Finance Score: -12
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -5 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -16 ?

HASTINGS AREA COMMUNITY TRUST 

The provision of accommodation for charities and other organisations and providing an administration service to other grant making bodies. Also making Grants to individuals in line with the Charity's objects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 5 occasions over the last 5 years
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 33 years

www.reliefhastings.weebly.com

hact@btinternet.com

01424718880

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/21*£107£93£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£80£95£-14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19*£82£93£-11n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£71£82£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£59£63£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£85£72£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£76£88£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£72£74£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£57£72£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£74£79£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£75£81£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£46£51£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£78£45£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£28£13£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£19£19£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£16£18£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£18£19£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£17£15£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£10,000 11/06/2021
Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided for ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,000 03/03/2021
Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided towards ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,000 21/01/2021
Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding was provided to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£4,976 14/10/2020
HACT provide a pantry service, accommodation for charities and other organisations and grants to individuals who need emergency help. Funding is for staffing and PPE to provide wider signposting ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,984 30/09/2020
"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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,100 13/07/2020
Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to people in need. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its running costs. Funding is for the ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,000 21/04/2020
Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to individuals in need under its common user name of 'Relief'. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hastings Food Pantry - Volunteers
£10,000 01/11/2018
12
The project will use funding to support the setup of a town food pantry to help people on low incomes combat food poverty and provide a route into employment.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Area Community Trust
£5,000 14/07/2017
11
Hastings Area Community Trust provides grants to individuals in need under its common user name of Relief. It also provides accommodation to other local charities, the income from which meets its ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/04/1991, number: 1002470
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 520 days late, AR20: 510 days late, AR19: 274 days late, AR18: 156 days late, AR17: 125 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 66 days late, AR14: 101 days late, AR13: 90 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 356 days late, AR10: 220 days late, AR09: 237 days late, AR08: 53 days late, AR07: 237 days late, AR06: 142 days late, AR05: 226 days late, AR04: 127 days late,
Main office

BOLTON TOMSON HOUSE
49 CAMBRIDGE GARDENS
HASTINGS
EAST SUSSEX
TN34 1EN

Objectives

(A)THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF HASTINGS BOROUGH AND ROTHER DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS.(B)OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF HASTINGS BOROUGH AND ROTHER DISTRICT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HASTINGS BOROUGH AND ROTHER DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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