Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

ST MARTINS HOUSING TRUST

To provide shelter and food for the homeless in Norwich and Norfolk

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
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 gender

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£7,399	£7,235	£164	£262	£9,883	£8,974	14.9	183	125
31/03/22		£7,142	£6,403	£739	£160	£9,719	£8,814	16.5	178	179
31/03/21		£6,632	£5,688	£944	£95	£8,825	£7,889	16.6	164	199
31/03/20	*	£5,989	£4,869	£1,120	£73	£7,841	£6,902	17	146	25
31/03/19		£5,163	£4,800	£363	£27	£6,721	£5,760	14.4	134	59
31/03/18		£4,474	£4,211	£263	£9	£6,359	£5,337	15.2	129	0
31/03/17		£4,252	£4,066	£186	£9	£6,096	£4,957	14.6	100	0
31/03/16		£5,032	£3,798	£1,234	£4	£5,907	£4,665	14.7	88	0
31/03/15		£3,656	£3,340	£316	£12	£4,694	£3,534	12.7	84	0
31/03/14		£3,495	£3,203	£292	£13	£4,378	£3,336	12.5	83	0
31/03/13		£3,108	£2,980	£128	£13	£4,086	£2,984	12	77	0
31/03/12		£2,929	£2,863	£67	£11	£3,958	£2,843	11.9	81	0
31/03/11		£2,893	£2,766	£127	£12	£3,892	£2,717	11.8	88	0
31/03/10		£3,038	£2,697	£341	£26	£3,765	£2,459	10.9	91	0
31/03/09	*	£2,642	£2,403	£239	£20	£3,424	£2,122	10.6	72	0
31/03/08		£2,565	£2,224	£341	£32	£3,241	£1,956	10.6	71	0
31/03/07		£3,543	£2,416	£1,127	£49	£2,900	£1,697	8.4	77	0
31/03/06		£2,525	£2,429	£96	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£2,611	£2,239	£372	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£2,274	£1,990	£284	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 14.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 35 years

www.stmartinshousing.org.uk

enquiries@stmartinshousing.org.uk

01603667706

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
General 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 human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Norfolk,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

183 employees
125 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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£92,244	29/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - LEAP
£387,710	07/11/2014 36	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-77

DR RACHEL THOMSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: General Practitioner And Medical Examiner

BRIAN WALKER Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired

COLIN BLAND (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired Local Government Chief Executive

DAVID BRIEF Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

DAVID HOY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director

GAIL PAULA HARRIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: CHARITY OF LILIAN ARMITAGE,

KATE DAYNES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Hr Consultant

NICHOLAS WILLIAMS, Occupation: Retired

ROSE BARNES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired General Practitioner

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/08/1989, number: 802013
Registered at Companies House on 30/05/1989, number: 02390375

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; AR20: 15 days late, AR09: 16 days late, AR05: 12 days late, AR04: 43 days late,

Main office

ST MARTINS HOUSE
120 THORPE ROAD
NORWICH
NORFOLK
NR1 1RT

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SHELTER AND ACCOMMODATION IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK FOR POOR PERSONS AGED EIGHTEEN AND OVER HAVING NO OTHER RESIDENCE OR PLACE TO SLEEP;TO PROVIDE SOCIAL HOUSING AND ANY OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOUSING, SOCIAL HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS AGED EIGHTEEN AND OVER; ANDTO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF NORWICH

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