salary and on-costs of a Social Investment Lead to manage a project exploring social investment to purchase 40 units of move-on accommodation for women and their children leaving refuge accommodation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 16/09/2022
Children and Family Case Worker for survivors of Modern Slavery with children
The Childhood Trust - C-59201
£7,500 28/06/2022
The 250 children in Hestia's refuges fled domestic abuse during CV-19. For many, this summer is the first chance to feel safe and to enjoy their childhood. With your support, they can visit zoos or the beach (many for the first time), stay active ....more
The Childhood Trust - First christmas in safety
£6,250 12/06/2022
On Christmas morning this year, over 300 children will wake up in one of our refuges as they recover from the trauma of domestic abuse. Many of these families have left their home in the face of immense danger, often with just the clothes on their ....more
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£9,500 27/05/2022
Emergency Accommodation (2nd Variation to MOPAC 220) First Variation MOPAC 304
Greater London Authority - Continuation Grant
£256,923 01/04/2022
Specialist support within refuge and helpline (12 bedspaces, resettlement for 70, 24 move ons, helpline for 2400) 
Home Office - VAWG By and For Services
£37,400 05/01/2022
As committed in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the Home Office will provide an additional £1.5 million funding for 'by and for' service provision and further increase funding for valuable specialist services for victims of ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hestia
£2,198 23/10/2021
It would help us support mental health through football, integrating service users back into the community. We would buy items such as weighing and blood pressure equipment, balls and football kits.
Home Office - Domestic Abuse Prevention and Awareness Raising Campaign
£80,000 06/07/2021
The Home Office single departmental plan, objective 1.4 is to protect vulnerable people and communities, which this grant scheme contributes towards. Home Office single departmental plan - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)The key deliverables that all projects ....more
Home Office - Ask for ANI Codeword Scheme
£50,500 06/07/2021
The Home Office single departmental plan, objective 1.4 is to protect vulnerable people and communities, which this grant scheme contributes towards. Home Office single departmental plan - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)The key deliverables that all projects ....more
The Childhood Trust - The Children?s Resilience campaign
£6,000 22/06/2021
Lockdown restrictions have been challenging for all of us. For children who have experienced domestic abuse it?s been incredibly hard, impacting their mental health, education and wellbeing. That is why we are launching our Children?s Resilience ....more
Trust for London - Hestia Housing and Support
£7,500 02/06/2021
12
The funding is for the Phoenix - Hestia's project supporting victims of modern slavery who are no longer eligible for state support, which leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and poverty. Through Phoenix we help them to recover and build a new ....more
The Childhood Trust - Make 2021 a fresh start for children in refuges
£5,000 08/12/2020
For victims 2020 has been an incredibly dangerous year, as lockdown has seen reports of domestic abuse skyrocket. We hope 2021 is a fresh start but without your support, the combined trauma of CV19 and domestic abuse could be insurmountable for ....more
The Childhood Trust - Make 2021 a fresh start for children in refuges
£5,000 08/12/2020
For victims 2020 has been an incredibly dangerous year, as lockdown has seen reports of domestic abuse skyrocket. We hope 2021 is a fresh start but without your support, the combined trauma of CV19 and domestic abuse could be insurmountable for ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£7,036 16/09/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
Department of Health - Hestia
£55,021 28/08/2020
Grant funding to members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance for priority project work in support of DHSC, NHS England and Improvement and PHE strategic priorities.
