Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

WINTERCOMFORT FOR THE HOMELESS 

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress among people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and who are suffering from social, economic and emotional distress.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 33 years

www.wintercomfort.org.uk

info@wintercomfort.org.uk

01223518140

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
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
31/03/23£1,126£1,098£28£65£913£8249399
31/03/22£1,049£1,042£7£66£902£864103833
31/03/21£1,234£1,071£164£93£901£8709.83433
31/03/20£1,049£995£54£99£739£7268.83447
31/03/19£908£842£66£90£682£6749.63160
31/03/18£870£777£93£77£616£6119.4170
31/03/17£766£760£6£58£524£4957.8200
31/03/16£675£641£34£31£514£4819190
31/03/15£642£610£32£43£485£4579190
31/03/14£468£511£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£488£550£-62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£396£495£-100£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£371£395£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£535£356£179£15£669£59920.280
31/03/09£272£248£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£294£290£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£312£347£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£363£371£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£294£365£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£393£347£46£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 6.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 39 employees
  • 9 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£371,860
Henry Smith Charity£211,500
DCMS£45,300
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
The Pilgrim Trust£30,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£20,000
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£16,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Increasing housing support to homeless men and women in Cambridge
£3,000 11/09/2023
towards increasing the hours and expanding the job description of Wintercomfort's Housing Advisor
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Tackling loneliness and isolation of homeless and vulnerably housed women.
£8,000 06/07/2023
to hold twice weekly evenings of activities for 40 homeless and vulnerably house women
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out
£362,120 31/08/2022
This funding will enable Wintercomfort for the Homeless (WC) to offer a new model of delivery addressing the needs of the most vulnerably housed and homeless in Cambridge. The project will provide ....more
Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation - Grant to Wintercomfort
£8,300 28/07/2022
Towards evaluation report
National Lottery Community Fund - Sleeping Out To Sleeping In
£9,740 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to provide vulnerable people with a home furnishing pack. The project aims to support people who have just moved into accommodation to help them keep the tenancy and ensure ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wintercomfort
£120,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' salary of two Support Workers at a project providing outreach sessions and one-to-one support for women at risk of, and experiencing, homelessness, and have been impacted by the ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Wintercomfort for the homeless - 10/02/22
£2,000 22/02/2022
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 05/11/2021
Creating opportunities for homeless men and women
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wintercomfort
£91,500 09/06/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Housing Support Advisor for a project providing welfare advice and support for people experiencing homelessness in Cambridge, ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Wintercomfort for the homeless - 19/01/21
£1,500 03/02/2021
Supporting the homeless into accommodation
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Wintercomfort for the Homeless
£15,000 23/07/2020
Grant to Wintercomfort for the Homeless meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 22/05/2020
Creating opportunities all year round for homeless individuals
CAF - Grant to Wintercomfort for the Homeless
£10,000 20/05/2020
3
Grant to Wintercomfort for the Homeless to support the organisation through COVID19
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Wintercomfort
£5,000 23/04/2020
3
to contribute to the emergency response Wintercomfort has organised on having to close its day centre for Cambridge's homeless community. It is now providing essentials such as dried food packs for ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Wintercomfort for the homeless
£20,000 16/04/2020
12
Emergency Covid Additional Grant unrestricted core costs
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Wintercomfort for the homeless
£30,000 27/02/2020
36
A three-year grant to support to women who are homeless or vulnerably housed in Cambridge
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£30,200 29/10/2019
To offer womens only provision during the hours of 2pm-4pm at Wintercomforts Day Centre. Delivered 5 days a week, these 2 hour sessions will include: Weekly welfare information sessions including; ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£15,100 29/10/2019
To offer womens only provision during the hours of 2pm-4pm at Wintercomforts Day Centre. Delivered 5 days a week, these 2 hour sessions will include: Weekly welfare information sessions including; ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Wintercomfort Housing Support Service
£45,220 01/03/2019
23
To provide a housing advice service supporting people to maintain their tenancies and provide assistance to those moving from homelessness to housing in Cambridge over two years
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Wintercomfort for the homeless
£17,600 07/02/2019
purchase of bikes and cleaning equipment for a charity which works with homeless people in Cambridge.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wintercomfort for the homeless
£15,638 19/11/2018
We need help to provide breakfasts for homeless individuals at the weekend providing a lifeline to 800 marginalised adults in Cambridge.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wintercomfort for the Homeless
£75,000 18/10/2018
36
This homeless charity in Cambridge provides paid employment opportunities in its cleaning social enterprise, Overstream Clean, for people who have experienced homelessness.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Progression Project
£456,443 01/10/2018
48
The aim of the project is to support homeless people and vulnerably housed people to learn new skills, gain work experience, increase confidence and acquire qualifications in order to achieve paid ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Forward Project
£9,890 20/09/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide life coaching and positive social activities for homeless and vulnerably housed individuals. The project aims to engage service users to fulfil their potential and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wintercomfort for the Homeless
£60,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of an Access and Outreach Project Worker at a project providing welfare support for homeless people in Cambridge
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 10/05/2017
Supporting the homeless in Cambridge
National Lottery Community Fund - The Pathways Project
£343,221 29/07/2015
36
A project to improve the life chances of the long-term homeless, vulnerably housed, and those seeking asylum in Cambridge. The scheme will include job skills workshops CV writing, job searching, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wintercomfort for the Homeless
£60,000 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' salary of a Meaningful Activity Project Worker at a project providing services and support for homeless people in Cambridgeshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wintercomfort for the Homeless
£71,550 10/09/2014
The charity supports homeless people. Its Overstream Clean service will provide meaningful work experience and skills training to people who have experienced homelessness.
Sport England - Fit for the Future
£9,952 21/06/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Fit for the Future'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-62
  • ANDREW ARCHER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director Of Income Generation And Communications
  • EMMA BARKER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Income Generation
  • IAN BARKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/06/1991, number: 1003083
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/05/1991, number: 02615905
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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; AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Wintercomfort For The Homeless
Overstream House
Victoria Avenue
CAMBRIDGE
CB4 1EG

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY MAY IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE, CAMBRIDGE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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