Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 19

ALABARE

Services to tackle homelessness; ensure that those in need have access to the right support and, where appropriate, the right long-term care; provision of, or help to access, appropriate skills training and employment advice to enable service users to engage in paid or voluntary work.

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
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 32 years

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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		£11,194	£11,464	£-271	£932	£3,336	£2,867	3	283	170
31/03/22		£9,994	£10,169	£-175	£883	£3,607	£3,391	4	257	94
31/03/21	*	£9,543	£9,234	£309	£964	£3,782	£3,489	4.5	271	52
31/03/20		£9,410	£9,006	£404	£1,356	£3,473	£3,102	4.1	268	280
31/03/19		£8,341	£8,786	£-445	£1,135	£3,069	£2,927	4	255	273
31/03/18		£7,239	£7,013	£226	£954	£3,514	£2,498	4.3	238	0
31/03/17		£7,559	£7,587	£-28	£1,278	£3,288	£1,528	2.4	162	0
31/03/16		£7,990	£7,750	£239	£1,270	£3,316	£2,284	3.5	168	0
31/03/15		£6,784	£7,304	£-521	£1,010	£3,077	£2,457	4	152	0
31/03/14		£7,873	£7,126	£746	£887	£3,598	£2,601	4.4	144	0
31/03/13		£6,557	£6,856	£-299	£531	£2,851	£2,697	4.7	148	0
31/03/12		£6,454	£6,489	£-34	£270	£3,151	£2,856	5.3	156	0
31/03/11		£6,006	£5,864	£143	£194	£3,185	£2,908	6	140	0
31/03/10		£5,211	£5,497	£-285	£162	£3,042	£2,944	6.4	143	0
31/03/09		£5,294	£4,650	£644	£157	£3,327	£3,186	8.2	126	0
31/03/08		£4,041	£3,552	£488	£207	£2,683	£2,598	8.8	107	0
31/03/07?		£4,357	£4,293	£64	£247	£2,195	£2,087	5.8	102	0
31/12/05		£3,364	£3,300	£64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£3,538	£3,305	£233	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 52%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Education/Training
Religious Activities
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

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

283 employees
170 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

Ministry of Defence	£132,462
National Lottery Community Fund	£117,237
Department of Health	£99,040
Masonic Trust	£63,824