Home Office - Covid-19 Support for Domestic Abuse Charities
£74,707 07/08/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Hestia
£5,200 04/08/2020
12
Phoenix Summer Activities
The Childhood Trust - Give child victims of abuse a summer to remember
£6,000 03/07/2020
This summer Hestia will support over 700 children who have experienced domestic abuse and modern slavery. The trauma they have faced will have a devastating impact if they don’t receive the correct support.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£98,292 05/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hestia Housing & Support
£70,200 19/05/2020
24
£70,200 over two further and final years (£34,700; £35,500) for the full-time salary and related costs of a Children and Family Worker at the Hammersmith and Fulham refuges.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hestia Housing & Support
£119,085 24/04/2020
36
The project will deliver a range of activities and support to young people affected by domestic violence living at the refuge in Tower Hamlets. The activities will raise self-confidence, educational attainment and build relationships with their ....more
Home Office - HESTIA HOUSING AND SUPPORT
£130,000 01/04/2020
To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to:promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise public and professionals awarenessprotect and ....more
Home Office - HESTIA HOUSING AND SUPPORT
£26,048 01/04/2020
The purpose of this funding is to provide additional funds for DA charities to help them cope with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic/lockdown; to enable them to continue to meet their usual levels of demand, to keep pace with rising levels ....more
Home Office - HESTIA HOUSING AND SUPPORT
£74,707 01/04/2020
This grant is intended to provide funding to organisations whose primary purpose is to improve the response to DA, either through providing support to victims who have experienced DA, or through providing support to front-line services, including ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Hestia
£117,000 11/03/2020
12
Children & Family Worker in Ealing and Harrow Refuges
The Childhood Trust - Theraputic support for child victims of abuse
£5,000 10/12/2019
Almost 50% of millenials grew up with domestic abuse. Of this group, 70% experienced depression, anxiety and event PTSD in adulthood. Every day Hestia supports up to 200 children affected by domestic abuse. Your support will help children to receive ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£8,290 28/10/2019
24
Funding will support children and mothers affected by domestic violence by providing a holiday playscheme encompassing free play, outings and trips that would rebuild mother-child relationships and self-esteem - in a safe, trauma-informed ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£60,000 16/09/2019
36
Towards a longer-term support service to male victims of modern slavery no longer entitled to state-funded support.
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2019
£3,627 17/06/2019
Hundreds of children stay in our domestic abuse refuges and safehouses for those who've escaped modern slavery. Summer play activities give these children who've gone through unimaginable trauma the chance to get their childhood back... to play, to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Child Victims of Abuse
£10,000 31/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide emotional and practical support for children and their mothers who have experienced domestic abuse and living in a refuge.
Home Office - Male Victims of Domestic Abuse 2019-20
£250,000 01/04/2019
To meet the Prime Ministers aim to transform the Governments approach to domestic abuse. The strategic aims are to:promote awareness to put domestic abuse at the top of everyones agenda, and raise public and professionals awarenessprotect and ....more
DCMS - Hestia Housing and Support
£33,328 01/04/2019
Ensuring that the VAT received from sanitary products is used to support vulnerable and underrepresented women and girls.
DCMS - Hestia Housing and Support
£486,901 01/04/2019
The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£45,000 13/02/2019
36
Phoenix Project; supporting female survivors of Modern Slavery
Trust for London - Hestia Housing and Support
£7,500 02/10/2018
6
The funding is for the Hestia's work in London which helps women and children impacted by domestic abuse and human trafficking.
Comic Relief - Bright Sky 2018: Spreading More Light Around The UK
£50,000 25/07/2018
12
On average high-risk victims live with domestic abuse for 2.3 years before getting help (SafeLives, 2015). The window of opportunity to escape an abusive relationship is often brief. Bright Sky, an app developed by Hestia, supports victims of abuse ....more
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2018
£6,224 15/06/2018
Hundreds of children stay in our domestic abuse refuges and safehouses for those who've escaped modern slavery. Summer play activities give these children who've gone through unimaginable trauma the chance to get their childhood back... to play, to ....more
Comic Relief - Perpetrator App: Ending Domestic Abuse
£45,429 16/05/2018
9
This project is to develop an app to provide information for perpertrators of domestic abuse, those who feel they may become perpertrators, and anyone supporting them or aware of this risk. Research shows that most men who commit murder in a ....more
Sport England - Family Support
£375,330 08/05/2018
35
Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Family Support. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Home Office - Male Victims of Domestic Abuse 2018-19
£250,000 01/04/2018
Domestic abuse is a key priority for this Government. The Government committed in the Spring Budget 2017 to provide £20m for victims of domestic abuse and launched a consultation in March 2018 to seek views on a package of proposed measures. ....more
DCMS - Hestia Housing and Support
£136,613 01/04/2018
Ensuring that the VAT received from sanitary products is used to support vulnerable and underrepresented women and girls.
