Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1

Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

EAST CHESHIRE HOUSING CONSORTIUM LIMITED

To provide supported and residential housing services, primarily for people with mental health needs and for people who require support to enable them to live within the community. Our philosophy is to provide a range of support services to enable tenants to maintain and improve their quality of life and independence.

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 material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
31/03/23		£3,910	£4,119	£-209	£0	£1,134	£1,132	3.3	63
31/03/22		£3,619	£3,614	£5	£0	£1,275	£1,273	4.2	72
31/03/21		£3,255	£3,239	£15	£0	£1,270	£1,268	4.7	72
31/03/20		£2,979	£2,918	£61	£0	£1,254	£1,253	5.2	70
31/03/19		£2,593	£2,560	£33	£0	£1,193	£1,193	5.6	56
31/03/18		£2,449	£2,646	£-197	£0	£1,160	£1,157	5.2	56
31/03/17		£2,352	£2,347	£5	£0	£1,357	£1,353	6.9	51
31/03/16		£2,286	£2,217	£69	£0	£1,352	£1,348	7.3	50
31/03/15		£2,042	£2,021	£21	£0	£1,234	£1,234	7.3	43
31/03/14		£1,898	£1,852	£46	£0	£1,213	£1,213	7.9	44
31/03/13		£1,945	£1,868	£77	£0	£1,167	£1,167	7.5	44
31/03/12		£2,000	£1,819	£181	£0	£1,090	£1,090	7.2	46
31/03/11		£1,883	£1,708	£176	£5	£704	£704	4.9	49
31/03/10		£1,883	£1,706	£177	£5	£704	£704	5	49
31/03/09		£1,272	£1,238	£33	£5	£528	£528	5.1	45
31/03/08	*	£954	£864	£91	£171	£500	£500	6.9	35
31/03/07	*	£832	£775	£57	£0	£411	£392	6.1	33
31/03/06		£823	£727	£95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05		£740	£687	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£715	£662	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 7.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 33 years

www.echc.org.uk

info@echc.org.uk

01625500166

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

63 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 52-88

TRACY CRESSWELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant

DR MICHAEL ANDREW SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant

ARTHUR DICKEN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Retired

JAMES BISSET (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Company Executive

SARAH HORNE Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Non-Practicing Solicitor

STEPHEN SHAUGHNESSY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/1991, number: 1001923
Registered at Companies House on 19/10/1990, number: 02550488

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR08: 12 days late, AR07: 28 days late,

Main office

Anderson House
3 Goodall Street
Macclesfield
SK11 7BD

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CONSORTIUM SHALL BE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO OBTAIN THE MOST APPROPRIATE FORMS OF HOUSING WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED,IN PRACTICE EAST CHESHIRE

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