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Boots on the Ground England
£9,950	21/07/2023	The funding will be used to provide a pathway or mental health recovery for ex-armed forces veterans and homeless young people through a variety of outdoor activities. The project aims to improve ....more The funding will be used to provide a pathway or mental health recovery for ex-armed forces veterans and homeless young people through a variety of outdoor activities. The project aims to improve wellbeing.
Devon Community Foundation - Alabare North Devon
£7,500	12/12/2022	providing opportunities for disadvantaged children to learn about the sea so that they learn new skills and experiences, helping to develop confidence and self-esteem and encouraging positive life ....more providing opportunities for disadvantaged children to learn about the sea so that they learn new skills and experiences, helping to develop confidence and self-esteem and encouraging positive life choices
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Alabare Christian Care and Support
£5,000	03/03/2022	Alabare supports vulnerable and homeless people in Wiltshire with accommodation and opportunities to gain skills, confidence and experience to seek paid work. Funding towards staffing costs out their ....more Alabare supports vulnerable and homeless people in Wiltshire with accommodation and opportunities to gain skills, confidence and experience to seek paid work. Funding towards staffing costs out their drop-in centre (Somewhere to Go) in Salisbury.
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£20,000	11/02/2022	Gosport Homes for Veterans - to help fund the support staff and to facilitate the pathway to recovery for homeless ex-armed forces veterans.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Alabare Christian Care Centre
£1,000	08/11/2021	As requested by the donor towards work tackling homelessness
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	20/08/2021	Test Valley Foyer
National Lottery Community Fund - Alabare Homes Veterans and Young People Gym membership
£9,980	21/05/2021	The organisation will use the funding to provide subsidised gym memberships for the veterans they support who live in supported accommodation and are impacted through mental and physical issues ....more The organisation will use the funding to provide subsidised gym memberships for the veterans they support who live in supported accommodation and are impacted through mental and physical issues including PTSD and service related injuries.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Alabare Christian Care and Support
£5,000	21/04/2021 9	towards the cost of running a minibus
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£2,000	13/04/2021	Trips and equipment for activities
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Alabare Christian Care and Support
£2,335	17/02/2021	Installation of CCTV at night shelter for rough sleepers in Trowbridge
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000	12/02/2021	The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000	12/02/2021	The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£43,824	14/10/2020	Support young people who are homeless, leaving the care system, adolescent parents, and asylum seeker children
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,264	09/10/2020	"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."
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£62,462	25/06/2020	Funding enabled the group to provide additional support during the Covid-19 pandemic to veterans with underlying health issues, those with poor mental health and those experiencing long term ....more Funding enabled the group to provide additional support during the Covid-19 pandemic to veterans with underlying health issues, those with poor mental health and those experiencing long term homelessness
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£62,462	15/06/2020	To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
National Lottery Community Fund - Alabare COVID support
£87,407	04/06/2020 7	The funding will enable the project to continue to run its 'Covid emergency centre' which distributes PPE food supplies to ensure the safety of around 450 vulnerable people in the community. The ....more The funding will enable the project to continue to run its 'Covid emergency centre' which distributes PPE food supplies to ensure the safety of around 450 vulnerable people in the community. The project works with those who are vulnerable and homeless from young people leaving the care sector ex-Armed Forces personnel and those who are homeless for a variety of reasons.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Minibus for Barford St Martin day centre service users
£5,000	06/05/2020	Based in Salisbury, Alabare Christian Care and Support provides supported accommodation and other activities to help people who are isolated, homelessness, leaving care or have a learning disability. ....more Based in Salisbury, Alabare Christian Care and Support provides supported accommodation and other activities to help people who are isolated, homelessness, leaving care or have a learning disability. Funding is towards the costs of leasing a minibus to take clients to the charity’s rural workshop. COVID19 update: the workshop cannot run at the moment but will reopen as soon as restrictions are lifted. The lease is in place for the minibus so the organisation is incurring costs but not getting income from service users to cover this.
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund Alabare 2020
£25,000	24/04/2020	To cover lost income
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Alabare Christian Care Centre
£5,000	09/04/2020	For a range of practical measures to adapt services during the Coronavirus outbreak at supported accommodation for homeless individuals in Bristol, Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare.
Devon Community Foundation - COVID-19 Emergency
£2,000	07/04/2020	Grant to Alabare Christian Care and Support
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Alabare Christian Care and Support
£7,000	01/04/2020	To purchase cooking facilities and cleaning/personal protection products to enable residents to live safely in share hostel accommodation during the crisis
Department of Health - Alabare Christian care and Support
£99,040	01/04/2020	Beyond Places of Safety: Funding available for community clinics, crisis cafes, and alternative places of safety to support a wider range of preventative services in the community.
Quartet Community Foundation - Home and Money Lite
£4,995	24/09/2019 11	Money awareness and skills training for young people living without family support
National Lottery Community Fund - AlabareHomes for Veterans Gym Membership
£9,900	26/04/2019 12	The funding will be used to provide gym memberships for ex members of the armed forces. The project aims to improve health and wellbeing and reduce isolation.
Department of Health - Alabare Christian care and Support
£305,896	01/04/2019	Beyond Places of Safety
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Minibus for Barford St Martin day centre service users
£9,840	25/04/2018	Based in Salisbury, Alabare Christian Care and Support provides supported accommodation and other activities to help people who are isolated, homelessness, leaving care or have a learning disability. ....more Based in Salisbury, Alabare Christian Care and Support provides supported accommodation and other activities to help people who are isolated, homelessness, leaving care or have a learning disability. Funding will cover the costs of leasing a minibus to take clients to the charity’s rural workshop.
Department of Health - Alabare Christian Care and Support
£424,800	01/04/2018	Funding available for community clinics, crisis cafes, and alternative places of safety to support a wider range of preventative services in the community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wales Homes for Veterans
£497,758	29/11/2017 36	Wales Homes for Veterans
Seafarers UK - Grant to Alabare Christian Care Centres
£25,000	04/04/2017	Contribution towards support costs for seafarers at 'Homes for Veterans' which provides effective routes out of homelessness through advice, support and mentoring ensuring long term sustainable ....more Contribution towards support costs for seafarers at 'Homes for Veterans' which provides effective routes out of homelessness through advice, support and mentoring ensuring long term sustainable accommodation.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Alabare Christian Care Centres
£25,000	04/04/2017	Contribution towards support costs for seafarers at 'Homes for Veterans' which provides effective routes out of homelessness through advice, support and mentoring ensuring long term sustainable ....more Contribution towards support costs for seafarers at 'Homes for Veterans' which provides effective routes out of homelessness through advice, support and mentoring ensuring long term sustainable accommodation.
Ministry of Defence - Local Grants 2017/18
£20,000	01/04/2017	Community Integration and Local Service Delivery
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Alabare Christian Care and Support
£4,920	10/11/2015 12	Alabare provides supported accommodation to those who are vulnerable due to social isolation, homelessness, Veteran homelessness, learning disability or as a result of leaving the care system with no ....more Alabare provides supported accommodation to those who are vulnerable due to social isolation, homelessness, Veteran homelessness, learning disability or as a result of leaving the care system with no permanent home. The grant supported the costs of leasing a minibus for learning disabled clients to access the rural development centre for vulnerable adults at Barford St Martin.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-71

ALICIA PROCTOR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director Of Nursery Schools, Other trusteeship: SOUTH HILLS SCHOOL HOME SCHOOL ASSOCIATION,

MALCOLM CASSELLS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Accountant

MARK PROCTOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

MARTIN CLARK Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director

MICKEY MORRISSEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

PHILLIP REYNOLDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE WILLIAM PRICE CHARITABLE TRUST,

PATRICK BRADLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

PHILIP SUTTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

REV VERNON WHITE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

RICHARD WINSTANLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Clerk, Drapers Guild

TERESA BARSBY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Civil Servant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/1991, number: 1006504
Registered at Companies House on 23/04/1991, number: 02604011

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

30/01/2017 - Asset transfer in from BRUISED REED TRUST
07/05/2019 - Asset transfer in from SALISBURY YOUTH VENTURE

Other Regulators

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

19 returns made; AR21: 9 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SALISBURY YOUTH VENTURE on 07/05/2019

Main office

Riverside House
2 Watt Road
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 7UD

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION AND ANCILLARY SERVICES SUCH AS DAY CENTRES AND COUNSELLING FOR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND/OR PHYSICAL DISADVANTAGE (IMPAIRMENT) ARE IN NEED OF SUSTAINED SUPPORT TO ENABLE THEM TO LEAD LIVES WHICH PERMIT CHOICE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR POTENTIAL AND AN ASSURED PLACE IN SOCIETY.2. THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS DISEASE AND PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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