Overall GiG Score: 25 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

ST RICHARD OF CHICHESTER CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION LTD 

The charity operating as Stonepillow is principally engaged in the relief of homelessness and social exclusion. Services include hostels, day centres, a furniture recycling social enterprise project, supported accommodation and a recovery project for those dependent on drugs, alcohol and suffer from mental health.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material 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 and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Established: 33 years

www.stonepillow.org.uk

admin@stonepillow.org.uk

01243537934

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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£4,317£4,438£-122£78£2,983£2,9838.188180
31/03/22£3,856£3,537£319£72£3,104£3,10410.577194
31/03/21£3,318£2,798£520£58£2,785£2,78511.960185
31/03/20£2,715£2,556£159£63£2,265£2,26510.653170
31/03/19£2,442£2,284£159£0£2,106£2,10611.152120
31/03/18*£1,892£1,819£72£34£1,947£1,90212.5430
31/03/17£1,893£1,621£272£16£1,875£1,87513.9370
31/03/16£1,918£1,600£319£17£1,602£1,60212390
31/03/15£1,898£1,589£310£65£1,325£1,32510390
31/03/14£1,620£1,372£248£37£1,016£1,0138.9360
31/03/13£1,633£1,540£93£83£958£6955.4400
31/03/12£1,601£1,447£155£73£676£5524.6370
31/03/11£1,758£1,691£68£80£521£3942.8400
31/03/10£1,459£1,561£-102£85£453£4133.2420
31/03/09£1,618£1,535£83£94£556£5554.3420
31/03/08£1,219£1,232£-12£82£473£4694.6380
31/03/07£1,319£1,332£-13£104£485£4804.3400
31/03/06*£1,139£1,086£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£958£897£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£597£644£-47£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 45%
Liabilities/Income: 56%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 88 employees
  • 180 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£324,229
Henry Smith Charity£287,300
Crisis UK£95,228
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association
£17,800 18/10/2023
Building a new website from scratch for a charity which works with homeless and vulnerably housed people in West Sussex
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 05/08/2022
Housing First: From Homeless to Home
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Stonepillow
£110,600 17/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a hub providing a range of support for vulnerable people, including those experiencing homelessness, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Bognor Regis, West ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sport and the great outdoors; holistic health and recovery for the homeless
£9,480 22/04/2022
The funding will be used to engage vulnerable homeless people in a range of activities. The project aims to improve their physical and mental health in order to reintegrate them into society.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Stonepillow
£176,700 23/09/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of the Housing First project, providing supported accommodation for people with complex needs in West Sussex.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stonepillow Women's Project
£210,862 21/05/2021
36
The funding will be used to employ two part time support workers and cover overheads and some small capital items (CCTV/panic buttons/mobile phones etc) for three years. The project helps women many ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stonepillow
£3,440 09/12/2020
Funding will support the salary of the part-time coordinator for two months and for food supplies and disposal containers etc
Crisis UK - Grant to Stonepillow
£95,228 28/09/2020
Our funding enables Stonepillow, alongside partners across West Sussex, to provide Housing First for people coming out of hotels for the next two years.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keep the vulnerable homeless connected during COVID 19
£8,831 22/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to set up install and provide wi-fi facilities to people who are homeless who have had their daily support hubs closed due to COVID-19. The project aims to support people by ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - From Sleeping Rough to Sleeping Safe
£85,075 15/05/2020
5
Stonepillow supports people who are homeless in West Sussex. The project will use funding to meet an increase in demand for its service due to the coronavirus pandemic by delivering the “Housing ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stonepillow
£4,872 06/04/2020
Stonepillow provides homelessness services in West Sussex. Funding is to to enable the organisation to adapt to the current situation through setting up remote working for staff as around a third of ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 29/11/2019
Bognor Regis Resource Hub
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stonepillow
£30,000 18/11/2019
36
Funding was provided towards the staff costs of a Sales and Volunteer Coordinator whose primary role is to supervise and mentor volunteers at Restore.
National Lottery Community Fund - Giving the Homeless a Voice
£9,981 26/09/2019
12
Giving the Homeless a Voice
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 23/05/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association
£30,000 27/03/2018
refurbishment of a hub for a charity which works with homeless persons' in Bognor Regis
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stonepillow
£60,000 20/03/2018
Stonepillow provide both overnight hostel faculties (365 days a year) and a daytime Hub (3 days per week) in Bognor Regis. They recently purchased a new 14 bed property to increase the capacity of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-82
  • CLARE APEL Appointed: 1997, Occupation: Medical Rep
  • OLIVA PINKNEY (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Academic Supervisor + College Associate
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/11/1990, number: 1000830
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/05/1990, number: 02504171
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
  • Care Quality Commission
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; AR18: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE ASHINGTON, WISTON AND WARMINGHURST SICK POOR FUND on 15/12/2023
Main office

Stonepillow
39 Southgate
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1DP

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE RELIEF OF HOMELESSNESS AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX INCLUDING PROVIDING HOMELESS OR OTHERWISE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PERSONS WITH SHELTER, DAY CENTRE SERVICES, HOUSING, SOCIAL HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER ASSISTANCE RELEVANT TO THEIR CONDITIONS AND ANY OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE AREA OF CHICHESTER AND ARUN DISTRICT COUNCIL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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