DCMS - Hestia Housing and Support
£513,099 01/04/2018
The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Good Energy Club
£9,945 06/12/2017
12
This project will engage people who are living with mental health issues in physical exercise and positive social activities. This will strengthen and bring together the local community, resulting in reduced isolation.
DCMS - Hestia Housing and Support
£109,885 26/07/2017
Ensuring that the VAT received from sanitary products is used to support vulnerable and underrepresented women and girls.
Comic Relief - Access to support via mobile tech: domestic violence
£50,720 19/07/2017
12
On average high-risk victims live with domestic abuse for 2.3 years before getting help (Safe Lives, 2015). The window of opportunity to escape an abusive relationship is often brief.Bright Sky, an app developed by Hestia, supports victims of abuse ....more
DCMS - Access to support via mobile tech: domestic violence
£50,720 19/07/2017
36
On average high-risk victims live with domestic abuse for 2.3 years before getting help (Safe Lives, 2015). The window of opportunity to escape an abusive relationship is often brief. Bright Sky, an app developed by Hestia, supports victims of abuse ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 20/06/2017
Children and Family Support Services
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hestia Housing & Support
£118,026 09/02/2017
36
Funding for a child support worker and sessional staff to run one to one and group sessions in two refuges in Tower Hamlets. Children and young people will have increased engagement in education, increased confidence and stronger familial ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hestia Housing & Support
£99,000 24/11/2016
36
£99,000 over three years (3 x £33,000) for the full-time salary of a Children and Family Worker at the Westminster refuge.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hestia
£500 28/01/2016
Welfare packs for male victims of trafficking
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£68,400 12/06/2014
24
towards two years' continuation funding of a refuge project in London for women without recourse to public funding affected by domestic violence
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£50,000 16/10/2012
Towards the salary and costs of the domestic violence immigration worker who will assist women who have been abused to secure their immigration rights.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hestia Housing and Support
£72,000 14/03/2012
24
towards two years' continuation funding of a domestic violence and immigration project in London for women without recourse to public funding
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-74
  • AILSING THOMPSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • BRENDAN SARSFIELD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • DAME MOIRA GIBB (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Service Commissioner
  • ELIZABETH MEEK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Chair
  • ELIZABETH ZACHARIAS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Consultant
  • JESSAMY ROSE GOULD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Director
  • JOANNA MARK-RICHARDS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of People
  • LAUREN BOWES BYATT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • LYNETTE ROMEO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • MARIANA CATALINA CERNICA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Digital Innovation Consultant
  • REBECCA PRITCHARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Services
  • ROGER GEOFFREY RAWLINSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director, Elite Coaching & Hr
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/07/1986, number: 294555
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/05/1986, number: 02020165
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
Main office

Hestia Housing and Support
Beaufort House
4th Floor
15 St Botolph Street
London
EC3A 7DT

Objectives

1.1. TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY, ARE AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ARE OFFENDERS OR AT RISK OF OFFENDING, ARE IN NEED DUE TO AGE OR YOUTH, ARE HOMELESS, SUFFER SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR ARE OTHERWISE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE (THE BENEFICIARIES); 1.2. TO PROVIDE HOUSING, HOUSING RELATED SUPPORT OR CARE FOR THE BENEFICIARIES SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE MORE INDEPENDENT LIVES AND FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL IN THE COMMUNITY; AND 1.3. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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